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Aubert, L: | Cache-cache | Balfe: | Trust Her Not | Beethoven: | Sweet power of songs, WoO 152/2 The Elfin Fairies, WoO. 154 No. 1 Oh! would I were but that sweet linnet, WoO. 154 No. 9 English Bulls or The Irishman in London WoO. 152 No. 12 | Berlioz: | Pleure, pauvre Colette Le Trébuchet | Brahms: | Duette (4), Op. 61 | Britten: | Two Ballads for two voices and piano | Chausson: | Deux Duos, Op. 11 | Delibes: | Les Trois Oiseaux | Fauré: | Pleurs d'or Op. 72 Tarentelle Op. 10 No. 2 | Gounod: | D'un coeur qui t'aime L'Arithmétique La Siesta | Massenet: | Rêvons c'est l'heure Joie! | Mendelssohn: | Wasserfahrt, Op. 50 No. 4 Volkslied, Op. 63 No. 5 Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 No. 2 Neue Liebe, Op. 19a No. 4 Abendlied 'Wenn ich auf dem Lager' (Heine) Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein, Op. 63 No. 6 | Paladilhe: | Au bord de l'eau | Purcell: | Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, Z335 I attempt from Love's sickness fly Lost is my quiet for ever Fairest Isle What can we poor females do? | Quilter: | It was a lover and his lass | Rossini: | La Pesca Anzoleta co' passa la regata La promessa Duetto buffo di due gatti (Comic Duet for Two Cats) | Saint-Saëns: | Pastorale El Desdichado | Schumann: | Er ist's! Op. 79 No. 23 (Eduard Mörike) Frühlingslied Op. 79/19 Schneeglöckchen, Op. 79 No. 26 Das Glück Op. 79/16 | Sullivan: | Coming Home |
Felicity Lott, Ann Murray & Graham Johnson (piano) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Schumann - Frauenlieben und Leben & Liederkreis
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) & Daniel Blumenthal (piano) Critically acclaimed Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, who records exclusively for Naïve, releases her second solo recording for the label featuring a selection of fine lieder and two major song cycles by Schumann. She is accompanied by American pianist, Daniel Blumenthal. Following her critically praised debut solo CD of French mélodies (L’Heure exquise) multi-award winning Canadian contralto, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, returns with her second eagerly anticipated solo album on Naïve. Acknowledged as one of the foremost interpreters of her generation in the Baroque and Romantic repertoires, Lemieux ventures into the wonderfully passionate and poetic world of Schumann lieder. The programme opens with the stunning song cycle, Liederkreis Op.39. Written in May 1840, the cycle comprises of twelve songs based on poems by Joseph Eichendorff. Though the cycle presents no intelligible narrative framework, the result is a cycle that is completely coherent, almost a dream, a masterpiece on a par with Schubert’s Winterreise, consisting of a legendary ballad, mysterious nocturnes, meditations on love, and surges of passion: Romanticism at its best! Two months later, Schumann composed Frauenliebe und Leben Op.42. The songs describe the successive stages in a woman’s life: Her first love, engagement, marriage, motherhood to the continuation of her love for her husband after his death. This very intimate cycle often expresses happiness tinged with sorrow and a feeling of tragedy pervades the work, even amidst the joys of marriage. Marie-Nicole Lemieux’s dramatic qualities suit this cycle perfectly. To complete this programme of pieces by Schumann, Lemieux has chosen some other songs by the composer – Stille Tränen, Die Löwenbraut, Loreley, Er ist’s, Widmung,Der Nussbaum – perfect for her warm contralto voice. “In Frauenliebe und Leben the reticence of both performers pays off. Lemieux's matter-of-fact, deliberately unhistrionic presentation is very touching, so the emotional arc of the cycle clearly emerges without any seeming effort at all.” The Guardian, 3rd July 2009 **** “The strongest performance in this Schumann recital with pianist Daniel Blumenthal is Die Löwenbraut, more scena than song. There are some enticing moments in Liederkreis…” The Independent on Sunday, 19th July 2009 “This is a rare voice of melting loveliness, warm, limpid and rich-toned throughout its range, yet entirely devoid of the stately hootiness traditionally associated with the contralto...Lemieux sings the words clearly, yet without overpointing the text, and finds a different vocal “face” for each song. A revelation!” Sunday Times, 19th July 2009 ***** “Lemieux is clearly a thoughtful musician and she sings with a warm well-focused tone.” Daily Telegraph, 14th July 2009 *** “Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux and pianist Daniel Blumenthal bring vivid perception to Schumann's song-cycle Frauenliebe und-Leben, Op 42. It's tempting to judge this work by the ardent second song, "Er, der Herrlichste von allen". Lemieux passes with flying colours, her timbre dark but gleaming, her adoration for the love object kept in check and never cloying. Vibrato, too, is not overdone” The Observer, 2nd August 2009 “Lemieux brings a highly individual timbre to her Schumann recital...If you respond to her chocolaty tones, then you may want to investigate further...The rarely performed Die Löwenbraut...is a treat, and the highlight of the disc.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Schumann - Lieder
