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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Janet BakerBrahms - Lieder
Brahms: | Heimweh, Op. 63 No. 8 O kühler Wald, Op. 72 No. 3 Geheimnis, Op. 71 No. 3 Wir wandelten, wir zwei zusammen Op. 96/2 Meerfahrt, Op. 96 No. 4 Ständchen, Op. 106 No. 1 Ein Wanderer, Op. 106 No. 5 Regenlied (No. 3 from Acht Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 59) Das Mädchen spricht, Op. 107 No. 3 Mädchenlied, Op. 107 No. 5 Mondnacht, WoO 21 Auf dem Kirchhofe, Op. 105 No. 4 Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86 No. 2 Vergebliches Ständchen, Op. 84 No. 4 An die Nachtigall, Op. 46 No. 4 (Text: L.C.H. Hölty) Meine Liebe ist grün, Op. 63 No. 5 Herbstgefühl, Op. 48 No. 7 Abendregen, Op. 70 No. 4 Verzagen, Op. 72 No. 4 Nachtwandler, Op. 86 No. 3 Komm bald, Op. 97 No. 5 (Groth) Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht, Op. 96 No. 1 Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43 No. 1 |
Recorded: BBC Studios, London, 16 September 1960 / 4 January 1968 / 7 February 1961 “This is an important disc and one that will give great pleasure since it contains so much fine and deeply committed singing. It’s certainly a mandatory purchase for all admirers of Brahms’s lieder or of Dame Janet Baker.” MusicWeb International “what singing: what a voice, what beauty of line, variety of colour, incisive diction and unforced mastery of the whole difficult art of Lieder…the disc is a feast.” The Times “Listening to these Brahms songs culled from BBC broadcasts one realises just why Dame Janet's reputation continues to remain so high and why so many of her successors don't quite match her standards. To every song here, familiar or unfamiliar, she brings her special ability of making it her own and reaching to its heart. It's an almost uncanny gift, and not one easy to explain, but it makes every song in this programme momentous. Wondrous is the sustained half-voice with which she invests Nachtwandler with its intimate, sad feeling.
Then there's the outpouring of joy that is Meine Liebe ist grün to which she brings the most lustrous tone and an outgoing manner, and finally the gentle sense of fun, never overdone, which she brings to the very familiar VergeblichesStändchen.
If Brahms had written no other songs than Feldeinsamkeit, Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht and Von ewiger Liebe, he would surely be hailed as a great Lieder composer. Baker obviously understands their astonishing high quality. The first is sung, as it should be, with a kind of inner wonder, each amazing line given its full due. In the second, a Liebestod avant la lettre, she sings with the proper impassioned feeling, while the last, a happier statement of eternal love, is sung with the rugged conviction that always showed the singer at her very best.
Lush and Hamburger, especially the latter, are fully cognisant of what to do with Brahms's intricate writing for the piano. The sound is admirable, catching early Baker in full flow.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Zueignung - DedicationSongs for Baritone
Brahms: | An die Nachtigall, Op. 46 No. 4 (Text: L.C.H. Hölty) An den Mond, Op. 71 No. 2 (Text: K. Simrock) An ein Veilchen, Op. 49 No. 2 (Text: L.C.H. Hölty) | Foerster: | An die Laute, Op. 60 No. 1 (text: J.F. Rochlitz) | Gounod: | A toi mon coeur (Text: Jules Barbier) | Hahn, R: | À Chloris | Mozart: | An Chloë, K524 An die Hoffnung, K390 | Schubert: | An Mignon D161 An den Tod D518 (Schubart) An den Mond, D193 An die Leier, D737 (Bruchmann) An die Musik D547 An Mein Herz D860 | Strauss, R: | Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 | Wolf, H: | An eine Æolsharfe (No. 11 from Mörike-Lieder) |
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| |  | Songs of Brahms and Copland
Brahms: | Wir wandelten, wir zwei zusammen Op. 96/2 Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86 No. 2 Auf dem Kirchhofe, Op. 105 No. 4 Tambourliedchen (No. 5 from Neun Gesänge, Op. 69) Ruhe, Süßliebchen (No. 9 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) Alte Liebe, Op. 72 No. 1 An die Nachtigall, Op. 46 No. 4 (Text: L.C.H. Hölty) Wie bist du, meine Königin Op. 32 No. 9 | Copland: | Old American Songs, Set 1 The Little Horses Ching-a-ring Chaw At the River |
William Huckaby (piano), William Parker (baritone) | |
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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 (No. 6 from Mörike-Lieder) Die Spröde (No. 26 from Goethe-Lieder) |
“Donna Brown is an ideal singer, a feverish and smooth performer, true and poetic” Le Quotidien de Paris | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Alexander KipnisSongs By Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss & Wolf
Brahms: | Sapphische Ode, Op. 94 No. 4 Auf dem Kirchhofe, Op. 105 No. 4 Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op. 105 No. 2 Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86 No. 2 Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 Verrat, Op. 105 No. 5 Erinnerung, Op. 63 No. 2 An die Nachtigall, Op. 46 No. 4 (Text: L.C.H. Hölty) Ein Sonett, Op. 14 No. 4 (Herder) Sonntag, Op. 47 No. 3 Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43 No. 1 Heimweh, Op. 63 No. 8 Ständchen, Op. 106 No. 1 Die Mainacht, Op. 43 No. 2 | Schubert: | Der Wegweiser (No. 20 from Winterreise, D911) Der Doppelgänger D957 No. 13 Aufenthalt D957 No. 5 Am Meer, D 957 No. 12 Der Lindenbaum (No. 5 from Winterreise, D911) Ungeduld (No. 7 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Erlkönig, D328 | Schumann: | Mondnacht (No. 5 from Liederkreis, Op. 39) Wanderlied (No. 3 from 12 Gedichte, Op. 35) | Strauss, R: | Traum durch die Dämmerung, Op. 29 No. 1 Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 | Wolf, H: | Um Mitternacht (No. 19 from Mörike-Lieder) Grenzen der Menschheit (No. 51 from Goethe-Lieder) Songs (3) on poems by Michelangelo Buonarroti Gebet; Nun lass uns Frieden schliessen Wie Glanzet der Helle Mond Der Musikant (No. 2 from Eichendorff-Lieder) Der Soldat I (No. 5 from Eichendorff-Lieder) Der Schreckenberger (No. 9 from Eichendorff-Lieder) Cophtisches Lied I (No. 14 from Goethe-Lieder) Wir haben beide lange Zeit geschwiegen (No. 19 from Italienisches Liederbuch) Geselle, woll’n wir uns in Kutten hüllen (No. 14 from Italienisches Liederbuch) Heb’ auf dein blondes Haupt (No. 18 from Italienisches Liederbuch) Wie viele Zeit verlor ich, dich zu lieben (No. 37 from Italienisches Liederbuch) Was für ein Lied soll dir gesungen? (No. 23 from Italienisches Liederbuch) Sterb' ich, so hüllt in Blumen meine Glieder (No. 33 from Italienisches Liederbuch) |
"If you enjoy Lieder and/or the sound of a male singing voice, this extraordinary set belongs in your collection. It preserves the art of one of the greatest singers of this century, and is extremely well produced, with superb transfers, an intelligent booklet complete with texts and translations, and discs which are generously filled. This is, in fact, a model for the reissuing of important historical material, and it is one of Music & Arts's most significant achievements."
Henry Fogel, in Fanfare | |
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