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Gerald Finley and Julius Drake return to Schumann, following a magisterially intense Dichterliebe which won them a third Gramophone award. Here they focus on the two contrasting Liederkreis (‘song-circle’) cycles using texts by Heine and Eichendorff. Heine is the poet of Dichterliebe, and Op 24 contains extremes of elation and despair that call all Finley’s considerable dramatic powers into play. Eichendorff’s seductive, crepuscular ‘night-songs’ of Op 39 require the velvety tone for which this singer is equally revered. Separating these two great works are the Sechs Gedichte aus dem Liederbuch eines Malers, Op 36, which find Schumann in more homespun, folksong-influenced vein.
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39
1 In Der Fremde
2 Intermezzo
3 Waldesgespräch
4 Die Stille
5 Mondnacht
6 Schöne Fremde
7 Auf Einer Burg
8 In Der Fremde
9 Wehmut
10 Zwielicht
11 Im Walde
12 Frühlingsnacht
Schumann: 6 Gedichte Aus Dem Liederbuch Eines Malers, Op. 36
1 Sonntags Am Rhein
2 Ständchen
3 Nichts Schöneres
4 An Den Sonnenschein
5 Dichters Genesung
6 Liebesbotschaft
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 24
1 Morgens Steh' Ich Auf & Frage
2 Es Treibt Mich Hin
3 Ich Wandelte Unter Den Bäumen
4 Lieb Liebchen, Leg's Händchen
5 Schöne Wiege Meiner Leiden
6 Warte, Warte, Wilder Schiffmann
7 Berg' & Burgen Schaun Herunter
8 Anfangs Wollt' Ich Fast Verzagen
9 Mit Myrthen & Rosen
26th September 2012
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“Finley and pianist Julius Drake are well attuned to those pervading atmospheres and psychological shifts; beginning with the veiled tone with which Finley opens Op 39 every song is individually coloured (some of his inflections suggest a close study of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's performances), and the text is always clear.”
Christmas 2012
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“With his slow tempos and dark vowels, Finley draws from the Op. 39 Eichendorff Liederkreis a real sense of the fear lurking behind even the ecstasies of love...Drake is perfectly attuned to the palette of shifting colours in Finley's dark baritone - here in top form.”
January 2013
“This new recording shows a greater richness in Finley's voice plus an evolving intimacy in his approach to recording Lieder, one that retreats from the word-by-word vocal painting of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau...Each song's overall conception - of which Julius Drake is a key part - reflects great thought as to its core emotion.”
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1 In Der Fremde
