Iain Burnside hosts a selection of recordings of Schumann song, by a range of interpreters - including Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Pears, Fyodor Chaliapin, Gérard Souzay and Charles Panzéra.

Playlist

Presenter: Iain Burnside
Producer: Emma Bloxham
Broadcast Assistant: Patrick Johns

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

'Des Sennen Abschied' [The Herdsman's Farewell] (2'32")
Lieder-Album für die Jugend, Op.79, no.22
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Friedrich Schiller
Sophie Daneman (soprano), Julius Drake (piano)
CD: Schumann Lieder (EMI CDZ5728282, track 15)

'Mein schöner Stern!' [My lovely star!] (2'49")
Minnespiel, Op.101, no.3
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Friedrich Rückert
Gérard Souzay (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano)
CD: Gérard Souzay Sings Schumann Lieder (Testament SBT-1209, track 7)

'Volksliedchen' [Folksong] (1'17")
Lieder und Gesänge II, Op.51, no.2
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Friedrich Rückert
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), John Newmark (piano)
CD: Kathleen Ferrier Vol.4 - Schumann, Brahms, Schubert (Decca 433 471-2 track 9)

'Widmung' [Dedication] (2'25")
Myrthen, Op.25, no.1
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Friedrich Rückert
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), John Newmark (piano)
CD: Kathleen Ferrier Vol.4 - Schumann, Brahms, Schubert (Decca 433 471-2 track 10)

'Mondnacht' [Moonlight] (3'20")
Liederkreis, Op.39, no.5
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Joseph von Eichendorff
Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
CD: Britten the Performer (BBC BBCB 8006-2, track 13)

'Auf einer Burg' [On a fortress] (2'42")
Liederkreis, Op.39, no.7
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Joseph von Eichendorff
Ian Partridge (tenor), Jennifer Partridge (piano)
CD: Dichterliebe, Op.48 and Liederkreis, Op.39 (Classics for Pleasure CDCFP 4651, track 23)

'In der Fremde' [In a foreign land] (1'21")
Liederkreis, Op.39, no.8
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Joseph von Eichendorff
Ian Partridge (tenor), Jennifer Partridge (piano)
CD: Dichterliebe, Op.48 and Liederkreis, Op.39 (Classics for Pleasure CDCFP 4651, track 24)

'Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend' [Longing for the Forest] (2'29")
Zwölf Gedichter, Op.35, no.5
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Justinus Kerner
Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
CD: Schumann Kerner Lieder, Op.35, Liederkreis, Op.39 (Helios CDH 55011, track 5)

'Stille Tränen' [Silent tears] (3'30")
Zwölf Gedichter, Op.35, no.10
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Justinus Kerner
Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
CD: Schumann Kerner Lieder, Op.35, Liederkreis, Op.39 (Helios CDH 55011, track 10)

'Allnächtlich im Traume seh' ich dich' [Nightly I see you in my dreams] (1'19")
Dichterlieder, Op.48, no.14
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Heinrich Heine
Charles Panzéra (baritone), Alfred Cortot (piano)
CD: Charles Panzéra sings Fauré, Duparc and Schumann (Pearl Gemm CD9919, track 14)

'Vo Franciju dva grenadera' [The Two Grenadiers] Op.49, no.1 (3'08")
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Heinrich Heine
Fyodor Chaliapin (bass) with orchestra conducted by Goossens
CD: The Great Chaliapin (Pearl GEMM CDS 9208, CD1 track 10)

'Der Husar, trara!' [The hussar, hurrah!] (1'09")
Vier Husarenlieder, Op.117, no.1
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Nikolaus Lenau
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
CD: Schumann - Liederkreis Op.39, Romanzen and Balladen (Deutsche Grammophon 447 042-2, track 1)

'Da liegt der Feinde gestreckte Schar' [There lie the enemy's troops stretched out] (1'48")
Vier Husarenlieder, Op.117, no.4
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Nikolaus Lenau
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
CD: Schumann - Liederkreis Op.39, Romanzen and Balladen (Deutsche Grammpphon 447 042-2, track 4)

'Meine Rose' [My rose] (4'09")
Sechs Gedichte von Nikolaus Lenau und Requiem, Op.90, no.2
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Nikolaus Lenau
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Paul Hamburger (piano)
CD: BBC Legends - Janet Baker (BBC BBCL4049-2, track 17)

'Requiem' (4'03")
Sechs Gedichte von Nikolaus Lenau und Requiem, Op.90, no.7
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Nikolaus Lenau
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
CD: Lieder (Harmonia Mundi HMC901753, track 24)

'Muttertraum' [A mother's dream] (3'10")
Fünf Lieder, Op.40, no.2
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Hans Christian Andersen (German translation by Adelbert von Chamisso)
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
CD: Schumann - Frauenliebe und Leben etc. (Deutsche Grammpphon 445 881-2, track 17)

'Der Soldat' [The soldier] (2'07")
Fünf Lieder, Op.40, no.3
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Hans Christian Andersen (German translation by Adelbert von Chamisso)
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
CD: Schumann - Frauenliebe und Leben etc. (Deutsche Grammpphon 445 881-2, track 18)

'Die Soldatenbraut' [The Soldier's Sweetheart] (1'57")
Romanzen und Balladen IV, Op.64, no.1
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Eduard Mörike
Arleen Augér (soprano), Joel Revzen (piano)
CD: The Art of Arleen Augér (Koch 3-7248-2, track 13)

'Der Nussbaum' [The Walnut Tree] (3'19")
Myrthen, Op.25, no.3
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Julius Mosen
Arleen Augér (soprano), Joel Revzen (piano)
CD: The Art of Arleen Augér (Koch 3-7248-2, track 14)

'Die Flüchtlinge' [The fugitives] (2'47")
Zwei Balladen, Op.122, no.2
Music by Robert Schumann, text by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (voice), Burkhard Kehring (piano)
CD: Melodramen (Deutsche Grammophon 00289 477 5320, CD1 track 12)