Jules Massenet:
Thais - Méditation

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Ich liebe dich, WoO 123
Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 - Adagio cantabile

Erik Satie:
Je te veux

Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda:
Six Nocturnes, Op. 186

Robert Schumann:
Myrthen, Op. 25 - No. 1, Widmung, No. 7, Die Lotusblume, No. 3, Der Nussbaum

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Schafe können sicher weiden, BWV 208

Gabriel Fauré:
Berceuse, Op. 16
Sicilienne, Op. 78

Fritz Kreisler:
Three old Viennese Dances - No. 2, Liebeslied

Antonín Dvořák:
4 Lieder, Op. 82 - No. 1, Lasst mich allein

Pyotr Tchaikovsky:
Six Morceaux, Op. 51 - No. 6, Valse sentimentale

Gaetano Donizetti:
Ave Maria

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…"