Schumann: Requiem
Schumann
Nachtlied, op. 108
Cello concerto, op. 129
Requiem, op. 148
Steven Isserlis, cello
Elisabeth Breuer, soprano
Marie Seidler, alto
Patrick Grahl, tenor
Cornelius Uhle, bass
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
dir. Aapo Häkkinen
Robert Schumann’s poetic, almost unknown Requiem (1852) elevates Arnold Schoenberg Chor to an almost soloist role. Cellist Steven Isserlis describes the Cello Concerto in A minor (1850) as “a magical masterpiece in which every note is perfect.”
