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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs Volume 4Keller, Fallersben, Ibsen and other poets
This fourth CD in the first ever complete Hugo Wolf song series contains 12 premiere recordings. The performances were recorded live at the Oxford Lieder Festival in 2011 and are by two rising stars of the Lieder world. “The soft-grained baritone of Quirijn de Lang, with its somewhat cloudy vowels, is well-suited to [Nacht und Grab], sung over what is virtually a piano nocturne, beautifully played by Sholto Kynoch...Mary Bevan's feisty soprano draws vivid character cameos of the larger-than-lief women featured in Wolf's six Keller settings” BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012 *** “Supported by the knowing pianism of Sholto Kynoch, Bevan and her unaffected soprano voice create a clear compass, especially when the youthful Wolf needs clarification...De Lang has an exceptional emotional availability to whatever any given song demands...Most important, both singers are the sorts of vocal companions that one enjoys hearing over a long Lieder disc.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2012 | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Beethoven: | Ah! Perfido, Op. 65 Gundula Janowitz (soprano) | Brahms: | Sapphische Ode, Op. 94 No. 4 Christa Ludwig (soprano) Vergebliches Ständchen, Op. 84 No. 4 Christa Ludwig (soprano) Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby) Rita Streich (soprano) Geheimnis, Op. 71 No. 3 Rita Streich (soprano) Vergebliches Ständchen, Op. 84 No. 4 Rita Streich (soprano) | Egk: | Quattro Canzoni Irmgard Seefried (soprano) | Mahler: | Rheinlegendchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) Christa Ludwig (soprano) | Mendelssohn: | Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 No. 2 Rita Streich (soprano) | Mozart: | Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge, K596 Rita Streich (soprano) | Schubert: | Seligkeit D433 (Holty) Rita Streich (soprano) Lachen und Weinen, D777 Rita Streich (soprano) Die Vogel D691 Rita Streich (soprano) | Schumann: | Die Lotosblume, Op. 25 No. 7 Rita Streich (soprano) | Strauss, R: | Schlechtes Wetter, Op. 69 No. 5 Rita Streich (soprano) | Tchaikovsky: | Otchevo? (Why?), Op. 6 No. 5 Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) O ditya, pod okoshkom tvoim (Serenade), Op. 63 No. 6 Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) | Wagner: | Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde) Tristan und Isolde, Act III Gré Brouwenstijn (soprano) Schmerzen (No. 4 from Wesendonck-Lieder) Träume (No. 5 from Wesendonck-Lieder) Gré Brouwenstijn (soprano) | Wolf, H: | Bescheidene Liebe Rita Streich (soprano) |
"On wings of song" - Heine's words and Mendelssohn's immortal melody, sung here by the inimitable Rita Streich, perfectly encapsulate the spirit of this collection. Six of the greatest voices of the last half-century perform a range of familiar music: romantic Wagner from Gré Brouwenstijn and collectors' items such as Egk's four Italian songs from the matchless Irmgard Seefried. These were the commanding voices of their day, from Christa Ludwig's warm mezzo, to Gundula Janowitz's crystalline soprano and the dramatic brilliance of Galina Vishnevskaya, all captured in their prime. “With Vishnevskaya the odd-Russian-out, these 1960s films preserve the art of female singers mostly in the German Lied repertoire. Visual and sonic quality is variable, platform manners quaint, but the vocalism regularly excellent.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2009 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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