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C. Schumann & Hensel: O How Enchanting / Pahn, Schornsheim
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C. Schumann & Hensel: O How Enchanting / Pahn, Schornsheim

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Composer
Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann
Artist
Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
Format
CD
Label
Haenssler Classic
Released
Sep 02, 2022
Catalog #
HC20026
UPC
881488200263

About

“Oh, do it Clara darling!” said Robert Schumann to his bride Clara, strongly encouraging her to pursue composing. Although the pianist had always composed, when she married in 1840 – without being asked to – she was immediately willing to dispense with this part of her musical output: “A woman does not have to desire to compose – so far not one has been able to do so; should that be what I am destined to do?” Clara is caught up in a crisis and feels resigned: “But I cannot compose…I lack all talent for it.” Only after the wedding did Clara return to composing. As long as her father or husband encouraged her to do so, in her consummate adaptability she did so with joy. But after Robert’s death in 1856, Clara stopped composing entirely.

It does not appear that the Mendelssohns were able to enjoy Heine’s kinder side. Although Heine was sometimes a visitor at their home in Berlin, somehow friendly relations did not develop. However, the poet Heine held Fanny in high regard. She had already set his poems “Was will die einsame Träne” (Why this solitary tear) and “Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen” (On a radiant summer morning) to music in 1827/28. Her song setting of Heine’s “Schwanenlied” (Song of the swan) – was her first published work, but this only happened in 1846. At first Fanny chose to set poems by her bridegroom Wilhelm to music, of which she had already composed “Lebewohl” (Farewell) the same year they met and before the wedded couple were separated for a long period. Upon getting married she, too, began a busy and fruitful artistic collaboration that involved the daily morning ritual of Wilhelm leaving poems on the piano for her to set to music.

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. 1 Ave Maria 01:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ave Maria
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  2. 2 6 Lieder, Op. 13: No. 3. Liebeszauber 02:31
    Track
    2
    Title
    6 Lieder, Op. 13: No. 3. Liebeszauber
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  3. 3 Was will die einsame Träne 03:37
    Track
    3
    Title
    Was will die einsame Träne
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  4. 4 Zauberkreis 02:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    Zauberkreis
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  5. 5 6 Lieder, Op. 13: No. 6. Die stille Lotosblume 02:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    6 Lieder, Op. 13: No. 6. Die stille Lotosblume
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  6. 6 12 Gesänge, Op. 8: No. 3. Italien 01:37
    Track
    6
    Title
    12 Gesänge, Op. 8: No. 3. Italien
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  7. 7 Loreley 02:29
    Track
    7
    Title
    Loreley
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  8. 8 4 Lieder, Op. 2: No. 3. Allegretto grazioso 02:54
    Track
    8
    Title
    4 Lieder, Op. 2: No. 3. Allegretto grazioso
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Christine Schornsheim
  9. 9 O weh des Scheidens 02:42
    Track
    9
    Title
    O weh des Scheidens
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  10. 10 6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 1. Schwanenlied 02:26
    Track
    10
    Title
    6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 1. Schwanenlied
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  11. 11 6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 2. Wanderlied 02:10
    Track
    11
    Title
    6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 2. Wanderlied
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  12. 12 Lebewohl 01:54
    Track
    12
    Title
    Lebewohl
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  13. 13 Am Strande 02:17
    Track
    13
    Title
    Am Strande
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  14. 14 4 Lieder, Op. 2: No. 1. Andante 03:46
    Track
    14
    Title
    4 Lieder, Op. 2: No. 1. Andante
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Christine Schornsheim
  15. 15 Frühlingslied 01:18
    Track
    15
    Title
    Frühlingslied
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  16. 16 3 Lieder, Op. 12: No. 2. Liebst du um Schönheit 01:54
    Track
    16
    Title
    3 Lieder, Op. 12: No. 2. Liebst du um Schönheit
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  17. 17 Die furchtsame Träne 02:12
    Track
    17
    Title
    Die furchtsame Träne
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  18. 18 O wie beseligend 00:39
    Track
    18
    Title
    O wie beseligend
    Duration
    00:39
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  19. 19 Nacht III 01:50
    Track
    19
    Title
    Nacht III
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  20. 20 Soirées musicales, Op. 6: II. Notturno 05:04
    Track
    20
    Title
    Soirées musicales, Op. 6: II. Notturno
    Duration
    05:04
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Christine Schornsheim
  21. 21 3 Lieder, Op. 12: No. 1. Er ist gekommen 02:28
    Track
    21
    Title
    3 Lieder, Op. 12: No. 1. Er ist gekommen
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  22. 22 6 Lieder, Op. 13: No. 5. Ich hab' in deinem Auge 01:49
    Track
    22
    Title
    6 Lieder, Op. 13: No. 5. Ich hab' in deinem Auge
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  23. 23 Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen 01:06
    Track
    23
    Title
    Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  24. 24 Lied der Fee 01:36
    Track
    24
    Title
    Lied der Fee
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  25. 25 Gebet in der Christnacht 03:08
    Track
    25
    Title
    Gebet in der Christnacht
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim
  26. 26 Die gute Nacht 02:17
    Track
    26
    Title
    Die gute Nacht
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Bettina Pahn, Christine Schornsheim