The secular choral works (complete) (2005)

"Billed as a “first attempt” to present together “all of Schumann’s works for mixed chorus, women’s chorus, and male chorus”, this 4-CD set also includes three works that Clara Schumann wrote for her husband’s birthday in 1848. The vast majority are a cappella, but several use piano accompaniment or other instruments. The performances, especially considering the nearly 100 different works involved and the range of recording dates (1996-2001), are remarkably consistent in technical/intrepretive standards and in sound quality, although there are moments where soprano intonation is not spot on and in some places solo voices seem a bit too close relative to the ensemble. But these are minor quibbles against what overall is a valuable compendium that will provide hours of enjoyment for fans of Romantic German choral music, at least some of it undeserving of its virtual neglect during the past century. It’s a set easily and happily explored."(Classicstoday; 9/10)

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