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The precociously gifted Korngold followed in the footsteps of the great late romantic composers Richard Strauss, Mahler and Pfitzner, his unwavering commitment to refined melody, ravishing harmony and formal coherence earning him the reputation of a musical anomaly in the face of the rising avant garde. Yet these very characteristics now drive immense interest in his music, among which the varied songs on this album rank among his most intimate and imaginative small-scale works. This new Naxos series is set to reveal countless treasures, worthy to be heard beside those of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: 3 Lieder, Op. 22
No. 1. Was Du mir bist … (What Are You To Me?)
No. 2. Mit Dir zu schweigen … (To be Silent When I'm With You)
No. 3. Welt ist stille eingeschlafen … (The World Has Gone To Sleep)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Unverganglichkeit (The Eternal), Op. 27
No. 1. Unverganglichkeit I (Immortality I)
No. 2. Das eilende Bachlein (The Rushing Little Stream)
No. 3. Das schlafende Kind (The Sleeping Child)
No. 4. Starker als der Tod (Stronger than Death)
No. 5. Unverganglichkeit II (Immortality II)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Songs of the Clown, Op. 29
No. 1. Come Away, Death
No. 2. O Mistress Mine
No. 3. Adieu, Good Man Devil
No. 4. Hey Robin
No. 5. For the Rain, It Raineth Every Day
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: 4 Lieder, Op. 31
No. 1. Desdemona's Song
No. 2. Under the Greenwood Tree
No. 3. Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
No. 4. When Birds Do Sing
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: 12 Lieder, "So Gott und Papa will"
No. 1. Das Standchen (Serenade) (also as Op. 9, No. 3)
No. 2. Winternacht (Winter Night)
No. 3. Das Madchen (The Girl)
No. 4. Abendlandschaft (Evening Landscape)
No. 5. Schneeglockchen (Snowdrops) (also as Op. 9, No. 1)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: 6 Einfache Lieder, Op. 9: Nos. 4-6
No. 4. Liebesbriefchen (A Little Love Letter)
No. 5. Das Heldengrab am Pruth (The Hero's Grave at Pruth)
No. 6. Sommer (Summer)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Angedenken
Angedenken (Remembrance)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Vesper
Vesper
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Reiselied
Reiselied (Travelling Song)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Der Geniale
Der Geniale (The Genius)
July/August 2011
“You can listen only in awe of the talent of one so young; at the sophistication of 'Waldeinsamkeit', particularly in the piano part, and the self-assurance with which the young Korngold sets the texts. The baritone Uwe Schenker-Primus makes the most of his walk through this late-Romantic wood”
November 2011
“The attractive young voices of soprano Britta Stallmeister and baritone Uwe Schenker-Primus fall easily on the ear and their interpretations offer many perceptive and poetic insights, as do the deft piano parts that are much more than mere adornments...It's a real pleasure to hear the youthful baritone of Schenker-Primus in the Eichendorff setting, an astonishing achievement from the young Korngold.”
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No. 1. Was Du mir bist … (What Are You To Me?)
