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Schumann: Liederkreis Op 24 and 39, etc – review

Finley/Drake(Hyperion)The two Liederkreis, the sets of songs Schumann actually called song-cycles, are not narrative sequences in the way Dichterliebe and Frauenliebe und Leben are. Instead, each set is connected more loosely by a shared mood or themes: the nine poems of Heine set in Op 24 obsess about the anguish of lost love; Op 39's settings of Eichendorff deal in dislocation, nostalgia and threatening landscapes. Gerald Finley and pianist Julius Drake are well attuned to those pervading atmo...

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21:03 on September 27 2012

Schumann: Liederkreis Op 24 and 39, etc – review

Guardian Music — Finley/Drake(Hyperion)The two Liederkreis, the sets of songs Schumann actually called song-cycles, are not narrative sequences in the way Dichterliebe and Frauenliebe und... more info

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