Schumann: Liederkreis op.24 / Kernerlieder
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Liederkreis op.24 / Kernerlieder
Matthias Goerne & Leif-Ove Andsnes
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 19 April 2019
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In 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.
"Both works here suit these artists' musical sensibility and Goerne's scrupulous articulation of the texts. His lyrical line in the hymnlike Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden and Andsnes's cheery refrain in Erstes Grün show artists who are performing in complete harmony." Sunday Times
"Goerne's Wotan is the best since Hans Hotter, wrote a reviewer a while ago, Goerne's Schubert is the best since Fischer-Dieskau, wrote another. Let me just add: Goerne's Schumann is on a par with the best offerings from the past and may well surpass them." MusicWeb Recommended Recording July 2019
