Its poetry is taken from joseph eichendorffs collection entitled intermezzo. For the liederkreis sets schumann turned to heine op. Now, just wait, barbarous boatman, ill meet you shortly on the quay. Song cycle by robert schumann 18101856 text by heinrich heine 17971856 translations by richard wigmore. Audio recording, german, schumann, robert library of. In a letter to clara he called the twelve songs that make up the liederkreis, op 39 my most romantic music ever, with much of you in it, dearest clara. This document introduces robert schumanns liederkreis heine, op. At the beginning of the programme i sing the liederkreis op. Graduate recital program notes opensiuc southern illinois. Here they focus on the two contrasting liederkreis songcircle cycles using texts by heine and eichendorff. Texts to over 152000 lieder and other classical vocal works in more than a hundred languages with over 32000 translations. Thomas hampson, wolfgang sawallisch, robert schumann schumann.
Publication date 1840 topics lieder, songs, for voice, piano, for voices with keyboard, scores featuring the voice, scores featuring the piano, german language. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Schumann wrote two cycles of this name the other being his opus 24, to texts by heine so this work is also known as the eichendorff liederkreis. The twelve eichendorff poems that schumann sets to music in the.
The choice of a lighttoned but warm sounding erard 1837 fortepiano makes all the difference to this expressive account of schumanns liederkreis op 24, and his great heine setting the 16 songs of dichterliebe. The cd includes schumanns songcycles dicterliebe opus 48, the early songcycle liederkreis opus 24, schumann composed another liederkreis cycle, opus 39, which is not included on this disk. And, poignantly, only a month after the reissue of his 1979 dichterliebe, his final performance of the cycle. Emmanuel music is a bostonbased ensemble of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by craig smith to perform the complete sacred cantatas of j. Gerald finley and julius drake return to schumann, following a magisterially intense dichterliebe which won them a third gramophone award. It is as though a knot was untied while he was writing the heineliederkreis, op.
This recording of schumanns two most famous canonical song cycles would seem at first to pair disparate entities. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. When we take the giant step from the analysis of selfcontained tonal pieces. Listen to your favorite songs from songs of schumann. Schumann wrote two cycles of this name the other being his opus 24, to texts by heinrich heine so this work is also known as the eichendorff liederkreis. You might know schumann for his cello concerto, piano concerto, or his abundance of solo piano work, perhaps his small output of wonderful chamber music, his symphonies it seems he had his hand or pen in just about every form there was to write, save opera but. The poet to whom schumann turned most often in 1840 was heinrich heine 17971856. Sheet music arranged for pianovocal, and singer pro in e major. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Dichterliebe classical music album play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives. Schumann dedicated the nine songs to pauline viardot and sent a copy to heine, himself, though he received no reply from the poet and it is not known whether heine actually. Liederkreis op 24 heine liederkreis op 24 heine heine. After a long time spent writing only for piano, schumann produced a true outburst of lieder, inspired by the poetry of heinrich heine what a blessing.
July 29, 1856, endenich near bonn, germany the artist. The cd includes schumann s songcycles dicterliebe opus 48, the early songcycle liederkreis opus 24, schumann composed another liederkreis cycle, opus 39, which is not included on this disk. Heine is the poet of dichterliebe, and op 24 contains extremes of elation and despair that call all finleys considerable dramatic powers. T he choice of a lighttoned but warm sounding erard 1837 fortepiano makes all the difference to this expressive account of schumanns liederkreis.
Of this cycle schumann said, the voice alone cannot reproduce everything or produce every. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The twelve eichendorff poems that schumann sets to music in the cycle do not come from a single, selfcontained source. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The specific problems of this study were as follows. Robert schumann was a german composer and influential music critic.
The less familiar six poems from a painters songbook op 36, also composed. Retrospectively, schumann wrote that this new poetic spirit had inspired the composition of lieder to such an extent that it had become the only genre to make significant progress since the time of beethoven. You can find in the poems by trakl and heine the similar inner strife, which makes it a homogeneous programme. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. In february he wrote most of the songs later published as myrthen myrtles, opus 25 and the liederkreis song cycle to texts of heine, opus 24. The listener is treated to pioneering interpretations which laid the foundations for these sets of songs to become established in the recital programmes of younger singers. Recorded live at wigmore hall in london, this album presents a rare opportunity to hear mitsuko uchida as song partner, a role she adores. Then i can write my anguish in blood that is red hot and fresh. Emmanuel music continues to perform cycles of largescale and chamber works by bach, handel, mozart, schubert, brahms, debussy, haydn, schoenberg, weill, wolf, medelssohn, and schumann under artistic director ryan turner. Sheet music arranged for pianovocal, and singer pro in d major.