The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol 9

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ROBERT SCHUMANN
The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol 9
Felicity Lott, Anne Murray (sopranos) Graham Johnson (piano)

[ Hyperion / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 26 November 2004

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This delightful disc is dedicated to the music Schumann wrote for children. The Op 79 Liederalbum für die Jugend - twenty-nine songs and duets composed in 1849 - leads us on a journey through Schumann's affinity with the mind and imagination of the musical child, a journey which here is sensitively punctuated by fifteen items from the Op 68 piano collection Klavieralbum für die Jugend.

Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Februiary 2005)

"More fascinating, well-researched Schumann in an enjoyable series. There's nothing like a dame - except, perhaps, two! Here, Dames Felicity and Ann are reunited not in the 'encore' fare that made their EMI discs so delightful, but in duets from Schumann's substantial output for two voices. The songs from his Albums for the Young make a magical effect in these delightful performances. Yet another Hyperion winner!"
(Gramophone)

"There are few if any more sensitive singers than Felicity Lott and Ann Murray, whose performances are idiomatic and scrupulously prepared. In this repertoire youthfulness of voice is an obvious issue, but each singer maintains a fresh and eager approach which suits the purpose to perfection. The sensitive recorded balance of voice and piano is another tribute to Hyperion's now familiar standards in such matters. Again and again the simple yet telling nature of the songs brings particular benefit for the listener, to the extent that calling forth highlights seems invidious.

However, highlights there probably are, and one is certainly Ann Murray's delightful rendering of Der Sandmann, while Dame Felicity shows her artistry to perfection in the three Mignon settings. These latter songs share a theme but do not repeat one another. Rather each builds in intensity of expression from one to the next, reaching to a finely drawn climax. Perhaps this forms the climax of the whole impressive enterprise."
- MusicWeb Dec 2004

NOTE: This is a single CD supplied in a large case with a 76 page booklet. Booklet has some minor wear.

Tracks:

Liedchen von Marie und Papa WoO 26/3
2 * * * Op 68/21
Der Abendstern Op 79/1
Kleine Studie Op 68/14
Schmetterling Op 79/2
Frühlingsbotschaft Op 79/3
Frühlingsgruss Op 79/4
Vom Schlaraffenland Op 79/5
Ländliches Lied Op 68/20
Sonntag Op 79/6
Reiterstück Op 68/23
Zigeunerliedchen I Op 79/7
Zigeunerliedchen II Op 79/8
Des Knaben Berglied Op 79/9
Mai, lieber Mai Op 68/13
Mailied Op 79/10
Volksliedchen Op 68/9
Käuzlein Op 79/11
Erster Verlust Op 68/9
Hinaus ins Freie Op 79/12
Der Sandmann Op 79/13
Fremder Mann Op 68/9
Marienwürmchen Op 79/14
Armes Waisenkind Op 68/6
Die Waise Op 79/15
Das Glück Op 79/16
Weihnachtslied Op 79/17
Knecht Ruprecht Op 68/12
Die wandelnde Glocke Op 79/18
Figurierter Choral Op 68/42
Frühlingslied Op 79/19
Frühlings Ankunft Op 79/20
Die Schwalben Op 79/21
Kinderwacht Op 79/22
Des Sennen Abschied Op 79/23
Er ists's Op 79/24
Spinnelied Op 79/25
Jägerliedchen Op 68/7
Des Buben Schützenlied Op 79/26
Winterzeit I Op 68/38; Schneeglöckchen Op 79/27
Lied Lynceus des Türmers Op 79/28
Mignon Op 68/35
Mignon Op 79/29
Lied Italienischer Marinari Op 68/36
Soldatenlied WoO6