Schumann: | Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1 Mein Schöner Stern! Op. 101 No. 4 Zwei Lieder der Braut Die Soldatenbraut Op. 64 No. 1 Das verlassene Mägdlein, Op. 64 No. 2 Er ist's! Op. 79 No. 23 (Eduard Mörike) Mignon (Kennst du das Land?) Op. 98a No. 1 (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt Op. 98a No. 3 (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Heiss' mich nicht reden Op. 98a No. 5 (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Singet nicht In Trauertönen Op. 98a No. 7 (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) So lasst mich scheinen Op. 98a No. 9 (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Du bist wie eine Blume, Op. 25 No. 24 Der arme Peter, Op. 53 No. 3 Die Lotosblume, Op. 25 No. 7 Was will die einsame Träne, Op. 25 No. 21 Erstes Grün, Op. 35 No. 4 Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 Mondnacht (No. 5 from Liederkreis, Op. 39) Der Nussbaum, Op. 25 No. 3 |
Barbara Hendricks (soprano) & Roland Pöntinen (piano) "Hendricks' slender, sweet-toned soprano, with its distinctive quick vibrato, is still in fine shape." Gramophone | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Arleen Augér
Hoiby: | The Serpent | Schoenberg: | Erwartung, Op. 17 Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm Op. 2 No. 2 Erhebung Op. 2 No. 3 Waldsonne Op. 2 No. 4 | Schubert: | Frühlingsglaube, D686 Der Schmetterling D633 Nacht und Träume, D827 Liebe schwarmt auf allen Wegen, D239 No. 6 (Goethe) Erster Verlust, D226 (Goethe) Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118 Heidenröslein, D257 | Schumann: | Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1 Röselein, Röselein! Op. 89 No. 6 ('Wielfried von der Neun') Er ist's! Op. 79 No. 23 (Eduard Mörike) Des Sennen Abschied, Op. 79 No. 22 Mignin, Op. 79 No. 28 Singet nicht In Trauertönen Op. 98a No. 7 (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) | Strauss, R: | Das Rosenband, Op. 36 No. 1 Mädchenblumen, Op. 22 Die Zeitlose, Op. 10 No. 7 Efeu, Op. 22 No. 3 Freundliche Vision, Op. 48 No. 1 Herr Lenz Op. 37 No. 5 |
Arleen Augér (soprano) & Dalton Baldwin (piano) Recorded: BBC Studios, Pebble Mill, Birmingham, 2 January 1987 “This BBC recital from Birmingham (1987) extends Augér's run of Lieder on disc, and reminds us what a treasurable artist we lost when, six years after making this recording, she died aged 53.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2008 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Erik Werba (piano) Live recording, 1977 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | The Songs of Robert Schumann - Volume 9
Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (soprano), Graham Johson (piano) “In the piano pieces and songs alike, Johnson plays with luminous tone and a natural feeling for Schumannesque rubato. And as ever, his sleeve notes alone are worth the price of the disc” Daily Telegraph | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Songs of Robert Schumann - Volume 1The Later Songs
Christine Schäfer (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano) 'There is much beauty in these songs and if they need first-class performers to reveal their glories they certainly have them here, with Schäfer's beautifully clear, shining, radiant voice, Johnson's warm and sensitive accompaniment, all wrapped in the wonderfully intimate acoustic that Hyperion always manages for its vocal discs. As with the Schubert series, Johnson's notes are a work of art in themselves, with deeply-thought insights on every page. He is truly a peerless representative of song' (The Singer) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Fruhlingslieder
Brahms: | Das Mädchen spricht, Op. 107 No. 3 Nachtigall, Op. 97 No. 1 Geheimnis, Op. 71 No. 3 An ein Veilchen, Op. 49 No. 2 (Text: L.C.H. Hölty) An die Nachtigall, Op. 46 No. 4 (Text: L.C.H. Hölty) | Liszt: | Jugendglück, S. 323 Wie singt die Lerche schon. S. 312 Die tote Nachtigal, S. 291 | Mendelssohn: | Das erste Veilchen, Op. 19a No. 2 Gruß, Op. 19a No. 5 | Mendelssohn, Fanny: | Der Maiabend Op. 9 No. 5 (Voss) Maienlied Op. 1 No. 4 (Eichendorff) Frühling Op. 7 No. 3 (Eichendorff) | Schubert: | An die Nachtigall, D497 Gott im Fruhling D448 (Uz) Nachtviolen D752 (Mayrhofer) Frühlingsglaube, D686 Im Frühling, D882 Ständchen 'Horch! Horch! die Lerch!', D889 | Schumann: | Der Nussbaum, Op. 25 No. 3 Erstes Grün, Op. 35 No. 4 Er ist's! Op. 79 No. 23 (Eduard Mörike) Jasminenstrauch Op. 27 No. 4 (Friedrich Rückert) | Wolf, H: | Im Frühling (No. 13 from Mörike-Lieder) Frühling übers Jahr (No. 28 from Goethe-Lieder) Er ist's Die Spröde (No. 26 from Goethe-Lieder) |
Donna Brown (soprano), Stéphane Lemelin (piano) “Donna Brown is an ideal singer, a feverish and smooth performer, true and poetic” Le Quotidien de Paris | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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