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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Schubert: Partsongs, Auf dem Strom & Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
Schubert: | Gebet (Du Urquell aller güte) D815 (Fouqué) Viola Tunnard (piano) Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey Nachthelle, D892 (Seidl) Viola Tunnard (piano) Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey Gott in der Natur D757 (Kleist) Viola Tunnard (piano) Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey Jünglingswonne, D983 Viola Tunnard (piano) Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey Ständchen 'Zögernd leise', D920/921 Viola Tunnard (piano) Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey Der Gondelfahrer, D809 Viola Tunnard (piano) Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey Psalm 23 'Gott ist mein Hirt', D706 Viola Tunnard (piano) Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey Gott im Ungewitter, D985 Viola Tunnard (piano) Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey Chor der Engel, D440 Viola Tunnard (piano) Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey Auf dem Strom, D943, Op. post. 119 Robert Tear (tenor), Neill Sanders (horn) & Lamar Crowson (piano) Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D965 (Von Chezy / Muller) Suzanne Danco (soprano), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) & Guido Agosti (piano) Die Forelle, D550 Suzanne Danco (soprano), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) & Guido Agosti (piano) Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118 Suzanne Danco (soprano), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) & Guido Agosti (piano) Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe) Suzanne Danco (soprano), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) & Guido Agosti (piano) Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert) Suzanne Danco (soprano), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) & Guido Agosti (piano) |
Two distinguished soloists – soprano Suzanne Danco and tenor Robert Tear – contribute to this disc of Schubert songs. Both of the composer’s ‘obbligato’ songs (Der Hirt auf dem Felsen and Auf dem Strom) are included, as are five of Schubert’s most popular Lieder in recordings by Danco previously unreleased on CD. But at the centre of this recital is a selection of Schubert’s Partsongs. Their origins lie in the vital demand for this kind of music in the context of the social life of Vienna during the composer’s lifetime. The male-voice quartet was a staple feature in the city’s concert halls, but even more so in the homes of the cultured middle-classes. Much of Schubert’s writing for this medium is in an ‘unbuttoned’ mood, providing material for friendly gatherings. Even so, we find among these partsongs for men’s or mixed voices, many which carry the unmistakable stamp of his genius – the gorgeous Ständchen, or the tranquil, other-worldly Nachthelle. “Schubert's secular choruses are among his least-known works, so a warm welcome for these charismatic performances of music beautiful enough to make you cry.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2012 ***** “This disc most delightfully extends the small number of Schubert's part-songs that has been recorded and these beautifully sung performances, very well recorded, capture the intimate spirit of music written primarily for friendly gatherings […] Robert Tear sings his part with lovely tone […] A contralto solo part woven into Ständchen is beautifully sung by Helen Watts […] this lovely disc gave me intense pleasure” Gramophone Magazine (Partsongs) “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen is marvellously clean and instrumental in execution” Gramophone Magazine (Danco) | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Die Schönsten Männerchöre
Abt: | Ave Maria ('Nun ist der Laute Tag Verhallt'), Op. 533 No. 3 Hans-Joachim Ribbe (baritone) Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle | Beethoven: | Hymne an die Nacht Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur ('Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre'), Op. 48 No. 4 (arr. for male choir) Carl Maria von Weber Men's Choir, Berlin, Andreas Wiedermann | Bortnyansky: | Ich bete an die Macht der Liebe Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle | Brahms: | In stiller Nacht, WoO 34 No. 8 Carl Maria von Weber Men's Choir, Berlin, Andreas Wiedermann | Grieg: | Landkjenning Op. 31 Hans-Joachim Ribbe (baritone) Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jorg-Peter Weigle | Isaac: | Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen Carl Maria von Weber Men's Choir, Berlin, Andreas Wiedermann | Kreutzer, K: | Märznacht Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle | Loewe, C: | Das war das Kloster Grabow, Op. 84 No. 3 Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle | Marschner, H A: | Das Testament Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle | Mendelssohn: | Der Jäger Abschied: Wer hat dich, du schöner Wald, Op. 50 No. 2 Berlin Radio Chorus, male section, Dietrich Knothe Trinklied 'So lang man nüchtern ist', Op. 75 No. 3 Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle | Mozart: | Laßt uns mit geschlungen Händen K 623a (arr. E. Kremser) Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle | Ricciusi: | Die lustigen Musikanten Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle | Schubert: | Nachtgesang im Walde, D913 Wolfgang Stahl (horn), Dieter Fokel (horn), Gerhard Mayer (horn), Michael Schoppe (horn) Berlin Radio Chorus, male section, Dietrich Knothe Der Lindenbaum (No. 5 from Winterreise, D911) (arr. F. Silcher) Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D714 Berlin Radio Chorus, male section, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, members, Dietrich Knothe Deutsche Messe, D872: Sanctus Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle Die Nacht, D983c Berlin Radio Chorus, male section, Dietrich Knothe Ständchen 'Zögernd leise', D920/921 Bernd Casper (piano), Astrid Pilzecker (alto) Berlin Radio Chorus, male section, Dietrich Knothe Nachthelle, D892 (Seidl) Ekkehard Wagner (tenor), Bernd Casper (piano) Berlin Radio Chorus, male section, Dietrich Knothe Nächtliches Ständchen D635 Carl Maria von Weber Men's Choir, Berlin, Andreas Wiedermann Im Abendrot, D799 (arr. for male choir) Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle | Schumann: | Die Minnesänger, Op. 33 Nr. 2 Carl Maria von Weber Men's Choir, Berlin, Andreas Wiedermann Die Rose stand im Tau, Op. 65 No. 1 Hans-Joachim Ribbe (baritone) Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle | Silcher: | Schifferlied Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle Untreue ('In einem kühlen Grunde') Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle Hab oft im Kreis der Lieben Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle So nimm denn meine Hande Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle Loreley Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle Wohin mit der Freud? ('Ach du klarblauer Himmel'), Op. 58 No. 2 Carl Maria von Weber Men's Choir, Berlin, Andreas Wiedermann Ännchen von Tharau Carl Maria von Weber Men's Choir, Berlin, Andreas Wiedermann | trad.: | Im Krug zum grünen Kranze (arr. S. Breu) Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle Muss I denn zum Stadtele hinaus Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle Ein Jager aus Kurpfalz Berlin Radio Choir, Dietrich Knothe Süß Liebe liebt den Mai Leipzig Radio Chorus, Jorg-Peter Weigle Es ritten drei Reiter Carl Maria von Weber Men's Choir, Berlin, Andreas Wiedermann | Weber: | Lützows wilde Jagd, J168, Op. 42 No. 2 Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle | Zollner: | Des Mullers Lust und Leid, Op. 6 : Das Wandern ist des Mullers Lust Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle Rheinweinlied Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Jorg-Peter Weigle |
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Röntgen: | Hoffnung ('Letzte Lust und letzte Blüten') Fiesole ('Alles Tosen ist zerstoben') | Schubert: | Sehnsucht (Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt), D656 Die Nacht, D983c Ständchen 'Zögernd leise', D920/921 Grab und Mond, D893 Der Entfernten D331 (Salis-Seewis) Nachtviolen D752 (Mayrhofer) Nachtstück, D672 (Mayrhofer) Abendstern, D806 An Sylvia, D891 | Schumann: | Die Lotosblume, Op. 33 No. 3 Die Rose stand im Tau, Op. 65 No. 1 Der träumende See Op. 33 Nr. 1 | Strauss, R: | Vor den Türen, Op. 123 No. 1 Traumlicht, No. 2 of Drei Männerchöre AV123 | Wolf, H: | Sechs Geistliche Lieder |
The nineteenth century was a golden age for choral singing in Germany and Austria. Beginning in 1810, singing clubs, and later on, choral societies, shot up all over this part of the world like mushrooms. You could join a Liedertafel, Liederkranz, or Männersangverein. Carl Friedrich Zelter, Mendelssohn’s teacher and the leader of the Berliner Singverein, was the first person to use the term “Liedertafel” in 1808. The term was used to indicate an informal meeting of poets, composers, and singers who came together to sing German partsongs. In a letter addressed to Goethe, Zelter explained that the 25 members of his Liedertafel were accustomed to sit down at a well-furnished table for a sumptuous dinner followed by an evening of singing. Zelter’s group preferred original works, so freshly composed that the ink was still wet. The goal was stimulation and promotion of German poetry and music. The Gents is unique All-male Dutch vocal ensemble that obtained in a very short period a prominent place within the international music world. The group of young singers is praised because of their special sound, the large degree of