ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856): Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, Op. 112, Requiem in D Flat, Op. 148.

Description: Only available period instrument recordings of the late, gentle but gloomy Requiem and the 1851 Pilgerfahrt, a rarely-heard combination of lieder cycle, choral ballad, oratorio and opera. Only two other recordings of any kind of each of these works are currently available. 2 CDs. German and Latin texts. Britta Stallmeister, Antonia Bourvé (sopranos), Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo), Daniel Behle (tenor), Tobias Berndt (baritone), Chorus Musicus Köln, Das Neue Orchester; Christoph Spering.