Credits:

Matthias Goerne

Description:

A captivating collection of art songs performed by a baritone hailed as one of the greatest of this century alongside a renowned pianistA collection of Schumann art songs by German baritone Matthias Goernehailed as one of the greatest lieder singers of the century (The Guardian)and renowned Austrian pianist Markus Hinterhusler is now available. The album features the “Liederkreis,” Op. 39a collection of songs set to the exquisitely beautiful poems of Eichendorffwhich stands as a masterpiece of German Romantic music. It is paired with excerpts from *Lieder and Songs Based on Wilhelm Meister*, Op. 98aa song cycle imbued with the deep emotion of Schumanns later yearsand *Poems of Queen Mary Stuart*, Op. 135. Gramophone magazine described the collaboration between Gern and Hinterhuser as follows: The baritones superb control of phrasing a piano tone veiled in beauty its breath seems to be drawn