Schumann: Scenes Goethe's Faust / Gerhaher, Karg
) | Label: BR-KLASSIK Catalog: 900122 Format: CD Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Harding; Gerhaher; Karg; Miles; Eriksmoen; Fink; Staples; Rydl; NazmiComposed by: Schumann, Robert This new BR-KLASSIK recording of Robert Schumann's "Scenes from Goethe's Faust" (1853) reflects today's increased interest in a piece Schumann himself considered to be among his best. + This large-scale masterpiece traces Goethe's complex and highly philosophical literary work in a loose sequence of musical scenes. + Schumann's creation spans the story from Gretchen to Faust's death, and on to the mysterious transfiguration and redemption of the final Chorus mysticus. + At the helm of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks is the English conductor Daniel Harding.  Price: $54.98 |