This is most likely the first time that the three cycles on the Petrarca subject by Liszt – early and late vocal version plus piano solo version are appearing on record for the first time. Andrè Schuen is meanwhile grown to one of the most famous leading young baritones.

This complete recording of Franz Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets attempts to highlight the significance of his different versions of the three Sonnets 47, 109, und 123 – possibly for the first time. Musicologists are baffled by the fact that Liszt wrote several versions of the same works. He even set the same texts to different music: not twice, but occasionally three or more times – an absolute exception in the history of music. This is both bewildering and rewarding: Liszt aficionados can embark on a treasure hunt through the scores.