The German author Emmanuel Geibel (1815–1884) enjoyed great popularity during his lifetime; his support for a strong and aggressive Prussia – uttered in his poetry...

The German author Emmanuel Geibel (1815–1884) enjoyed great popularity during his lifetime; his support for a strong and aggressive Prussia – uttered in his poetry as well – contributed to the end of the reception of his texts at the latest in 1919, after the German hegemonic demands had led to World War I. Until then, however many of his poems were set to music by many composers. On this album by bass baritone Ulf Bästlein and Sascha El Mouissi, piano, dedicated to the work of Geibel, there can be found songs by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Robert Schumann, Franz Lachner, Adolf Jensen, Alexander Fesca, Benedict Randhartinger, Clara Schumann, Alfred Grünfeld, Hugo Wolf, Edvard Grieg, Johannes Brahms, Gottfried Herrmann, Anton Bruckner, Ignaz Brüll, Justus W. Lyra, Robert Franz, Max Reger and Martin Plüddemann.