COMPOSERS: Schumann
LABELS: Hanssler
WORKS: Romanze und Balladen für Chor
PERFORMER: SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart/Huber
CATALOGUE NO: 93.256
These performances of Schumann’s little-known unaccompanied choral works reveal his settings for women’s voices as far more inspired than the largely homophonic and often syllabic mixed-choir settings. Hilary Finch