Schumann's Myrthen
Elin Manahan-Thomas's pick of the ultimate recording of Schumann's song cycle Myrthen.
Record Review Podcast · BBC Radio 3
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Show Notes
Elin Manahan-Thomas's chooses her favourite recording of Schumann's song-cycle Myrthen.
The 26 songs that Schumann published under the title Myrthen (Myrtles) were all composed in 1840, the year in which great songs flowed out of him in a great flood of inspiration. He gave a beautifully bound edition of the Myrthen songs to his bride Clara on the eve of their wedding that year. This cycle contains some of Schumann's most popular songs such as Der Nussbaum and Die Lotosblume. And some of the greatest Lieder singers from Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau to Christian Gerhaher have recorded their interpretations of many of these great songs.