A Poet's Love

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May 22, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Josephine Lang, Carl Loewe, Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Robert Schumann, Heloise We
    • PERFORMER
      Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 22, 2026
    • UPC
      7318599927046
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2704
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Vocal
    Works ⌄

    1. 6 Nachtgesange, Heft 1, Op. 9: No. 1. Die Lotosblume

      Composer: Carl Loewe

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    2. Disteln und Dornen, Op. 33: No. 6. Wenn zwei von einander scheiden

      Composer: Josephine Lang

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    3. 6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 1. Schwanenlied

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    4. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 7. Die Lotosblume

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    5. Fichtenbaum und Palme (Fir Tree and Palm)

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    6. 6 Gesänge, Op. 34: No. 6. Reiselied, MWV K90

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    7. I. Es war mal ein Ritter

      Composer: Héloïse Werner

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    8. II. Da kommt seine Liebste geschlichen herein

      Composer: Héloïse Werner

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    9. III. Der Ritter

      Composer: Héloïse Werner

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    10. IV. Der Ritter sitzt wieder

      Composer: Héloïse Werner

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    11. V. Postlude

      Composer: Héloïse Werner

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    12. No. 1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    13. No. 2. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    14. No. 3. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    15. No. 4. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    16. No. 5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    17. No. 6. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    18. No. 7. Ich grolle nicht

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    19. No. 8. Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    20. No. 9. Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    21. No. 10. Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    22. No. 11. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    23. No. 12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    24. No. 13. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    25. No. 14. Allnächtlich im Traume

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    26. No. 15. Aus alten Märchen winkt es

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch

    27. No. 16. Die alten, bösen Lieder

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Helen Charlston, Sholto Kynoch


British mezzo-soprano and BBC New Generation Artist Helen Charlston and pianist Sholto Kynoch present their take on Robert Schumann's famous song cycle Dichterliebe (A Poet's Love), based on poems by early 19th-century German poet Heinrich Heine. The sixteen songs express the birth of love, wonder, fragility in the face of love, emotions and nuances, wounds, sorrow, nostalgia, dreams, tears, betrayal, pain, consolation, and death. The music conveys all the misfortunes that the poet had to face, as if a mirror image existed between the poet and Schumann. This release also features other songs based on texts by Heine, demonstrating the German poet's popularity with Austro-German composers of the early nineteenth century. Songs by Carl Loewe, Josephine Lang, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, and Felix Mendelssohn complete this exploration of Heine's poetry. In addition to Schumann's cycle, the other highlight of this recital is the first recording of a work commissioned by Helen Charlston from composer (and singer) H�lo�se Werner: Knight's Dream, also based on a text by Heine, and conceived as a companion piece for Dichterliebe. Imaginative and daring, this new work is both a tribute and a playful dialogue with Schumann and Heine, bringing the past and present together in a lyrical conversation.