Sehnsucht - Robert Schumann

Sehnsucht, a wistful yearning opposed to the desolation of sombre melancholy, was defined by Robert Schumann for his friend Wihelm Götte on 2 October 1828:

"In every human being floats an immense longing, something immeasurable, infinite, that no lips can express, a longing that is awakened in those of an epic nature when they find themselves before ruins or pyramids (...), in lyric natures (I am one), when the harmonious world of sound is opened up to them, when evening falls, or a storm breaks out, or the sun rises". 

This sentiment permeates the entirety of Schumann's music.

This recording invites you to take a nostalgic stroll through the world of Schumann's Lied for women's choir.

Franck Marcon
artistic director of Ensemble Polhymnia

Reviews on... -> Musique classique & Co

Ländliches Lied, opus 29, n°1

Lied, opus 29, n°2

Nänie, opus 114 n°1

Triolett, opus 114 n°2 - Solistes : Laurine Moulin - Majdouline Zerari - Caroline Adoumbou

Spruch, opus 114 n°3 - Solistes : Cindy Favre-Victoire - Majdouline Zerari - Caroline Adoumbou

Klavierstücke, opus 32

Romanzen, opus 69

Extrait de l’Humoresque, opus 20 « Hastig », en si bémol majeur

Romanzen, opus 91

Ensemble Polhymnia

Christophe Sturzenegger - piano

Franck Marcon - conductor