Schumann: Spanische Liebeslieder Schumann: Spanische Liebeslieder Op. 138 Sologesänge aus Friedrich Rückerts Minnespiel, Op. 101 Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74

Marlis Petersen (soprano), Anke Vondung (mezzo soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Konrad Jarnot (baritone) & Christoph Berner, Camillo Radicke (pianos)

The year 1849 was one of Schumann's most prolific. The inspiration for his Opp.74 and 138 was an anthology of Spanish texts translated by Emanuel Geibel. These short love poems were ideal material for music in the tangy ‘Spanish' style tinged with the colours of central Europe. Considerably more intimate, the Minnespiel Op.101 takes us from storybook Spain to German Romanticism.

“They are mostly modest little songs about love and loss, but as these performances – done with just the right light touch – show, the sequences are both touching and charming, and just occasionally find the expressive vein that yielded some of Schumann's greatest songs nine years earlier.” The Guardian, 19th August 2010 ****

“The quartets are an especial delight, unjustly neglected treats for the Schumann bicentenary.” Sunday Times, 29th August 2010 ****

“Christoph Berner and Camillo Radicke animate proceedings with rhythmic guile and point, a refined sense of texture, and, in the more obviously "Spanish" numbers, a palpable sense of enjoyment...the prime recommendation for these delectable, and still undervalued, Liederspiele.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2010

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