PROFIL - G HAENSSLER

Peter Schreier took his time before tackling this "difficult piece", rarely performed by tenors. His legendary live recording of February 15, 1985 with pianist Sviatoslav Richter is a striking debut...

Unlike the last Karl B?hm set with gramophone recordings of overtures and concert pieces, the recordings in this new release are all radio broadcasts. The exciting thing is that the Schubert Fifth...

In his Mass in A flat, Schubert set himself the great task of composing a "Missa solemnis", as he later entitled the work. As with the Mass he wrote in the last year of his life, he severed the bonds...

On this extensive release, the Verdi Quartet has taken on quite the task- recording Franz Schubert's complete string quartets. The four musicians brilliantly rise to the task, playing these works...

Schubert,F. / Lanz,Cornelia / Laux,Stefan Schubert Rossini & Verdi: Vocal Works CD1. Die Junge Nonne, D828 2. Vor Meiner Wiege, D927 3. Der Zwerg, D771 4. Freudvoll Und Leidvoll, D210 5. Nur Wer Die...

Erwin Schulhoff went through many stages in his emergence as pianist and composer. Antonin Dvork recommended the seven-year-old to the conservatory of his native city of Prague, then at 14 the boy...

The Berlin Chamber Duo writes of their new release: "This album with it's Romantic-era programme has been recorded in dedication of our love of the viola and the music of Robert Schumann. The first...

Schumann?s compositional plans in 1840 included not only piano works or, as is generally assumed, lieder, but also encompassed an opera project for which a libretto was nearly completed. Perhaps the...

The Lied or art song, in contrast to the folk song, came into full flower at the dawn of the Romantic era about 1810 in Germany. The art song really was a largely German phenomenon, known in French...

Several attempts have been made over the last sixty years or so to record all Robert Schumann's works for solo piano, a fascinating cosmos full of variety that ranges from extremely virtuosic pieces...

Clara Schumann n?e Wieck (1819-1896) has gone down in history as a pianist rather than as a composer. The reasons for that have nothing to do with the quality of her compositions but rest on her...

Schumann / Jurinac / Holetschek Liederkreis 39 CD1. In Der Fremde 2. Intermezzo 3. Waldesgespr?ch 4. Die Stille 5. Mondnacht 6. Sch÷ne Fremde 7. Auf Einer Burg 8. In Der Fremde 9. Wehmut 10...