Robert Schumann - 12 Gedichte (Kerner-Lieder) [With score]

Composer: Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 -- 29 July 1856) Performers: Peter Schreier (Tenor), Norman Shetler (Piano) Years of recording: 1972/73 Zwölf Gedichte op. 35, Liederreihe nach Kerner, written in 1840 00:03 - I. Lust der Sturmnacht 01:22 - II. Stirb, Lieb’ und Freud’! 07:26 - III. Wanderlied 10:30 - IV. Erstes Grün 12:46 - V. Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend 14:27 - VI. Auf das Trinkglas eines verstorbenen Freundes 18:06 - VII. Wanderung 19:24 - VIII. Stille Liebe 22:18 - IX. Frage 23:37 - X. Stille Tränen 27:47 - XI. Wer machte dich so krank? 29:40 - XII. Alte Laute Schumann wrote many of his first songs to Kerner’s poetry when he was just 17, and in May 1840, his most prolific year, he began to think about writing settings for other Kerner texts, writing this cycle in November and December. Even though written during a happy time in his life, its dominant emotions are longing and grief rather than contented