This double CD combines Brahms' Romances, op. 33 with Romances from Ludwig Tieck’s ‘Magelone’. The first CD offers the song cycle without the prose text,...

This double CD combines Brahms' Romances, op. 33 with Romances from Ludwig Tieck’s ‘Magelone’. The first CD offers the song cycle without the prose text, the second CD presents a sensitive abridgement of Tieck’s text by Hans-Jürgen Schatz. With these romances, Brahms reached a new compositional level. The songs seemingly move completely independently of external influences; Schubert’s songs might have acted as models in many passages. Sometimes, people even speak freely about ‘Brahms’ sole opera’.