Composers: Schubert Compositions: Myrthen Performers: Christian Gerhaher bar, Camilla Tilling s, Gerold Huber p Catalogue Number: Sony Classical G0100040625138

It has to be the most romantic and creative gift from a groom to his bride-to-be – a set of 26 songs by nine different poets in four books, all named after myrtle, the leaves of which, in mythology, were woven into wreaths for Venus, goddess of love.

Robert Schumann’s Myrthen represents not just an outpouring of love for...