Robert Schumann’s literary background and cultivated taste is revealed in his choice of texts for musical setting. The emphasis in this collection is on songs with a narrative character, such as the tragic tale of Die feindlichen Brüder (Op. 49, No. 2) in which two brothers kill each other in a duel for love of the same girl. Further stories are drawn from those by Hans Christian Andersen. In around 1850 Schumann embarked on a series of melodramas with dramatic spoken dialogue over musical accompaniment. Notable among these lurid tiles of murder and retribution is the Ballade vom Haideknaben.
Tracklist
Artist details
Schumann, Robert
Heine, Heinrich - Lyricist
Fröhlich, Abraham Emanuel - Lyricist
Romanzen und Balladen, Book 2, Op. 49
1 No. 1. Die beiden Grenadiere 03:20
2 No. 2. Die feindlichen Brüder 02:20
3 No. 3. Die Nonne 02:23
Hebbel, Christian Friedrich - Lyricist
Schumann, Robert
2 Balladen, Op. 122: No. 1. Ballade vom Haideknaben
4 2 Balladen, Op. 122: No. 1. Ballade vom Haideknaben 06:07
Eichendorff, Joseph von - Lyricist
Heine, Heinrich - Lyricist
Schumann, Robert
Romanzen und Balladen, Book 1, Op. 45
5 No. 1. Der Schatzgräber 02:43
6 No. 2. Frühlingsfahrt 03:10
7 No. 3. Abends am Strand 03:03
Schumann, Robert
Shelley, Percy Bysshe - Lyricist
Seybt, Julius - Lyricist
2 Balladen, Op. 122: No. 2. Die Flüchtlinge
8 2 Balladen, Op. 122: No. 2. Die Flüchtlinge 03:57
Schumann, Robert
Schiller, Friedrich von - Lyricist
Der Handschuh, Op. 87
9 Der Handschuh, Op. 87 05:35
Chamisso, Adelbert von - Lyricist
Andersen, Hans Christian - Lyricist
Schumann, Robert
5 Lieder, Op. 40
10 No. 1. Märzveilchen 01:32
11 No. 2. Muttertraum 02:35
12 No. 3. Der Soldat 02:33
13 No. 4. Der Spielmann 02:59
14 No. 5. Verratene Liebe 00:56
Schumann, Robert
Hebbel, Christian Friedrich - Lyricist
Schön Hedwig, Op. 106
15 Schön Hedwig, Op. 106 06:01
Chamisso, Adelbert von - Lyricist
Schumann, Robert
3 Gesänge, Op. 31: No. 3. Die rote Hanne
16 3 Gesänge, Op. 31: No. 3. Die rote Hanne 05:14
Schumann, Robert
Lenau, Nikolaus - Lyricist
4 Husarenlieder, Op. 117
17 No. 1. Der Husar, trara! 01:26
18 No. 2. Der leidige Frieden 02:21
19 No. 3. Den grünen Zeigern 00:58
20 No. 4. Da liegt der Feinde gestreckte Schar 01:31
Pohl, Richard - Lyricist
Schumann, Robert
Des Sängers Fluch, Op. 139: No. 7. Ballade (version for voice and piano)
21 Des Sängers Fluch, Op. 139: No. 7. Ballade (version for voice and piano) 02:36
Total Playing Time: 01:03:20
