About this title: Whether as an extended song cycle for four soloists with chorus and piano accompaniment or as an oratorio for four soloists with chorus and orchestral accompaniment, Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri is a lovely work of mid-nineteenth century German Romanticism at its most pseudo-oriental. The story of an angel banished from paradise and her trials and tribulations on the path back, Schumann's work is replete with exquisite tunes, perfumed harmonies, and emotional themes of salvation through that will sound deep and true to dedicated fans of nineteenth century German romanticism -- if, ...
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