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Compact Disc CDJ33107

£13.99

This superb CD brings together two of today's greatest singers to share Schumann's famous 'Myrten' cycle, which contains such immortal favourites as 'Widmung' and 'Du bist wie eine Blume' (both sung by Ian Bostridge) and 'Der Nussbaum' (sung by Dorothea Röschmann). The cycle is famed by two sets of four duets, containing other much loved but less often recorded pieces. There is a strong Robert Burns ingredient in the programme - nine songs, in translation, and a little-known late partsong.

Graham Johnson has provided his usual absorbing and exhaustive notes in the 120-page illustrated booklet.

Recorded on 8-12 November 2001
Recording Engineer
JULIAN MILLARD
Recording Producer
MARK BROWN
Front Design
TERRY SHANNON
Booklet Editor
TIM PARRY
Executive Producers
EDWARD PERRY
SIMON PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMII

Duration: 77’34
DDD

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

The Songs of
Robert Schumann - 7

DOROTHEA RÖSCHMANN soprano
IAN BOSTRIDGE tenor
GRAHAM JOHNSON piano

with POLYPHONY conducted by Stephen Layton

Contents:

    FOUR DUETS Op 34
  1. Liebesgarten (Reinick)   DR IB   [3'49]
  2. Liebhabers Ständchen (Burns/Gerhard)   DR IB   [2'18]
  3. Unterm Fenster (Burns/Gerhard)   DR IB   [1'30]
  4. Familien-Gemälde (Grün)   DR IB   [4'10]

    MYRTEN Op 25

  5. Widmung (Rückert)   IB   [2'21]
  6. Freisinn (Goethe)   IB   [1'12]
  7. Der Nussbaum (Mosen)   DR   [3'24]
  8. Jemand (Burns/Gerhard)   DR   [1'32]
  9. Lieder aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan No 1 (Goethe)   IB   [0'37]
  10. Lieder aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan No 2 (Goethe)   IB   [0'59]
  11. Die Lotosblume (Heine)   DR   [1'39]
  12. Talismane (Goethe)   IB   [2'21]
  13. Lied der Suleika (Willemer/Goethe)   DR   [2'55]
  14. Die Hochländer-Witwe (Burns/Gerhard)   DR   [1'31]
  15. Lied der Braut No 1 (Rückert)   DR   [2'30]
  16. Lied der Braut No 2 (Rückert)   DR   [1'44]
  17. Hochländers Abschied (Burns/Gerhard)   IB   [1'29]
  18. Hochländisches Wiegenlied (Burns/Gerhard)   DR   [2'46]
  19. Aus den hebräischen Gesängen (Byron/Körner)   IB   [4'37]
  20. Rätsel (Fanshawe/Kannegiesser)   DR   [1'44]
  21. Zwei Venetianische Lieder No 1 (Moore/Freiligrath)   IB   [1'49]
  22. Zwei Venetianische Lieder No 2 (Moore/Freiligrath)   IB   [1'02]
  23. Hauptmanns Weib (Burns/Gerhard)   IB   [0'58]
  24. Weit, weit (Burns/Gerhard)   DR   [3'03]
  25. Was will die einsame Träne? (Heine)   IB   [2'34]
  26. Niemand (Burns/Gerhard)   IB   [0'58]
  27. Im Westen (Burns/Gerhard)   DR   [1'12]
  28. Du bist wie eine Blume (Heine)   IB   [1'43]
  29. Aus den östlichen Rosen (Rückert)   DR   [2'00]
  30. Zum Schluss (Rückert)   IB   [2'09]

  31. John Anderson, Op 145 No 4 (Burns/Gerhard)   Polyphony   [2'22]

    FOUR DUETS Op 78

  32. Tanzlied (Rückert)   DR IB   [2'31]
  33. Er und Sie (Kerner)   DR IB   [2'56]
  34. Ich denke dein (Goethe)   DR IB   [2'35]
  35. Wiegenlied am Lager eines kranken Kindes (Hebbel)   DR IB   [2'22]

    Ian Bostridge appears on this recording by special permission of EMI, to whom he is exclusively contracted, and our gratitude to them is happily acknowledged.

Sleeve Notes

GRAMOPHONE AWARDS 2003 - BEST IN CATEGORY: VOCAL
GRAMOPHONE CRITIC'S CHOICE
ECHO KLASSIK 2003

'Hyperion's Schumann Edition has reached new heights … With one of Hyperion's very best recordings to complement the performances, voices nicely forward, this disc is definitely one to have'

'Ideally sung, intelligently interpreted and marvellously accompanied' (Gramophone)

'An exquisite performance of Schumann's wedding gift to Clara' (Classic FM Magazine)

'You will not hear the songs and duets on this disc better performed than they are here … this disc is thoroughly recommendable' (Fanfare, USA)

'warmly commended … lovely performances' (International Record Review)

'The latest disc in Hyperion’s series, The Songs of Robert Schumann, is perhaps the best yet' (Classic FM Magazine)

'Ian Bostridge … joins Dorothea Röschmann in what proves to be a quite delightfulful partnership' (The Schubertian)

See also:
Schumann: The Songs - 1
Schumann: The Songs - 10
Schumann: The Songs - 2
Schumann: The Songs - 3
Schumann: The Songs - 4
Schumann: The Songs - 5
Schumann: The Songs - 6
Schumann: The Songs - 8
Schumann: The Songs - 9
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