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The phrase “Swan Song” would somewhat mean, admittedly, that the composers knew that their time had come, and that they wanted to bid the world adieu and give some retrospective on their life and work. Absolutely not! None of the four composer included here intended to go back ad patres any time soon, starting with Schubert whose Schwanengesang is actually a blend made posthumously by a publisher, who packed under this title some fourteen isolated Lieder, which weren’t meant to form a cycle. Baritone Christian Immler has chosen the six Lieder whose poems are from Heinrich Heine. Brahms himself, in 1896, was only lamenting the passing of Clara Schumann, but did he know that he would only outlive her for a year when he wrote his Four Serious Songs. Above all, his own swan song would be the eleven chorale preludes for organ which evoke imminent death in a poignant way—even if the four songs are greatly emotional. Samuel Barber’s Three Songs, written in 1972 for Fischer-Dieskay, are admittedly among his last works (and his ultimate opus for choir and piano), but the composer still had almost ten years to live. That being said, the crepuscular mood will escape no one’s attention, as well as the extreme focus of the discourse. Finally, on the polar opposite of this feeling, Bernstein’s Arias and Barcarolles, written in 1988—two years before his death, then—are not, absolutely not even, funeral or contemplative! This is some work of explosive vitality, deliciously conceived for baritone, mezzo and four-handed piano. For the end of this album, Immler is joined by the mezzo-soprano Anna Stéphany. © SM/Qobuz
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Heinrich Heine, Author - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Berner, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Franz Schubert, Composer - Heinrich Heine, Author - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Berner, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Franz Schubert, Composer - Heinrich Heine, Author - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Berner, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Franz Schubert, Composer - Heinrich Heine, Author - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Berner, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Franz Schubert, Composer - Heinrich Heine, Author - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Berner, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Franz Schubert, Composer - Heinrich Heine, Author - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Berner, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Traditional, Author - Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Berner, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Traditional, Author - Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Berner, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Traditional, Author - Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Berner, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Traditional, Author - Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Berner, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Samuel Barber, ComposerLyricist - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Driver, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Samuel Barber, ComposerLyricist - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Driver, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Samuel Barber, ComposerLyricist - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Driver, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Leonard Bernstein, ComposerLyricist - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Driver, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anna Stephany, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Silvia Fraser, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Leonard Bernstein, ComposerLyricist - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Driver, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anna Stephany, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Silvia Fraser, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Leonard Bernstein, ComposerLyricist - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Driver, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anna Stephany, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Silvia Fraser, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Leonard Bernstein, ComposerLyricist - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Driver, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anna Stephany, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Silvia Fraser, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Leonard Bernstein, ComposerLyricist - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Driver, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anna Stephany, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Silvia Fraser, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Leonard Bernstein, ComposerLyricist - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Driver, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anna Stephany, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Silvia Fraser, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Leonard Bernstein, ComposerLyricist - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Driver, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anna Stephany, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Silvia Fraser, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Leonard Bernstein, ComposerLyricist - Christian Immler, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Driver, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anna Stephany, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Silvia Fraser, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Albumbeschreibung
The phrase “Swan Song” would somewhat mean, admittedly, that the composers knew that their time had come, and that they wanted to bid the world adieu and give some retrospective on their life and work. Absolutely not! None of the four composer included here intended to go back ad patres any time soon, starting with Schubert whose Schwanengesang is actually a blend made posthumously by a publisher, who packed under this title some fourteen isolated Lieder, which weren’t meant to form a cycle. Baritone Christian Immler has chosen the six Lieder whose poems are from Heinrich Heine. Brahms himself, in 1896, was only lamenting the passing of Clara Schumann, but did he know that he would only outlive her for a year when he wrote his Four Serious Songs. Above all, his own swan song would be the eleven chorale preludes for organ which evoke imminent death in a poignant way—even if the four songs are greatly emotional. Samuel Barber’s Three Songs, written in 1972 for Fischer-Dieskay, are admittedly among his last works (and his ultimate opus for choir and piano), but the composer still had almost ten years to live. That being said, the crepuscular mood will escape no one’s attention, as well as the extreme focus of the discourse. Finally, on the polar opposite of this feeling, Bernstein’s Arias and Barcarolles, written in 1988—two years before his death, then—are not, absolutely not even, funeral or contemplative! This is some work of explosive vitality, deliciously conceived for baritone, mezzo and four-handed piano. For the end of this album, Immler is joined by the mezzo-soprano Anna Stéphany. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:10
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Christian Immler Christoph Berner
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: CAvi-music
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2017 Bayerischer Rundfunk / Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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