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Why are Brahms' Romanzen aus Magelone, a.k.a. Magelone Songs, so much less familiar than song cycles by Schubert, Schumann, or even Hugo Wolf? It is largely because it is hard for the listener to get a grip on whether the songs really make up a song cycle at all. On one hand, Brahms was pretty clear; he was, he said, "absolutely against the performance of all the songs as a cycle." The songs don't tell an overarching story, and they don't seem to flow into one another; they vary in length and in tonality. Yet, they do set poems from a single work, a sort of picaresque novel with poems by Ludwig Tieck, written in 1797. Baritone Thomas Oliemans gets it right when he analogizes the songs to "a streaming series nowadays: we recognize characters and landscapes but we also embark on and discover other paths." No one would call Oliemans' voice the most beautiful one on the scene today, but these are vivid and affecting performances, and it is because Oliemans puts into practice his understanding of the work. Each song is sculpted into its own little world, and the oddly formal texts come alive. Sample Wir müssen uns trennen, where the knight departs from his beloved to go into battle; Brahms captures the knight's brief, almost abrupt words, and Oliemans embodies the tension in the musical lines. This release marks the beginning of a series curated by accompanist Malcolm Martineau, with various singers; the accompaniments are crucial in these songs, and Martineau's work is beautifully detailed. Add in excellent sound from Potton Hall, and one senses the beginning of an important series.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Romanzen aus L. Tieck’s Magelone, Op. 33 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von Klaus Groth "Regenlied"-Zyklus (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Klaus Groth, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Klaus Groth, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Klaus Groth, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Malcolm Martineau, MainArtist - Klaus Groth, Lyricist - Thomas Oliemans, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Album review
Why are Brahms' Romanzen aus Magelone, a.k.a. Magelone Songs, so much less familiar than song cycles by Schubert, Schumann, or even Hugo Wolf? It is largely because it is hard for the listener to get a grip on whether the songs really make up a song cycle at all. On one hand, Brahms was pretty clear; he was, he said, "absolutely against the performance of all the songs as a cycle." The songs don't tell an overarching story, and they don't seem to flow into one another; they vary in length and in tonality. Yet, they do set poems from a single work, a sort of picaresque novel with poems by Ludwig Tieck, written in 1797. Baritone Thomas Oliemans gets it right when he analogizes the songs to "a streaming series nowadays: we recognize characters and landscapes but we also embark on and discover other paths." No one would call Oliemans' voice the most beautiful one on the scene today, but these are vivid and affecting performances, and it is because Oliemans puts into practice his understanding of the work. Each song is sculpted into its own little world, and the oddly formal texts come alive. Sample Wir müssen uns trennen, where the knight departs from his beloved to go into battle; Brahms captures the knight's brief, almost abrupt words, and Oliemans embodies the tension in the musical lines. This release marks the beginning of a series curated by accompanist Malcolm Martineau, with various singers; the accompaniments are crucial in these songs, and Martineau's work is beautifully detailed. Add in excellent sound from Potton Hall, and one senses the beginning of an important series.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:31
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Thomas Oliemans Malcolm Martineau
- Composer: Johannes Brahms
- Label: Linn Records
- Genre: Classical
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
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