Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust

For Solo Voices, Chorus and Orchestra

This concert was recorded in 1999 at the magnificent 500 year old gothic Amandus Church in Germany, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Goethe's birth with a program of scenes of his masterpiece Faust set to music by Robert Schumann.

Robert Schumann was not only a musician but also a student of the arts, highly educated in classical literature. The imaginative and mysterious subject of Goethe's Faust had a magnetic pull on many Romantic composers, including Schubert, Verdi, Berlioz, Liszt, and Spohr. Schumann worked almost a decade on his Scenes From Gothe's Faust, creating a stunning counterpart to Gothe's masterwork and a remarkable addition to his own highly prolific career.

Frieder Bernius conducts the renowned Klassische Philharmonie Stugttgart and the Chamber Choir Stuttgart.