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Lieder & Balladen

Stéphane Degout

Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder - Released March 6, 2020 | harmonia mundi

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The mystery of the ballad comes from the way it is told.’ (Goethe). Epic to the point of hallucination, this genre calls for skill in narrative, word-painting, evocation. And it is as a peerless storyteller that Stéphane Degout tackles this repertory which the German Romantics raised to unequalled heights. Who would have believed, before listening to this disc, that a French baritone could pay such eloquent tribute to the language of Goethe? © harmonia mundi
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Wolf, H.: Gedichte Von Eduard Morike (Excerpts)

Mitsuko Shirai

Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released January 1, 1998 | CapriccioNR

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Echo: Schubert, Loewe, Schumann & Wolf

Georg Nigl

Classical - Released May 5, 2023 | Alpha Classics

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The Complete Recitals on Warner Classics

Christa Ludwig

Classical - Released March 9, 2018 | Warner Classics

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This eleven hour box set marks the 90th birthday of German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig, whose phenomenal career, which ran from 1950 to 1990, still inspires admiration in her colleagues (of course) and a growing number of music fans. She has collaborated with the greatest musicians of her age, most notably Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein and Otto Klemperer. She also shone in the genre of the Lied, with a brilliance comparable to Elisabeth Schwarzkopf's or Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's – and of course she regularly performed with both – and these recordings with Gerald Moore and Geoffrey Parsons bear witness to her talents. A note on the brand-new releases that form part of this edition: some performances are published here for the first time*: these are Lieder with orchestra by Alban Berg (tracks 144 to 146), Max Reger (track 137) and Richard Wagner (track 124) as well as Lieder with piano by Hugo Wolf (track 14), Franz Schubert (tracks 15 and 16, 62 to 66) and Stille Nacht (track 89), which were left aside when they were first recorded, either because of the limits of the 33rpm format, or just because of a decision by the artistic director. This collection also sees some pieces re-published for the first time since their release on LP, such as the piece by Gluck (track 88), several of Brahms' Lieder (tracks 15 to 19, tracks 104 and 107). The recital of Brahms which Christa Ludwig would record alongside Walter Berry appears here in its entirety for the first time since it was first released (from track 67 to track 89, see above). © Qobuz
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Accentus: The a capella Recordings

Accentus

Classical - Released December 9, 2016 | naïve classique

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But I Like to Sing...

Carolyn Sampson

Classical - Released November 3, 2023 | BIS

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The curious title of this album, the 100th by the wonderful soprano Carolyn Sampson, comes from Leonard Bernstein's I Hate Music, one of the Five Kid Songs he wrote in 1943; the but I like to sing ... album title is the consequent to the song's title. Sampson perfectly catches the wit of this song, which is certainly not only for children, and she is among the few non-American singers who can do a persuasive American accent with a full retroflex "r." Sampson indicates that while the program is not autobiographical, "it is personal, and I've chosen [the songs] because they reflect some of the ways in which music heightens our emotions, eases our pain, deepens our love." She goes on to say that these powers of music are especially needed at the current troubled historical juncture. All of this may be quite true, yet after hearing the album, one may think that it has a second purpose. Among all the beautiful voices on the scene in 2023, no other is as versatile as Sampson's. Bernstein is just the beginning. The program ranges from German to French to English, from chestnuts (Gounod's Ave Maria) to quite rare items (the 12 Chants de Bilitis by Rita Strohl, a fascinating comparison with Debussy's settings), from humorous to philosophical, from Schubert to the late Kaija Saariaho. It all hangs together miraculously, leaving the listener with the impression that Sampson is indeed in touch with deeper currents. This is indeed a joyous and fitting summation of the career to date of one of today's great sopranos, with much more to come.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Transcriptions (Vol. I & II)

Accentus, Laurence Equilbey

Classical - Released January 28, 2003 | naïve

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Hello Darkness

Jan Philip Schulze

Classical - Released January 14, 2022 | Challenge Classics

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Dedicating a recording to the dark side of the "Lied" might seem inappropriate in these times of Covid, climate change and refugee crises, but as a mezzo-soprano Olivia has always been drawn to the darker roles in opera, the sad arias in oratorio and the deep laments in song. After our recent recording ("Dirty Minds"), which focused on "la petite mort", it seemed a natural progression to turn our attention to "la grande mort"! Darkness in the outside world and the inner self has always been – alongside Love – one of the chief themes of vocal music, and compositions and songs about death are legion during every period of musical history. The music on this recording is extremely diverse and Olivia Vermeulen as Jan Philip Schulze relished the idea of programming songs from different centuries in different styles and genres. They begin with a collection of songs about melancholia, inner abysses, longing for death and murderous lust. But the programme is also rich in songs about comfort and hope, light instead of despair – with lashings of black humour! Composers down the ages have used innovative approaches to render the theme of death. Chromaticism is used tellingly by Monteverdi and Schubert. Duparc’s sensuous Extase (1878), is nothing short of a miniature "Liebestod". Korngold and Wolfgang Rihm play with translucent semitone sighs, Schumann’s Nachtlied is characterized by hovering harmonies; Strauss and Korngold use late-romantic opulence; while tonality with Charles Ives and Alban Berg begins to lose its hold - Berg indeed abandons tonality entirely. John Cage goes a step further and directs the pianist to drum the notes on the lid of a completely closed piano. Randy Newman’s In Germany before the war is wreathed in mystery, etyc. A captivating recording. © Challenge Records
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Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

