After the success of his critically acclaimed album Frage, the internationally renowned baritone, Christian Gerhaher returns with Myrthen – the second chapter of his project to record all of Schumann’s songs. Schumann devoted his song cycle, Myrthen, to his wife Clara Schumann and gave it to her as a present on their wedding day. This year marks Clara Schumann’s 200th anniversary.

Christian Gerhaher has won numerous awards including a Laurence Olivier Award and a Gramophone Award. The project is co-produced by the Bayerischer Rundfunk and the Deutsches Liedzentrum Heidelberg. The complete cycle will include his long-time collaborator and pianist Gerold Huber and fellow singers Julia Kleiter, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Sybilla Rubens, Camilla Tilling and Martin Mitterutzner.

Gramophone said of Frage, the first Schumann album in this project, “...this is an album to treasure and to savour — and to listen to again and again.”