flexibility and the unequalled interpretation of the very divergent vocal repertoire. Whether it concerns religious music from the Renaissance, romantic English music, arrangements of contemporary jazz and pop songs or especially composed works for the ensemble, the concerts of The Gents are always an extraordinary experience. The concerts can count therefore on enthusiastic public and positive criticisms in the press. “Hypnotically homogenous of timbre, hushed and soft-focused, The Gents clearly relish Schubert's songs of night and of yearning” BBC Music Magazine “The 18-strong Dutch ensemble bring to their enterprising programme the essential technical finesse: a rounded, unforced sonority, refined chording and balance (un-hooty male altos blend euphoniously with the high tenors on the top lines), and near-perfect intonation...They are always alive to the sound and sense of the words” Gramophone Magazine, August 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Volume 33 - Part-Songs Volume 2
Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Silke Schwarz (soprano), Regina Jakobi (alto), Ingeborg Danz (alto), Hildegard Wiedemann (alto), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Marcus Ullmann (tenor) Thomas E. Bauer (bass), Markus Flaig (bass), Marcus Schmidl (bass) & Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition presents all Schubert’s Lieder, over 700 songs, grouped according to the poets who inspired him. Thanks to Bärenreiter’s Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (New Schubert Edition), Tübingen, which uses primary sources, the performers have been able to benefit from the most recent research of the editorial team. While Schubert’s numerous works for male-voice ensembles were circulated widely, those for female voices remained less well known, despite including several ambitious works of genius. Ulrich Eisenlohr, praised as the “splendid accompanist” on many of Naxos’s Schubert Lieder discs, and on Mozart’s Complete Songs (8557900-01) joins some outstanding singers on this second volume of Schubert’s delectable part-songs. | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Camerata Musica Limburg, Jan Schumacher | |
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Melanie Sonnenberg (mezzo-soprano) Turtle Creek Chorale, Timothy Seelig | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Schubert: Guitar Quartet & Arpeggione Sonata
Schubert: | Guitar Quartet, D96 Jukka Hirvikangas (viola), Timo Pulakka (flute), Mikko Ivars (cello), Jari Tarjasalo (guitar) Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821 arr. for flute and guitar Timo Pulakka (flute), Jari Tarjasalo (guitar) Lob der Tranen D711 (Schlegel) Jari Tarjasalo (guitar) Liebesbotschaft, D957 No.1 Jari Tarjasalo (guitar) Aufenthalt D957 No. 5 Jari Tarjasalo (guitar) Die Post, D911 (No. 13 from Winterreise, D911) Jari Tarjasalo (guitar) Ständchen 'Zögernd leise', D920/921 Jari Tarjasalo (guitar) Das Fischermädchen D957 No. 10 Jari Tarjasalo (guitar) |
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Brahms: | Da unten im Tale (No. 6 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) | Chopin: | Variations on Rossini's 'Non piu mesta' in E major | Giuliani: | Seven Landler | Krahmer: | Hungarian Rondo | Mendelssohn: | Scheidend, Op. 9 No. 6 Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 6 in A minor 'Venetianisches Gondellied' | Mertz: | Tarantelle | Moretti, F: | La Insinuación, Op. 24 No. 3 | Schubert: | Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118 Die liebe Farbe (No. 16 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Ständchen 'Zögernd leise', D920/921 Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 | Sor: | Las Mujeres y Cuerdas Prepárame la Tumba Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9 | Strauss, J, II: | Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 |
Genevieve Lacey (recorder) & Karin Schaupp (guitar) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Schubert - StandchenWorks for men's choir
Schubert: | Der Gondelfahrer, D809 Mondenschein, D875 Gondelfahrer, D808 Fruhlingslied D914 Fruhlingsgesang D740 Ständchen 'Zögernd leise', D920/921 Wein und Liebe D901 Grab und Mond, D893 Nachthelle, D892 (Seidl) Widerspruch D865 (Seidl) Nachtgesang im Walde, D913 Wehmut, D825 Ewige Liebe, D825a Flucht, D825b |
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Beethoven: | Die Trommel geruhret Freudvoll und leidvoll from Egmont No, non turbati Ah! Perfido, Op. 65 | Mozart: | Parto, parto, ma tu ben mio (from La Clemenza di Tito) Deh, per questo istante solo (from La Clemenza di Tito) Abendempfindung an Laura, K523 Das Veilchen, K476 | Schubert: | Ständchen 'Zögernd leise', D920/921 Rosamunde, D797: Romance 'Der Vollmond Strahlt auf Bergeshöh'n' Lazarus, D689: 'So schlummert auf Rosen' Konnt' ich ewig hier verweilen |
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