Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
"Der Mond"
"Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden"

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
"Der Knabe mit dem Wunderhorn"
"Sehnsucht"
"Zigeunerliedchen"
"Der Hidalgo"

Franz Lachner (1803-1890)
"Früling"
"Reue"
"Die stille Wasserrose"

Adolf Jensen (1837-1879)
"Am Ufer des Flusses"
"Und schläfst du, mein Mädchen"

Mélodie populaire écossaise
"Weit, weit aus ferner Zeit"

Alexander Fesca (1820-1849)
"O stille dies Verlangen"

Benedikt Randhartinger (1802-1893)
"Das sterbende Kind"

Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
"Dis stille Lotosblume"

Alfred Grünfeld (1852-1924)
"Traumesdämmerung"

Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
"Wer sein holdes Lieb verloren"
"Alle gingen, Herz, zur Ruh"

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
"Dereinst, Gedanke mein"

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
"Mein Herz ist schwer"
"Frühlingslied"

Gottfried Herrmann (1808-1878)
"In den mondverklärten Lüften"

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
"Im April"

Ignaz Brüll (1846-1907)
"Ländliches Frühlingslied"

Justus Wilhelm Lyra (1822-1882)
"Wanderschaft (Der Mai ist gekommen)"

Robert Franz (1815-1892)
"Vöglein, wohin so schnell"

Max Reger (1873-1916)
"Im April"

Martin Plüddemann (1854-1897)
"Volkers Nachtgesang"

Ulf Bästlein, basse-baryton
Sascha El Mouissi, piano

The German author Emmanuel Geibel (1815–1884) enjoyed great popularity during his lifetime; his support for a strong and aggressive Prussia – uttered in his poetry as well – contributed to the end of the reception of his texts at the latest in 1919, after the German hegemonic demands had led to World War I. Until then, however many of his poems were set to music by many composers. On this album by bass baritone Ulf Bästlein and Sascha El Mouissi, piano, dedicated to the work of Geibel, there can be found songs by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Robert Schumann, Franz Lachner, Adolf Jensen, Alexander Fesca, Benedict Randhartinger, Clara Schumann, Alfred Grünfeld, Hugo Wolf, Edvard Grieg, Johannes Brahms, Gottfried Herrmann, Anton Bruckner, Ignaz Brüll, Justus W. Lyra, Robert Franz, Max Reger and Martin Plüddemann.