Robert Schumann, Rupert Huber, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

Romances and Ballads, op. 67, 69, 75, 91, 145, 146

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CD/ Track	Title	Duration
1.1	Romances and Ballads Heft 1 op. 67 Der König von Thule	03:01
1.2	Romances and Ballads Heft 1 op. 67 Schön-Rohtraut (Mörike)	02:46
1.3	Romances and Ballads Heft 1 op. 67 Heidenröslein (Goethe)	02:33
1.4	Romances and Ballads Heft 1 op. 67 Ungewitter (Chamisso)	02:05
1.5	Romances and Ballads Heft 1 op. 67 John Anderson (Burns/Gerhard)	01:52
1.6	Romances and Ballads Heft 2 op. 75 Schnitter Tod (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)	03:53
1.7	Romances and Ballads Heft 2 op. 75 Im Walde (Eichendorff)	02:11
1.8	Romances and Ballads Heft 2 op. 75 Der traurige Jäger (Eichendorff)	02:11
1.9	Romances and Ballads Heft 2 op. 75 Der Rekrut (Bruns)	01:11
1.10	Romances and Ballads Heft 2 op. 75 Vom verwundeten Knaben (Herders Volkslieder)	03:07
1.11	Romances and Ballads Heft 3 op. 145 Der Schmid (Uhland)	01:37
1.12	Romances and Ballads Heft 3 op. 145 Die Nonne (anonym)	02:11
1.13	Romances and Ballads Heft 3 op. 145 Der Sänger (Uhland)	01:46
1.14	Romances and Ballads Heft 3 op. 145 John Anderson (Burns/Gerhard)	02:09
1.15	Romances and Ballads Heft 3 op. 145 Romanze vom Gänsebuben (O.Malsburg)	02:10
1.16	Romances and Ballads Heft 4 op. 146 Brautgesang (Uhland)	02:44
1.17	Romances and Ballads Heft 4 op. 146 Bänkelsänger Willi (Bruns/Gerhard)	02:01
1.18	Romances and Ballads Heft 4 op. 146 Der Traum (Uhland)	01:51
1.19	Romances and Ballads Heft 4 op. 146 Sommerlied (Rückert)	03:29
1.20	Romances and Ballads Heft 4 op. 146 Das Schifflein (Uhland)	02:18
1.21	Romances for Frauenstimmen Heft 1 op. 69 Tamburin (Aus dem Spanischen by Eichendorff)	01:24
1.22	Romances for female voice Heft 1 op. 69 Waldmädchen (Eichendorff)	01:44
1.23	Romances for Female Voices Heft 1 op. 69 Klosterfräulein (Kerner)	02:26
1.24	Romances for Female Voices Heft 1 op. 69 Soldatenbraut (Mörike)	01:30
1.25	Romances for Female Voices Heft 1 op. 69 Meerfey (Eichendorff)	02:42
1.26	Romances for Female Voices Heft 1 op. 69 Die Capelle (Uhland)	03:45
1.27	Romances for Female Voices Heft 2 op. 91 Rosmarien (Altdeutsch)	02:26
1.28	Romances for Female Voices Heft 2 op. 91 Jäger Wohlgemuth (a. Das Knaben Wunderhorn)	01:54
1.29	Romances for Female Voices Heft 2 op. 91 Der Wassermann (Kerner)	02:02
1.30	Romances for Female Voices Heft 2 op. 91 Das verlassenen Mägdlein (Mörike)	01:24
1.31	Romances for Female Voices Heft 2 op. 91 Der Bleicherin Nachtlied (Reinick)	03:37
1.32	Romances for Female Voices Heft 2 op. 91 In Meeres Mitten (Rückert)	04:05

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18,95 EUR

: SCM Hänssler
original title:: Romances and Ballads, op. 67, 69, 75, 96
Art.-No.:: 093.256.000
: Compact Disc
: 24 S. Booklet
Duration:: 1:16 hrs.
: March 2010
: *recommended retail price

200 years after his birth, much of the music of Robert Schumann remains to be discovered. For apart from a few songs, piano works and concertos, the four symphonies, and a handful of chamber works, his music is hardly known today to the public. Among the treasures reaming to be discovered are the a cappella choral songs. Schumann himself considered his choral music highly. The raison d'être for the composition of his Romances and Ballads was a result of his conducting activities in Dresden in 1847, during which time Schumann was the musical director of two of the city's choirs. In the selection of texts, Schumann shows his typical poetic sensibility. However, here, he deals with rather less subjective issues than the deeply confessional nature of many of his lied.
Vocally, however, these pieces are by no means easy. They display a wide range of musical structures and are sophisticated, subtle music. The Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart - regarded as leaders in performance of contemporary choral repertoire, demonstrate that they are more than equal to the expressive demands of Schumann's High Romantic idiom. This is a welcome release with which to celebrate the "Schumann Year."