Irwin Gage
Based in Germany, American pianist Irwin Gage has become one of the best-known piano accompanists for German and other lieder singers.
His father was Hungarian and his mother Russian. At the University of Michigan and Yale University, he studied piano, musicology, and literature. He found himself developing a particular interest in art song, which led him to continue his studies in Vienna, where he attended the Akademie für Musik. There his teachers were Hilde Lang-Rulh and Erik Werba. He also had private consultations with Otto Erich Deutsch and Helene Berg. To strengthen his knowledge of French vocal literature he studied in Paris with Pierre Bernac, the great singer and associate of composer Francis Poulenc.
He made a debut in Vienna in 1973 as soloist with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Claudio Abbado and occasionally does play solo performances. However, he has found the highest demand for his skills as an accompanist. Among the internationally famous vocal artists who have requested him for their recitals are Arleen Auger, Francisco Araiza, Peter Schreier, René Kollo, Lucia Popp, François Le Roux, Jessye Norman, Gundula Janowitz, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Cheryl Studer, Cornelia Kallisch, Tom Krause, and Julie Kaufmann.
Gage also has a strong interest in continuing the great tradition of lieder recitals, and, therefore, pays close attention to emerging younger singers. It is considered a sign of promise when Gage consents to appear with them in full recitals. Among these younger singers have been Roman Trekel, Matthias Goerne, Dietrich Hanschel, Christine Schäfer, Christiane Oelze, Monika Bacelli, Michael Schade, Dagmar Peckova, and Kurt Streit. He is a co-founder and regular participant in the "Freunde des Liedes" series, which, five times a year, presents several young singers. In addition to the German-language lieder repertory (from Beethoven to Hindemith and beyond), he has presented extensive concert series devoted to French and English songs by such composers as Chausson, Poulenc, Vaughan Williams, and recordings of songs by Purcell, Ravel, Dvorák, Debussy, Milhaud, and Sibelius.
He has won several major recording prizes, including the Grand Prix du Disque, the Deutschen Schallplattenpreis, the Edison Prize, and the Gramophone Prize. In 1979 he began teaching classes in lieder interpretation at the University of Zürich. He also conducts master classes in Europe, Japan, and the U.S.
In the recording studio, he has made noted recordings with Elly Ameling, Lucia Popp, Chistine Schäfer, Elisabeth Speiser, Cheryl Studer, Jessye Norman, Christa Ludwig, Tom Krause, René Kollo, Julie Kaufmann, Brigitte Fassbaender, and Gundula Janowitz. On the Arcanta label he has produced two albums of Songs without Voice (Lieder ohne Stimme), featuring Brahms and Schubert songs played as piano solos.
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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Jean Sibelius : Songs
Elisabeth Söderström, Tom Krause, Irwin Gage, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 jan. 1984
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Mahler: Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn & Rückert-Lieder / Schubert: Lieder
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 jan. 1972
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Schubert: Lieder
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 jan. 1997
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Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch
Elly Ameling, Irwin Gage, Tom Krause
Klassiek - Released by Globe on 1 jan. 1995
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Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben; Liederkreis, Op.39
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 dec. 1976
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Debussy / Chausson: Mélodies
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 jan. 2000
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Schubert: Lieder
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 jan. 1991
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Schubert: Lieder
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 apr. 1997
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Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42; Tragödie, Op. 64, No. 3; Liederkreis, Op.24; 4 Gesänge, Op.142
Brigitte Fassbaender, Irwin Gage
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 jan. 1985
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Liszt / Richard Strauss: Lieder (Selection)
Brigitte Fassbaender, Irwin Gage
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 jan. 1987
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MOZART / SCHUBERT / HUTTENBRENNER: Lieder
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by SWR Classic on 1 jan. 2000
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Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin D795
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 jan. 1985
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Wolf: Lieder der Mignon - Schubert: Vier Lieder - Webern: Vier Lieder, Op. 12 - Debussy: Ariettes oubliées
Klassiek - Released by Jecklin on 1 jan. 2014
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Schumann : Dichterliebe - Brahms : Songs - Musorgsky : Songs and Dances of Death
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Fazer Records - Finlandia on 15 jul. 1991
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Wolf: Goethe- & Mörike- Lieder
Klassiek - Released by Hyperion on 1 mei 1992
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Franz Liszt: Vergiftet sind meine Lieder S.289
Irwin Gage, Brigitte Fassbaender
Klassiek - Released by Decca (UMO) on 1 jan. 1987
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Und meine Seele spannte weit ihre Flügel aus...
Klassiek - Released by Jecklin on 28 nov. 2014
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Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg & Franz Schreker: Frühe Lieder
Klassiek - Released by Jecklin on 1 jan. 1988
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