Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Méditation de Thaïs

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Ich liebe dich, WoO 123
Adagio Cantabile, op. 13

Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Je te veux

Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda (1801-1866)
Nocturne n° 2, op. 186
Nocturne n° 3, op. 186
Nocturne n° 4, op. 186

robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Widmung, op. 25
Die Lotosblume, op. 78
Der Nussbaum, op. 25

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Schafe können sicher weiden, BWV 208

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Berceuse, op. 16
Sicilienne, op. 78

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Leibesleid

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
Lasst mich allein, op. 82

Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovski (1840-1893)
Valse sentimentale, op. 51

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Ave Maria

Duo Giovivo

Fabian Bloch, euphonium
Muriel Zeiter, piano

Songs without words in the velvety smoothness of a splendid brass instrument: this is what we are offered by the new GENUIN CD of the Duo GIOVIVO from Switzerland. Fabian Bloch (euphonium) and Muriel Zeiter (piano) take us on a journey through three centuries of masterpieces to which they lend a new voice. Beethoven's Ich liebe Dich and Kreisler's Liebesleid, Fauré's Berceuse and Bach's famous Wenn Schafe sicher weiden can be found here. With its title Rather Romantic, much of the music on this album is not only genuinely romantic but also revolves around the eternal theme of love. As Robert Schumann's famous Widmung says, "Thou my world, in which I live, my heaven thou, to which I aspire…"