This page lists all recordings of Starke Einbildungskraft (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit), by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) on CD. Generally, more recent releases are listed first, but with priority given to those that are in stock. |
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Wolfgang Holzmair is one of the great word-painters of our time and one of the foremost interpreters of Mahler’s songs. He is embarking on an international tour of this repertoire, which has been a central part of his career, to mark his 60th birthday. His interpretation of this music draws upon many years of experience and brings a deep insight to these wonderful songs. Mahler composed his settings of poems by Clemens Brentano and Achim von Arnim in 1892. The piano-writing is remarkable for its almost orchestral complexity and imitation of orchestral effects. Mahler would eventually score 12 of the 'Wunderhorn' songs for orchestra. The poems’ appeal to Mahler is easy to understand: nature, yearning, love, farewells, night, death, spectral goings-on, boisterous youth, high spirits and wry, crisp humour all combined with the agitated imagination and personality of the composer to produce some of the greatest songs by any composer. They also formed the fertile ground from which several of the symphonies grew. “this is a unique sequence, showing that most of the earliest settings which sit alongside the more familiar numbers, usually linked by theme, are just as finely-wrought and no less typical of Mahler's most haunting preoccupations.” BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012 **** “His word-painting is superb, replacing sheer vocal firepower wityh more Lieder-friendly qualities of agility , precision and nuance. Poetic narrative is everywhere apparent...Holzmair seems to make the case for Mahler inheriting the Lieder mantle from Schumann...for nearly 80 minutes you can listen to Mahler's melodies and barely recall that they exist in an orchestral version” Gramophone Magazine, December 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“The performance are radiant and deeply understanding from both singer and pianist, well caught in atmospheric recording. A heart-warming record.” Penguin Guide, 2010 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Bo Skovus is considered to be one of the top Lieder interpreters of his generation. This Danish baritone is a star of the Vienna State Opera. He performs with the leading opera houses and orchestras in Europe, America and Japan. “Skovhus is an experienced practitioner of the art of Lieder recital and is renowned for taking risks with his interpretations. He has plenty of voice when he so chooses, even if a certain throatiness is creeping in these days...
Vladar’s pianism... is a real tour de force: rich in tone, subtle in dynamics and wonderfully vivid” MusicWeb International, August 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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“His voice is an infinite reservoir of emotion, tonal colour and nuance.”
(Le Monde de la Musique, August 1994) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Great Conductors - Walter
Recorded 1947 | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Brahms: | Es steht ein Lind (No. 41 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) Sehnsucht 'Hinter jenen dichten Wäldern', Op. 49 No. 3 Wie komm ich denn zur Tur herein (No. 34 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) Die Trauernde, Op. 7 No. 5 In stiller Nacht (No. 42 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) | Dvorak: | In Folk Tone - four songs, Op. 73 | Mahler: | Starke Einbildungskraft (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Ich ging mit Lust (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Ablösung im Sommer (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) | Schoenberg: | Erwartung, Op. 17 Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm Op. 2 No. 2 Erhebung Op. 2 No. 3 Waldsonne Op. 2 No. 4 | Schubert: | An Mein Herz D860 Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D300 (Salis-Seewis) Jägers Abendlied, Second Setting, D368 Der Einsame, D800 | Strauss, R: | Drei Lieder der Ophelia Op. 67 Mein Auge Op. 37 No. 4 Meinem Kinde, Op. 37 No. 3 Die Zeitlose, Op. 10 No. 7 Hat gesagt - bleibt's nicht dabei, Op. 36 No. 3 Allerseelen, Op. 10 No. 8 |
“…in Dvořák's anniversary year, the unmistakable and irresistible character of Popp's voice, by turns radiant and rueful, buoyant and melancholy, wonderfully recreates something at the very heart of the composer's settings of three Slovak folk poems which she included in her 1980 Edinburgh Festival programme with Geoffrey Parsons.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2004 **** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Lucia Popp - Lieder
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Bach, J S: | Cantata BWV51 'Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen' | Brahms: | Mädchenfluch (No. 9 from Neun Gesänge, Op. 69) Vorschneller Schwur (No. 5 from Sieben Lieder, Op. 95) Mädchenlied, Op. 107 No. 5 Mädchenlied (No. 6 from Sieben Lieder, Op. 95) Mädchenlied, Op. 85 No. 3 Das Mädchen spricht, Op. 107 No. 3 Die Trauernde, Op. 7 No. 5 Sehnsucht 'Mein Schatz ist nicht da', Op. 14 No. 8 Wie komm ich denn zur Tur herein (No. 34 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) In stiller Nacht (No. 42 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) Es steht ein Lind (No. 41 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) Regenlied, WoO23 | Charpentier, G: | Depuis le jour (from Louise) sung in German | Dvorak: | Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka) sung in German In Folk Tone - four songs, Op. 73 | Goetz: | Die Kraft versagt | Handel: | Samson: Let the bright seraphim | Janacek: | Moravian Folk Songs (15), JW VIII/23: excerpts | Kodály: | Hungarian Folk Songs | Lortzing: | Die Eifersucht ist eine Plage (from Zar und Zimmermann) | Mahler: | Frühlingsmorgen (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Ich ging mit Lust (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Nicht wiedersehen (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Scheiden und Meiden (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Hans und Grete (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Starke Einbildungskraft (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Ablösung im Sommer (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Erinnerung (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) | Massenet: | Allons! Il le faut pour lui-même!... Adieu, notre petite table (from Manon) | Monteverdi: | L'Orfeo: excerpts | Mozart: | E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) Ach, ich fühl's (from Die Zauberflöte, K620) | Prokofiev: | Russian Folksongs, Op. 104 | Puccini: | O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) sung in German | Smetana: | Endlich allein (from Die verkaufte Braut) | Telemann: | Arias from Psalm 111 "Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen" | Verdi: | Caro nome (from Rigoletto) sung in German | Weber: | Wie nahte mir der Schlummer … Leise, leise, fromme Weise (from Der Freischütz) |
Soprano Lucia Popp (1939-1993) was one of the most acclaimed singers of her generation. In this four-CD set she is heard in arias from operas by Weber, Mozart, Lortzing, Puccini, Verdi, Massenet and Monteverdi, songs by Brahms, Mahler, Prokofiev, Dvorak, Kodaly, Janacek, and sacred music by Telemann and Bach. After making her debut at the Vienna State Opera in the modest role of Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro, Lucia Popp worked with all the great conductors of her day including Leonard Bernstein, Sir George Solti, Rafael Kubelik, Lorin Maazel, Sir Neville Marriner, Bernard Haitink and Carlos Kleiber. The State Operas of Vienna and Munich honoured Lucia Popp with the title of Kammersängerin and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra awarded her the “Silver Rose”. In 2007 she was placed 7th on BBC Music Magazine's list ‘20 All-time Best Sopranos’ based on a poll of 21 British critics and BBC presenters. | | | (also available to download from $16.00) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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