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Devotees of the endlessly fascinating turn-of-the-century Viennese scene are likely to jump on this release by soprano Elise Caluwaerts, for it is essentially the first complete recording of the songs of Alma Mahler, which have rarely been recorded at all. Most of them were composed around 1899, before Alma married Gustav Mahler; he forbade her to continue composing but relented after she began an affair with the architect Walter Gropius. Accompanist Marianna Shirinyan accordingly uses an 1899 Steinway, which has a quiet sound in her hands, totally unlike that of the percussive modern Steinway grand. Even if there is some light clanking, it is beautifully suited to Mahler's songs, which are murky, mysterious, and often quite passionate; they're rather episodic as she picked texts that show some kind of development, and the primary influence is not Gustav Mahler or Richard Strauss but probably Wagner most of all. They are like little operatic scenes, like the songs Wagner might have written if he had decided to, but really, they are not derivative of anything, and it is a treat to have them. Outhere's sound captures the performers' work well in a perfect chamber hall at the Bozar facility in Brussels. Caluwaerts will be a matter of taste. Her voice is smoky and has lots of vibrato, sounding like she is older than she is; fortunately, modern-day listeners have recourse to sampling, through which they will discover the sharp contrast between Caluwaerts' low and high registers in a song like Licht in der Nacht, the first of the Vier Lieder. It is worth noting that Caluwaerts made the acquaintance of the Mahlers' granddaughter Marina and discussed markings in the autograph manuscripts with her. Whatever listeners' individual reactions, it is wonderful to have these songs in general circulation.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Rainer Maria Rilke, Lyricist - Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Alma Mahler, Composer - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist - Posthumously published by Susan M. Filler, MusicPublisher
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Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Alma Mahler, Composer - Leo Greiner, Lyricist - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist - Posthumously published by Susan M. Filler, MusicPublisher
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Fünf Lieder (Alma Maria Mahler-werfel)
Richard Dehmel, Lyricist - Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher - Alma Mahler, Composer - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist
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Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher - Alma Mahler, Composer - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist - Erich Otto Hartleben, Lyricist
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Otto Julius Bierbaum, Lyricist - Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher - Alma Mahler, Composer - Elise Caluwaerts, MainArtist
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Rainer Maria Rilke, Lyricist - Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher - Alma Mahler, Composer - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist
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Heinrich Heine, Lyricist - Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher - Alma Mahler, Composer - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist
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Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Alma Mahler, Composer - Leo Greiner, Lyricist - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist - Posthumously published by Barry Millington, MusicPublisher
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Vier Lieder (Alma Maria Mahler-werfel)
Otto Julius Bierbaum, Lyricist - Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher - Alma Mahler, Composer - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist
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Richard Dehmel, Lyricist - Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher - Alma Mahler, Composer - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Elise Caluwaerts
Richard Dehmel, Lyricist - Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher - Alma Mahler, Composer - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Elise Caluwaerts
Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Gustav Falke, Lyricist - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher - Alma Mahler, Composer - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Elise Caluwaerts
Fünf Lieder (Alma Maria Mahler-werfel)
Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Novalis, Lyricist - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher - Alma Mahler, Composer - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Elise Caluwaerts
Otto Julius Bierbaum, Lyricist - Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher - Alma Mahler, Composer - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Elise Caluwaerts
Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher - Alma Mahler, Composer - Franz Werfel, Lyricist - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Elise Caluwaerts
Richard Dehmel, Lyricist - Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher - Alma Mahler, Composer - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Elise Caluwaerts
Marianna Shirinyan, MainArtist - Novalis, Lyricist - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher - Alma Mahler, Composer - Elise Caluwaerts, Soloist, MainArtist
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Album review
Devotees of the endlessly fascinating turn-of-the-century Viennese scene are likely to jump on this release by soprano Elise Caluwaerts, for it is essentially the first complete recording of the songs of Alma Mahler, which have rarely been recorded at all. Most of them were composed around 1899, before Alma married Gustav Mahler; he forbade her to continue composing but relented after she began an affair with the architect Walter Gropius. Accompanist Marianna Shirinyan accordingly uses an 1899 Steinway, which has a quiet sound in her hands, totally unlike that of the percussive modern Steinway grand. Even if there is some light clanking, it is beautifully suited to Mahler's songs, which are murky, mysterious, and often quite passionate; they're rather episodic as she picked texts that show some kind of development, and the primary influence is not Gustav Mahler or Richard Strauss but probably Wagner most of all. They are like little operatic scenes, like the songs Wagner might have written if he had decided to, but really, they are not derivative of anything, and it is a treat to have them. Outhere's sound captures the performers' work well in a perfect chamber hall at the Bozar facility in Brussels. Caluwaerts will be a matter of taste. Her voice is smoky and has lots of vibrato, sounding like she is older than she is; fortunately, modern-day listeners have recourse to sampling, through which they will discover the sharp contrast between Caluwaerts' low and high registers in a song like Licht in der Nacht, the first of the Vier Lieder. It is worth noting that Caluwaerts made the acquaintance of the Mahlers' granddaughter Marina and discussed markings in the autograph manuscripts with her. Whatever listeners' individual reactions, it is wonderful to have these songs in general circulation.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:02
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Elise Caluwaerts Marianna Shirinyan
- Composer: Alma Maria Mahler-werfel
- Label: Fuga Libera
- Genre: Classical
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