Joyce DiDonato

Classical - Released August 4, 2023 | Warner Classics

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Nicholas Angelich: Hommage

Nicholas Angelich

Classical - Released September 1, 2023 | Warner Classics

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Pianist Nicholas Angelich, even more admired in Europe than in his native U.S., passed away tragically early in 2022 at the age of 51. One way to look at this Hommage is to note that it took quite a bit of research power, much of it apparently donated, to put together this massive seven-volume tribute, assembled from live performances and radio broadcasts between 1995 and 2019. That is a lot of Angelich, but fans here will find much that sheds new light on his genius. Consider the Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 24, which Angelich rarely played in concert. It receives a wonderfully controlled performance in which the tricky architecture of this work comes to the surface. Angelich was a fine virtuoso, and the Liszt Transcendental Etudes and the big Russian works generally have a layer of excitement added by the live performance. However, Angelich is equally effective in subtler pieces, thoughtful in the likes of Zemlinsky and the Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, where the sequence of events feels somewhat different from in the pianist's 2011 studio recording even as the über-Romantic slow tempos are retained. His opening aria is even slower than on the studio version. The mastering of these immensely diverse sound sources from Erato is as good as such a thing can be, and physical album buyers get some fine reflections on the pianist's work. This is, in short, an effective tribute to a pianist whose life and work were brutally cut short.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Mir ist so nach dir

Max Raabe

Pop - Released September 29, 2023 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Mozart & Strauss: Lieder

Sabine Devieilhe

Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released March 29, 2024 | Warner Classics

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Neither Mozart nor Strauss is much known for songs, but their pairing here, nicely framing the golden age of the German lied, succeeds in showing the virtues of both as song composers. Soprano Sabine Devieilhe has often taken up Mozart's music. She is new to Strauss, but she catches his Classical, or neo-Classical, side in the selections on this album, wisely avoiding heavier material. The elegant little structures of Mozart's songs seem to bloom into Strauss' more elaborate treatments of similar structures, and when Strauss does open up his range, as in the wildly flowery Amor, Devieilhe, known for her interpretation of the Queen of the Night's "Der Hölle Rache" in Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, is ready. Mozart, in turn, is ennobled by this program, with small melodic details emerging nicely in the work of Devieilhe and the lively and timbrally varied accompanist Mathieu Pordoy. The whole project has the feel of small treasures known to performers who take pleasure in sharing them, an impression reinforced by the photos of the pair in the graphics and also by the acoustic environment of a small hall at the Paris Opera. A delightful song recital that rightly made classical best-seller charts in the spring of 2024.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Im Freien

Zlata Chochieva

Classical - Released May 19, 2023 | naïve

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J.S. Bach: Clavichord

András Schiff

Solo Piano - Released January 27, 2023 | ECM New Series

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It took András Schiff over 40 years to acquire his first clavichord, but the long wait was worth it. His love for the harpsichord's ‘little sister’ began in the late 1960s, when Schiff met the English pianist, organist, composer and conductor Georg Malcolm: ‘He showed me how to play Bach's polyphony with my fingers alone, without using the sustain pedal’.Unlike the harpsichord or piano, a note (string) played on the clavichord resonates for as long as the key is held down. As a result, playing this instrument is unique in that you can influence the sound even after a key has been struck, allowing for techniques such as vibrato.Historically, the clavichord was widely used as a practice instrument and a composition aid, and it was often only played in front of small groups. This doesn’t detract from its importance and significance, however, as evidenced by its frequent use by composers such as Bach.András Schiff takes to this intimate, personal instrument to offer recordings which— together with those of Friedrich Gulda or Gustav Leonhardt—constitute one of the rare complete recordings of Bach's keyboard music for clavichord. He performs the Inventions, Sinfonias, Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue BWV 903, among others, with dedication and precision, and he’s not afraid to put his own mark on the music. Schiff tends to be less known for his historical performances, but he astonishes here with an impressive recording in which he remains true to himself and to Bach. © Lena Germann/Qobuz
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Schütz: Schwanengesang, Op. 13

La Capella Ducale

Classical - Released October 28, 2023 | CPO

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MTV Unplugged

Max Raabe

Pop - Released November 22, 2019 | We Love Music

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Reger & Mahler: Works

Christoph Spering

Classical - Released October 6, 2023 | CapriccioNR

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Enigma

Sarah Aristidou

Classical - Released October 27, 2023 | Alpha Classics

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