Description

The Kerner Cycle op. 35, written in 1840 during Schumann's "Liederjahr", holds a special place among his song cycles. Composed immediately following his marriage to Clara Wieck, the cycle contains intimate musical innuendos. Schumann set a series of poems to music in November, during a "quiet week, which went by with composing and much loving and kissing", and the cycle was complete by the end of the year. The first edition of 1841 was soon followed by a second issue, and many of the songs were published individually, with the "Wanderlied" becoming a core piece in the repertoire.

Now, with Henle's new Urtext edition by Schumann specialist Kazuko Ozawa, the songs in the Kerner Cycle are once again published together in a single volume. This edition has also been transposed for medium and low voice, in close collaboration with experienced pianist and Lied accompanist Jan Philip Schulze, making the cycle more accessible to a wider range of singers.