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Loewe, C: | 2 Balladen, Op. 94 3 Balladen, Op. 1 | Mendelssohn: | Neue Liebe, Op. 19a No. 4 Gruß, Op. 19a No. 5 Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 No. 2 Reiselied 'Der Herbstwind', Op. 34 No. 6 Morgengruss (Heine) Op. 47 No. 2 Allnächtlich im Traume (Heine) Op. 86 No. 4 Frühlingslied 'Durch den Wald, den dunkeln', Op. 47 No. 3 An die Entfernte (Lenau) Op. 71 No. 3 Schilflied, Op. 71 No. 4 Auf der Wanderschaft Op. 71 No. 5 Minnelied 'Wie der Quell so lieblich', Op. 47 No. 1 Frühlingslied 'In dem Walde', Op. 19a No. 1 Das erste Veilchen, Op. 19a No. 2 Reiselied 'Bringet des', Op. 19a No. 6 Winterlied (Swedish folksong) Op. 19a No. 3 Minnelied 'Leucht't heller als die Sonne', Op. 34 No. 1 O Jugend, o schöne Rosenzeit (Rhenish folksong) Op. 57 No. 4 Da lieg' ich unter den Bäumen, Op. 84 No. 1 Erntelied (folksong) Op. 8 No. 4 Volkslied, Op. 47 No. 4 Wanderlied 'Laue Luft kommt blau geflossen', Op. 57 No. 6 Nachtlied, Op. 71 No. 6 Das Waldschloss Pagenlied Frühlingslied 'Es brechen im schallenden Reigen' (Klingemann), Op. 34 No. 3 Bei der Wiege, Op. 47 No. 6 Es lauschte das Laub so dunkelgrün (Klingemann) Op. 86 No. 1 Trostung, Op. 71, No. 1 Jagdlied 'Mit Lust tät ich ausreiten', Op. 84 No. 3 Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden, Op. 99 No. 5 Der Mond, Op. 86 No. 5 Venetianisches Gondellied, Op. 57 No. 5 'Wenn durch die Piazetta' Der Blumenkranz 'By Celia's arbour all the night' Erster Verlust, Op. 99 No. 1 Andres Maienlied (‘Hexenlied') Op. 8/8 Warnung vor dem Rhein, WoO 16 Altdeutsches Lied (Schreiber) Hirtenlied (Uhland) Op. 57 No. 2 Schlafloser Augen Leuchte (Byron) Scheidend, Op. 9 No. 6 |
As Richard Wigmore notes in his characteristically scholarly and elegant booklet essay, ‘Fischer-Dieskau’s narrative flair, mastery of word-painting and gift for fixing a scene in the mind’s ear made him a natural for the ballads of Carl Loewe, a composer once well described as a 19th-century incarnation of a medieval strolling minstrel’. Digitally remastered in 2007 The great German baritone made these recordings – with Wolfgang Sawallisch at the piano in the Mendelssohn, Gerald Moore in the Loewe – in Berlin in 1970 and 1967 respectively.
This is the first time the LP of Loewe’s Ballads has appeared in its entirety on CD. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mendelssohn - Songs & Duets Volume 3
Mendelssohn: | Gruß, Op. 19a No. 5 (Heine) Sonntagslied (Klingemann), Op. 34, No. 5 Entsagung (Droysen), Op. 9, No. 11 Die Sterne schau'n in stiller Nacht (Schlippenbach), Op. 99 No. 2 Frühlingslied 'Es brechen im schallenden Reigen' (Klingemann), Op. 34 No. 3 Schilflied, Op. 71 No. 4 (Lenau) Altdeutsches Lied (Schreiber) Keine von der Erde Schönen (Byron) Schlafloser Augen Leuchte (Byron) Suleika (Goethe/von Willemer) Op. 34 No. 4 Der Mond, Op. 86 No. 5 (Geibel) Wie kann ich froh und lustig sein? (Kaufmann) Abendlied 'Das Tage Werk ist' (J H Voss), Op. 8 No. 9 Morgenlied (Voss/anon.), Op. 86, No. 2 Im Frühling (anon.) Romanze (aus dem Spanischen) Tröstung (Fallersleben) Pilgerspruch (Fleming), Op. 8, No. 5 Minnelied im Mai 'Holder klingt der Vogelsang', Op. 8 No. 1 Nachtlied (Eichendorff) | Mendelssohn, Fanny: | Wenn ich in deine Augen sehe (Heine) Sehnsucht (Schreiber) Suleika und Hatem (Goethe) Das Heimweh (Robert) Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (Heine) Aus meinen Tränen spriessen (Heine) |
“There is much to recommend in this collection. First of all, the songs themselves, some deeper than others, are sweet and forthright, and shown to their best advantage by the equally sweet and forthright playing of Eugene Asti. Displaying a remarkable ease at the keyboard and a deep sense of
these pieces, he seems to be the inspiring and unifying force behind the entire enterprise” Fanfare | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Sandrine Piau: Aprés un Rêve
