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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Schubert: Lieder & Songs from Die WinterreiseRec-date: 2003 & 2006 (live)
Schubert: | Wohin? (No. 2 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Am feierabend (No. 5 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Heidenröslein, D257 Der Tod und das Mädchen, D531 Der König in Thule, D367 Gute Nacht (No. 1 from Winterreise, D911) Die Wetterfahne (No. 2 from Winterreise, D911) Gefror'ne Tranen (No. 3 from Winterreise, D911) Der Lindenbaum (No. 5 from Winterreise, D911) Wasserflut (No. 6 from Winterreise, D911) Einsamkeit (No. 12 from Winterreise, D911) Frühlingstraum (No. 11 from Winterreise, D911) Die Krahe (No. 15 from Winterreise, D911) Das Wirtshaus (No. 21 from Winterreise, D911) Mut (No. 22 from Winterreise, D911) Die Nebensonnen (No. 23 from Winterreise, D911) Der Leiermann (No. 24 from Winterreise, D911) |
The present collection of Schubert Lieder contains the only recording of a live concert by Christoph Prégardien. The CD contains Lieder recorded in two concerts during 2003 and 2006 when Prégardien was at the peak of his vocal career. After Songs of love & death this CD is the second recording with Christoph Prégardien accompanied by guitar. The accompaniment of the Romantic Lied by guitar was well accepted by Schubert’s contemporaries and the guitar itself was pretty en vogue in these times. In Prégardien’s opinion Schubert’s Lieder are closely connected with the intimate sound of the guitar. Tilman Hoppstock has selected 12 Lieder of Winterreise and five others and arranged them for his instrument. “With its different weight, measure and dynamic voicing, the guitar simply cannot recreate Schubert's subtle patterning of keyboard-conceived inflection and accenting...The guitar comes into its own, though, in the bleak, hurdy-gurdy accompaniment of 'Der Leiermann'. Prégardien's singing is just as intelligent and sentient as ever.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 *** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Serenade: Songs of night and loveRomantic partsongs for male choir
Camerata Musica Limburg, Jan Schumacher The highly successful Camerata Musica Limburg features Romantic vocal repertoire on their latest release, including works by Schubert, Vaughan Williams and Sjöberg. The warm timbre of the male chorus and the four fantastic French horns glow like stars in the night and the excellent soloists are well supported. | |
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Today it is the Passions of J.S Bach which are most commonly known. The Passion Oratorio by J.S Bach’s nephew, godson and pupil Johann Ernst Bach is lesser known. On this Capriccio re-release his Passion Oratorio is performed alongside an Ode on the 77th Psalm for tenor, chorus and orchestra and a Motet for solo voices, four-part chorus, strings and continuo. | | | (also available to download from $21.25) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Wolfgang Rihm sets poems from Heiner Müller, Hermann Lenz and Rainer Maria Rilke to music. Listen to a living document about one of the most important lied composers of our time. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | CPE Bach: The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus
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| |  | Schumann: Requiem, Der Königssohn & Nachtlied
These are stunning recordings of three rarely performed Schumann masterworks. The Requiem is beautifully scored and inhabits a world between Fauré’s otherworldly peace and Berlioz’s thunderous Last Judgement. “this version of Nachtlied will leave no-one in doubt that this choral-orchestral miniature is a significant find. Der Königssohn is similarly enjoyable” BBC Music Magazine, August 2011 **** “The soloists lend distinction, especially Christoph Prégardien as the young king-to-be, and Georg Grün's flexible direction doesn't undermine the pulse that each movement needs if it's to sustain any impression of coherence.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2011 “Whatever the aesthetic ambiguities of the work, Georg Grün and his musicians give the Requiem a creditable, straightforward performance. Balances tend to favour orchestral detail over a more precise choral presence...The soloists acquit themselves well.” International Record Review, September 2011 “Der Königssohn is one of four ballads that Schumann composed in 1851, which are precursors of a whole genre of narrative concert pieces in the second half of the 19th century. It may not be top-drawer Schumann, but it offers a sense of the composer creating something new.” The Guardian, 26th May 2011 ** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Lieder von Liebe und TodSongs of Love & Death
Brahms: | Erlaube mir, fein's Mädchen (No. 2 from Deutsche Volkslieder WoO 33) Da unten im Tale (No. 6 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) Schwesterlein, WoO posth. 37 No. 1 All mein Gedanken, die ich hab (No. 30 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) Wie komm ich denn zur Tur herein (No. 34 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) Es steht ein Lind (No. 41 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) Soll sich der Mond nicht heller scheinen (No. 35 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) | Schubert: | Das Wandern (No. 1 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Nachtstück, D672 (Mayrhofer) Der Tod und das Mädchen, D531 Am feierabend (No. 5 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Sei mir gegrüsst! D741 (Rückert) Der König in Thule, D367 Nacht und Träume, D827 Der Leiermann (No. 24 from Winterreise, D911) Meeres Stille, D216, Op. 3 No. 2 (Goethe) Der Unglückliche, D713 | Spohr: | Lied beim Rundetanz Op. 37:6 Schlaflied Lied aus 'Aslauga's Ritter' Getrennte Liebe Op. 37:5 Beruhigung Die Stimme der Nacht Schifferlied der Wasserfee |
'By replacing the piano with the guitar, Christoph Prégardien and Tilman Hoppstock have changed the mood of the songs. The tension between voice and instrument changes, forms a different colour-mixture. (Peter Härtling) 'Never has the guitar sounded so absolutely right for these songs.' (Classical Guitar) “...it's a revelation. The tension between voice and accompanist is...never less than creative. That's largely thanks to Prégardien 's matchless enunciation, always subtly nuanced inflection, and [Hoppstock's] ability to sustain a legato line through his nicely variegated and perfectly balanced plucking.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2010 **** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Christoph Pregardien (tenor), David Cordier (counter-tenor), Barbara Schlick (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Hans-Georg Wimmer (bass), Martina Lins (soprano), Silke Weisheit (contralto), Martin Schmitz (tenor) Rheinische Kantorei, Kleine Konzert, Das, Hermann Max | |
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| | | |  | Recorded at public concerts in the Grieg Hall, Bergen, April 2008
Completed in 1840, Mendelssohn's ‘Lobgesang’ Symphony is actually his fourth in order of composition, preceded by both the Italian (No.4) and the Reformation Symphony (No.5). It was composed to mark the 400th anniversary of Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press. Instead of dealing with the subject of printing or Gutenberg’s life, however, Mendelssohn chose to focus on the consequences of Gutenberg’s achievement, presenting it as the victory of light over darkness. “Litton's live recording is outstanding: observant of Mendelssohn's tempi, with beautifully detailed orchestral textures and lithe but robust choral work from the Danish National Vocal Ensemble and soloists Judith Howarth, Jennifer Larmore and Christoph Prégardien.” The Observer, 5th July 2009 “The tenor Christoph Pregardien is powerfully eloquent in the work’s best section (the anguished Stricke des Todes), and the Bergen Philharmonic lilt charmingly during the opening Sinfonia.” The Times, 11th July 2009 ** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2010
