Matthias Goerne (bass-baritone), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
In the miraculous year of 1840, which Schumann began in despair, forcibly separated from Clara by her father, he composed nearly 150 lieder, including the two outstanding cycles presented here, based respectively on poems by the great Heine (the Liederkreis op.24) and by Justinus Kerner (the twelve Kernerlieder op.35).
Haunted from beginning to end by Romantic Nature, in the hands of two such outstanding artists as Matthias Goerne and Leif Ove Andsnes these two masterpieces invite us, performers and listeners alike, to share a state of transcendence, a heightened consciousness that transports us directly to the heart of lived experience itself.
Tracks
Disc 1
1. Nr. 1 Morgens Steh' Ich Auf
2. Nr. 2 Es Treibt Mich Hin
3. Nr. 3 Ich Wandelte Unter Den Bäumen
4. Nr. 4 Lieb' Liebchen
5. Nr. 5 Schöne Wiege Meiner Leiden
6. Nr. 6 Warte, Warte, Wilder Schiffmann
7. Nr. 7 Berg' Und Burgen Schaun Herunter
8. Nr. 8 Anfangs Wollt' Ich Fast Verzagen
9. Nr. 9 Mit Myrten Und Rosen
10. Nr. 1 Lust Der Sturmnacht
11. Nr. 2 Stirb, Lieb' Und Freud'
12. Nr. 3 Wanderlied
13. Nr. 4 Erstes Grün
14. Nr. 5 Sehsucht Nach Der Waldgegend
15. Nr. 6 Auf Das Trinkglas Eines Verstorbenen Freundes