Bouchot: | Galgenlieder - Mondendinge Der Hecht Die Mitternachtsmaus Das Wasser Galgenkindes Wiegenlied | Britten: | Down by the Salley Gardens There's none to soothe I wonder as I wander | Chausson: | Amour d’antan, Op. 8 No. 2 Dans la forêt du charme et de l’enchantement, Op. 36 No. 2 Les Heures, Op. 27 No. 1 | Fauré: | Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 Clair de Lune, Op. 46 No. 2 Les berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1 | Mendelssohn: | Nachtlied, Op. 71 No. 6 Neue Liebe, Op. 19a No. 4 Hexenlied, Op. 8 No. 8 Schlafloser Augen Leuchte (Byron) | Poulenc: | Montparnasse Hyde Park C Fêtes galantes | Strauss, R: | Die Nacht, Op. 10 No. 3 Das Geheimnis, Op. 17 No. 3 Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 |
The award-winning pairing of soprano Sandrine Piau and pianist Susan Manoff received unanimous critical acclaim for their previous recital disc Evocation, (V5063). On their new CD Après un rêve they perform a fascinating collection of songs by some of the greatest composers for the voice of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Richard Strauss, Fauré, Mendelssohn, Chausson, Poulenc, Britten and Vincent Bouchot. After initially making her reputation in Baroque music alongside the likes of William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Christophe Rousset, and René Jacobs, Sandrine Piau now sings a broad repertoire reflected in her large discography. and she has now confirmed her position at the forefront of the new generation of French singers. Her Handel album with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques (E8928), was an Editor’s Choice in Gramophone, and in 2007 she released an award-winning recital CD entitled Évocation (V5063), on which she was accompanied by the pianist Susan Manoff. Après un rêve demonstrates once again the strength of her musical relationship with Manoff, with whom she appears regularly at venues like the Carnegie Hall and the Wigmore Hall. Her solo discography for Naïve also includes a programme of Mozart opera arias with the Freiburger Barockorchester (V4932), and two recent bestselling Handel albums, duets with Sara Mingardo directed by Rinaldo Alessandrini (OP30483) and the solo album Between Heaven and Earth with Accademia Bizantina (OP30484). “Piau brings her limpid tone, refined phrasing and easy, silvery top notes to this eclectic programme, built around the themes of night, dreams and the fantastic...With virtually accent-free English, Piau gives true and touching performances of three Britten folksong arrangements.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2011 “Piau's exquisite voice has a limpid quality all through its range, an evennes of tone which seduces the ear and - art concealing art - she makes her performance sound as easy as breathing...Bouchot's Galgenlieder songs,m with their skewed harmonies, off-centre melodies and dark fairy-tale lyrics, are a fascinating addition to the repertoire too, and Manoff's accompanying is a treat.” Classic FM Magazine, July 2011 **** “surrender to Piau's gifts as a singer, the purity of her tone, with that light silvery quality that we should associate with the best of the French style, and the effortless, so it seems, spinning of a seamless legato...Everything is grist to her mill, it seems, even Britten's most English songs that she delivers with immaculate diction while sounding completely at home in a second language...this is a sophisticated and a fine artist at work.” International Record Review, July 2011 “This celebration of dreams and childhood is, on the purely sensuous level, an unending delight. Piau's sweet, unforced tone, her bright top notes perfectly integrated with her medium and exemplary diction combine to make this in many ways yet another exmaple of how well Baroque vocal technique translates into the later song repertoire.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2011 **** “It's a journey whose darkest depths are reached by Vincent Bouchot's use of Morgenstern's Galgenlieder (Gallow Songs), in which are encountered more surreal images – notably the inhabitants of the moon depicted "show[ing] their teeth to the sulphurous hyena" in "Moonthings".” The Independent, 1st July 2011 *** “there's exquisite playing from Susan Manoff, and no mistaking the beauty of Piau's voice, or her hypnotic way with words. This is singing that sends shivers down your spine.” The Guardian, 7th July 2011 **** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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