Florian Boesch, the baritone on this recording, is an Austrian baritone considered one of today's foremost Lieder interpreters and has been nominated for a Grammy Award.
Album & Artwork
This album brings together two renowned German poets, a famous collection of German folk poetry, and two of Romanticism's finest song composers.
Performer Biography
Malcolm Martineau, the pianist on this recording, is recognized as one of the leading accompanists of his generation and has worked with many of the world's greatest singers.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at Crear, Kilberry, UK, between November 14-16, 2014, and produced by Philip Hobbs.
Composition History
Schumann's Liederkreis, Op. 39, is a 'created' cycle, meaning he selected and arranged individual poems by Joseph von Eichendorff to form his own design.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The song cycles on this album explore the Romantic individual's sense of alienation and transcendence, or the longing for it, reflecting Novalis's idea that 'The mysterious path goes within'.
Composer Biography
Robert Schumann, a composer on this album, spent much of the 1830s creating piano pieces in a radical new style before returning to song cycles in 1840.
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