ʃˈuːmənz baɪˈɑːɡɹəfɚ pˈiːɾɚɹ ˈɑːstwəld kˈɑːmɛnts ðæt ðɪs ˈɜːlɪɚ vˈɜːʒən ɪz "lˈaɪɾɚɹ ænd mˈoːɹ tɹænspˈæɹənt ɪn tˈɛkstʃɚ" ðɐn ðə ɹᵻvˈɪʒən, bˌʌt ðæt klˈɑːɹɹə "ˈɔːlweɪz ɪnsˈɪstᵻd ðætðə lˈeɪɾɚ, hˈɛviɚ, ænd mˈoːɹ stˈeɪtli vˈɜːʒən ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti wˈʌn wʌzðə bˈɛɾɚ wˌʌn.".
Schumann's biographer Peter Ostwald comments that this earlier version is "lighter and more transparent in texture" than the revision, but that Clara "always insisted that the later, heavier, and more stately version [of 1851] was the better one.".