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2009 BBC Music Magazine Award-winning baritone Christian Gerhaher returns with another exceptional recital recording, again accompanied by Gerold Huber. Gerhaher will be appearing at the Wigmore Hall in December 2009 in a recital to include Mahler Lieder.
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Rheinlegendchen
Mahler: Lieder Und Gesänge - Ich Ging Mit Lust
Mahler: Lieder Und Gesänge - Frühlingsmorgen
Mahler: Lieder Und Gesänge - Ablösung Im Sommer
Mahler: Lieder Und Gesänge - Wer Hat Dies Liedlein Erdacht?
Mahler: Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen - 1. Wenn Mein Schatz Hochzeit Macht
Mahler: Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen - 2. Ging Heut Morgen Über's Feld
Mahler: Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen - 3. Ich Hab' Ein Glühend Messer
Mahler: Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen - 4. Die Zwei Blauen Augen
Mahler: Lieder Und Gesänge - Zu Straßburg Auf Der Schanz
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Das Irdische Leben
Mahler: Lieder Und Gesänge - Nicht Wiedersehen
Mahler: Lieder Und Gesänge - Phantasie
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Wo Die Schönen Trompeten Blasen
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder - 1. Blicke Mir Nicht In Die Lieder
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder - 2. Ich Atmet' Einen Linden Duft
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder - 3. Um Mitternacht
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder - 4. Liebst Du Um Schönheit
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder - 5. Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Urlicht
13th December 2009
“Christian Gerhaher has always seemed an exceptionally profound and understanding singer and he proves that with this remarkable exploration of Mahler's songs...never over-emoting but keeping a beautiful, even line afloat often on the tiniest wisps of sound.”
12th December 2009
****
“Gerhaher is today’s Lieder interpreter par excellence. The German baritone’s range of colour, velvet timbre and natural intelligence recall a golden age of artistry.”
13th December 2009
“Christian Gerhaher has always seemed an exceptionally profound and understanding singer and he proves that with this remarkable exploration of Mahler's songs...never over-emoting but keeping a beautiful, even line afloat…”
14th January 2010
*****
“With every disc he makes, the German baritone Christian Gerhaher emerges more and more clearly as the true heir to the Lieder-singing legacy of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau...Every song is explored with a perfect mixture of musical tact and illumination”
31st January 2010
*****
“[Gerhaher's] finest achievement to date — indeed, one of the greatest programmes of this composer’s lieder ever committed to disc...Gerold Huber is an equal partner, painting the piano parts in a rich palette of instrumental colours. For once, one hardly misses Mahler’s orchestrations. Utterly memorable.”
March 2010
*****
“…outstandingly imaginative piano playing of Gerold Huber. He counterpoints voice and piano with the subtext within the settings, often with revelatory results. Both Gerhaher and Huber pace the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen perfectly, balancing the songs' emotional lights and deep shadows, their sense of wonder and of yearning. A glinting and newly honed knife-blade pierces the soul in the third song, colouring it with an Expressionist angst.”
Andrew McGregor
25th March 2010
“Gerhaher and Huber immerse you so successfully in their interior world that you barely register the orchestra’s absence...Huber achieves pianistic miracles of colour and timing, and to call this a mature partnership barely begins to address the depth of their mutual understanding...might I humbly suggest that this could be the finest Mahler you’ll hear all year? Absolutely essential.”
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Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Rheinlegendchen
