Dichterliebe Opus 48.
SCHUMANN

The ups and downs of a disappointed love ... Who could not feel what Schumann set so convincingly to music in his cycle, on verses by Heine? From hopeful waiting (“Im wunderschönen Monat Mai”) to lonely pain (“Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen”), this cycle goes as far as sarcastic bitterness (“Die alten bösen Lieder "). Schumann knew what he was talking about: his composition dates from the year of his marriage to Clara, for whom he had fought so many years. Initially, the cycle in 16 parts included 20 lieder - in appendix of this edition are also the four lieder written later.