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For the first four years of their marriage, Robert and Clara Schumann kept a joint diary, a project which Robert described as "a record of our wishes and our hopes, and the means whereby we may convey to one another any requests we may have to make, for which words may not suffice...". In the imaginative recital "Album für die Frau", Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton combine songs by both composers into something similar – the depiction of a relationship seen through the eyes of both parties.
Using the eight songs from Robert’s song cycle Frauenliebe und –leben to poems by Adalbert von Chamisso as the framework, they add songs as well as some piano solos in order to create a fuller and more complex picture. The result seems to suggest that the experiences of our "Frau" are richer than Chamisso and Robert Schumann imagined: while love, marriage and motherhood dominated much of Clara Schumann’s life, Robert’s death in 1856 signaled the start of a four-decade widowhood during which she resumed her stellar career as a pianist.
As a team, Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton have released a number of acclaimed discs, including "Fleurs", featuring flower-themed songs by composers from Purcell to Richard Strauss and Britten, "A Verlaine Songbook", exploring settings of the poetry of Paul Verlaine, and "A Soprano’s Schubertiade", a Schubert anthology. © BIS Records
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Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 (Excerpts) (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Lieder, Op. 12 (Excerpts) (Clara Schumann)
Friedrich Rückert, Lyricist - Clara Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adelbert von Chamisso, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
6 Lieder, Op. 23 (Excerpts) (Clara Schumann)
Clara Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hermann Rollett, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Lieder und Gesänge, Vol. 2, Op. 51 (Excerpts) (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Friedrich Rückert, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
6 Lieder, Op. 13 (Excerpts) (Clara Schumann)
Clara Schumann, Composer - Emanuel Geibel, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adelbert von Chamisso, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
6 Lieder, Op. 23 (Excerpts) (Clara Schumann)
Clara Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hermann Rollett, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Lieder, Op. 12 (Excerpts) (Clara Schumann)
Friedrich Rückert, Lyricist - Clara Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Lieder und Gesänge, Vol. 2, Op. 51 (Excerpts) (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adelbert von Chamisso, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
5 Lieder, Op. 40 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adelbert von Chamisso, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
6 Lieder, Op. 13 (Excerpts) (Clara Schumann)
Clara Schumann, Composer - Emanuel Geibel, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adelbert von Chamisso, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
6 Lieder, Op. 13 (Excerpts) (Clara Schumann)
Clara Schumann, Composer - Emanuel Geibel, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Myrthen, Op. 25 (Excerpts) (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Friedrich Rückert, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Robert Schumann, Composer - Friedrich Rückert, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (Excerpts) (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adelbert von Chamisso, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Myrthen, Op. 25 (Excerpts) (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Heinrich Heine, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
12 Gedichte, Op. 35 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Justinus Kerner, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adelbert von Chamisso, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Myrthen, Op. 25 (Excerpts) (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Wilhelm Gerhard, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Liederalbum für die Jugend, Op. 79 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hermann Kletke, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (Excerpts) (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adelbert von Chamisso, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (Excerpts) (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
5 Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 127 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Heinrich Heine, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
4 Gesänge, Op. 142 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lily Bernhard, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adelbert von Chamisso, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
6 Gedichte von N. Lenau und Requiem, Op. 90 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer - Lebrecht Blücher Dreves, Lyricist
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 (Excerpts) (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Braun, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Album review
For the first four years of their marriage, Robert and Clara Schumann kept a joint diary, a project which Robert described as "a record of our wishes and our hopes, and the means whereby we may convey to one another any requests we may have to make, for which words may not suffice...". In the imaginative recital "Album für die Frau", Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton combine songs by both composers into something similar – the depiction of a relationship seen through the eyes of both parties.
Using the eight songs from Robert’s song cycle Frauenliebe und –leben to poems by Adalbert von Chamisso as the framework, they add songs as well as some piano solos in order to create a fuller and more complex picture. The result seems to suggest that the experiences of our "Frau" are richer than Chamisso and Robert Schumann imagined: while love, marriage and motherhood dominated much of Clara Schumann’s life, Robert’s death in 1856 signaled the start of a four-decade widowhood during which she resumed her stellar career as a pianist.
As a team, Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton have released a number of acclaimed discs, including "Fleurs", featuring flower-themed songs by composers from Purcell to Richard Strauss and Britten, "A Verlaine Songbook", exploring settings of the poetry of Paul Verlaine, and "A Soprano’s Schubertiade", a Schubert anthology. © BIS Records
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:15
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Carolyn Sampson Joseph Middleton
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
2021 BIS 2021 BIS
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