Richard Strauss: The Complete Songs 6

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As well as showing her ability to weave around a wide-ranging phrase, apparent in the first song on the disc, 'Einerlei', and incorporating a useful chest voice, she shows a wicked penchant for... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th Oct 2012
Catalogue No: CDA67844
Label: Hyperion
Series: Richard Strauss Complete Songs
Length: 66 minutes

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Excerpt, Strauss, R: Fünf kleine Lieder, Op. 69

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III. Einerlei

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I. Der Stern

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IV. Waldesfahrt

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V. Schlechtes Wetter

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Strauss, R: Rote Rosen, AV76

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Strauss, R: Die erwachte Rose, TrV 90, AV 66

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Strauss, R: Begegnung (Meeting), AV 72

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Strauss, R: Wir beide wollen springen, AV 90

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Strauss, R: Das Bächlein, Op. 88 No. 1

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Strauss, R: Blick vom oberen Belvedere, Op. 88 No. 2

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Strauss, R: Der Krämerspiegel (12 songs), Op. 66 (texts: Alfred Kerr)

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I. Es war einmal ein Bock

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II. Einst kam der Bock als Bote

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III. Es liebte einst ein Hase

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IV. Drei Masken sah ich am Himmel stehn

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V. Hast du ein Tongedicht vollbracht

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VI. O lieber Künstler sei ermahnt

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VII. Unser Feind ist, grosser Gott

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VIII. Von Händlern wird die Kunst bedroht

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IX. Es war mal eine Wanze

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X. Die Künstler sind die Schöpfer

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XI. Die Händler und die Macher

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XII. O Schröpferschwarm, o Händlerkreis

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Strauss, R: Wer hat’s getan Op. 10 No. 6 bis

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Strauss, R: Malven, AV 304

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Hyperion’s Strauss Lieder series continues to demonstrate that the composer’s achievements in this genre are among the most fascinating and accomplished of his works. This latest volume includes, for instance, the delicious Schlechtes Wetter from Op 69, and the lovely—and unknown—Waldesfahrt from the same group. The delicately beautiful Malven (never published in Strauss’s lifetime, and first performed by Kiri Te Kanawa in 1985), with which the recital ends, is known as Strauss’s ‘Fifth Last Song’.

The central work recorded here, Krämerspiegel, owes its genesis to Strauss’s long-lasting and bitter dispute with the German music publishing industry. A Berlin literary critic, Alfred Kerr, wrote him a witty set of satirical verses lampooning music publishers, mentioning many of Strauss’s principal enemies by name. Strauss set all twelve poems to music, and this practical joke finally saw the light of day in 1921. It is easy to understand why the cycle is now rarely performed, given that the texts consist entirely of in-jokes, and that the lion’s share of the music is given to the pianist. But Strauss’s music is well worth savouring, not least for its humorous references to Strauss’s own works, such as Der Rosenkavalier and Ein Heldenleben, and especially for the beautiful prelude to the eighth song and its reprise as the final extended postlude—used by the composer nearly a quarter of a century later, in his opera Capriccio.

Roger Vignoles is the curator and pianist of this series, and also writes the informative booklet notes. Making her Hyperion debut is soprano Elizabeth Watts, of whom The Guardian commented at a recent Strauss Lieder recital: ‘Watts, winner of the Lieder prize at Cardiff Singer of the World in 2007, is already a major artist, but this struck me as making a transformation into a great one, as well as allowing us to hear her in music she seems to have been born to sing. Watts has the right tonal glamour for Strauss along with that tricky combination of vocal ease and immaculate control that his work requires.’

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March 2013

As well as showing her ability to weave around a wide-ranging phrase, apparent in the first song on the disc, 'Einerlei', and incorporating a useful chest voice, she shows a wicked penchant for donning joke fangs in the song cycle.

February 2013

Vignoles was and is very impressive indeed, here readily catching the extraordinary variety of mood in each song...My pleasure in this latest volume is without any reservations. Elizabeth Watts sings gloriously, rising fluently to the high tessitura of Strauss's melodic lines...Her beautiful voice, sensitive phrasing and response to word-meanings are consistently rewarding and her partnership with Roger Vignoles could hardly be more beautifully balanced.

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