Composer: Robert Schumann
Performer: Thomas E. Bauer, Uta Hielscher
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8557080
Release: 2013
Size: 227 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Liederkreis, Op. 39
01. No. 1, In der Fremde
02. No. 2, Intermezzo
03. No. 3, Waldesgesprach
04. No. 4, Die Stille
05. No. 5, Mondnacht
06. No. 6, Schöne Fremde
07. No. 7, Auf einer Burg
08. No. 8, In der Fremde
09. No. 9, Wehmut
10. No. 10, Zwielicht
11. No. 11, Im Walde
12. No. 12, Fruhlingsnacht
3 Gedichte, Op. 30
13. No. 1, Der Knabe mit dem Wunderhorn
14. No. 2, Der Page
15. No. 3, Der Hidalgo
3 Gesänge, Op. 31
16. No. 1, Die Lowenbraut
6 Gedichte, Op. 36
17. No. 1, Sonntags am Rhein
18. No. 2, Standchen
19. No. 3, Nichts schöneres
20. No. 4, An den Sonnenschein
21. No. 5, Dichters Genesung
22. No. 6, Liebesbotschaft
It was not until 1840 that, after a courtship strewn with difficulties, Robert Schumann was able to marry his beloved Clara Wieck. This was his ‘Year of Song’, and Joseph von Eichendorff’s melancholy poems of fearful wanderings, images of nature and lonely nights were the perfect vehicle for Schumann’s Liederkreis, Op. 39, which he described as his most romantic cycle. From the same year, Schumann’s Drei Gedichte, Op. 30 conjure memories of medieval times. The narrative ballad Die Löwenbraut tells of a disturbingly violent love triangle, while the Sechs Gedichte, Op. 36 evoke an idealised, fairy-tale image of Germany.