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Alas - a thousand times alas - for the German composer Rudi Stephan: after a thundering début, he went to war, and died on the front in 1915, leaving behind only a tiny handful of works. And as if that wasn't misfortune enough, almost all his manuscripts which weren't published were destroyed by bombs in 1945. So we will never know what could have been - without doubt, he could have become one of the great composers of the 20th Century, alongside Strauss, whose latter-day romanticism he followed, or Schönberg, whose first explorations of the atonal world seemed to fascinate him - or indeed, what works he created in life. This album proposes to uncover the whole of his Lieder, written between 1905 and 1914, for soprano (here, Tehila Nini Goldstein), and for baritone (here, Hanno Müller-Brachmann): they are wonders of invention, of fortitude, and of modernism, which really deserve to be discovered. By way of introduction, we are treated to a Groteske for violin and piano from 1911, in which one can discern parallels with Bartók. The vocal "apex" of the album is without a doubt the sumptuous ballad Liebeszauber of 1913, which was originally written for baritone and orchestra, but here is re-written for a string ensemble. And to close the album we have 1911's extraordinary Music for seven string instruments, i.e. two violins, alto, cello, double-bass, piano and harp. Taken together, these works provide the listener with firm proof that Stephan was truly on his way to becoming one of the all-time greats. © SM/Qobuz
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Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Agata Szymczewska, Violin
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Ich will dir singen ein Hohelied, 6 Gedichte für Sopran und Klavier (Rudi Stephan)
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano - Gerda von Robertus, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano - Gerda von Robertus, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano - Gerda von Robertus, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano - Gerda von Robertus, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano - Gerda von Robertus, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano - Gerda von Robertus, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Baritone - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Maurice Reinhold von Stern, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Baritone - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Anton Lindner, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Baritone - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Detlev von Liliencron, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Zwei ernste Gesänge für Bariton und Klavier (Rudi Stephan)
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Baritone - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Johann Christian Gunther, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Baritone - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Friedrich Hebbel, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Adapter, Main Artist, Piano - Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Baritone - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Kuss Quartett, Associated Performer - Nabil Shehata - Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Harp - Friedrich Hebbel, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
DISC 2
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sieben Lieder nach verschiedenen Dichtern (Rudi Stephan)
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano - Otto Julius Bierbaum, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano - Josef Schanderl, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano - Hinrich Hinrichs, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano - Karl von Berlepsch, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano - Bruno Goetz, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano - Gustav Falke, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano - Richard Dehmel, Lyricist
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Musik für sieben Saiteninstrumente (Rudi Stephan)
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Kuss Quartett, Associated Performer - Nabil Shehata - Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Harp
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Hinrich Alpers, Main Artist, Piano - Rudi Stephan, Composer - Kuss Quartett, Associated Performer - Nabil Shehata - Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Harp
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Album review
Alas - a thousand times alas - for the German composer Rudi Stephan: after a thundering début, he went to war, and died on the front in 1915, leaving behind only a tiny handful of works. And as if that wasn't misfortune enough, almost all his manuscripts which weren't published were destroyed by bombs in 1945. So we will never know what could have been - without doubt, he could have become one of the great composers of the 20th Century, alongside Strauss, whose latter-day romanticism he followed, or Schönberg, whose first explorations of the atonal world seemed to fascinate him - or indeed, what works he created in life. This album proposes to uncover the whole of his Lieder, written between 1905 and 1914, for soprano (here, Tehila Nini Goldstein), and for baritone (here, Hanno Müller-Brachmann): they are wonders of invention, of fortitude, and of modernism, which really deserve to be discovered. By way of introduction, we are treated to a Groteske for violin and piano from 1911, in which one can discern parallels with Bartók. The vocal "apex" of the album is without a doubt the sumptuous ballad Liebeszauber of 1913, which was originally written for baritone and orchestra, but here is re-written for a string ensemble. And to close the album we have 1911's extraordinary Music for seven string instruments, i.e. two violins, alto, cello, double-bass, piano and harp. Taken together, these works provide the listener with firm proof that Stephan was truly on his way to becoming one of the all-time greats. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:34:12
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Hinrich Alpers
- Composer: Rudi Stephan
- Label: Sony Music Classical Local
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2017 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
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