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Release Date: Saturday 11 May 2019
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Helsinki Baroque Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir led by Aapo Häkkinen join their forces together with an impressive vocal cast, Carolyn Sampson, Benno Schachtner, Werner Güra, Jonathan Sells and Cornelius Uhle, in this unique release of rarely heard choral works by Robert Schumann (1810-1856).
This recording includes the world première recording of Schumann's 17-minute Adventlied, Op. 71 for soloists, chorus and orchestra, four choral ballades based on texts by Emanuel Geibel, and Schumann's version of Bach's Cantata BWV 105.
Robert Schumann:
Ballade vom Pagen und der Königstochter, Op. 140
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cantata BWV 105: Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht 21:02 (version by Robert Schumann, Dresden 1849)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Adventlied, Op. 71