This album draws on the original performance practices of Franz Schubert, as it is historically proven that the composer played the guitar and frequently accompanied his songs.; This album also features aus der Sammlung “Bardenklange” op. 13 by fellow composer Johann Kaspar Mertz.; These outstanding lieder are performed here by soprano Rosina Sonnenschmidt, baritone Thomas Pfeiffer, and guitarist Harald Knauss.

Born on June 29th, 1864 in the small village of Kohlberg in Upper Palatinate, Anton Beer-Walbrunn hails from the same area as the composers Christoph Willibald Gluck and Max Reger. He taught composition, counterpoint, theory of harmony as well as the piano and was acknowledged as a teacher of great popularity. As a composer whose style was greatly influenced by the classic and romantic tradition, but who also took up modern ideas in the music of the turn of the 19th century, he created numerous works for almost all musical genres. Hanns-Friedrich Kaiser dedicates himself to the organ works of the composer. Hanns-Friedrich Kaiser began his musical training as a choirboy during his school days. After graduating he studied organ and church music at the Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik in Munich, completing his studies with honors. At his numerous organ concerts, he has emerged as an outstanding interpreter, especially of Reger organ music.

Johannes Brahms exhibited a noticeable disposition to paired works, composing 2 serenades, 2 piano concertos, 2 sonatas for cello and clarinet and likewise 2 string sextets. The first sextet, in B flat major, op. 18 reflects the work-filled time he spent in Detmold. Brahms began working on the second sextet in G, op. 36 in September 1864. That Christmas, he sent Clara Schumann it's first three movements, completing the work in May 1865. On this record, the soloist ensemble of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam plays both sextets.