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The recital features signature songs from the height of Romanticism by Brahms and Clara and Robert Schumann alongside a more recent quartet of sensuous songs by Sally Beamish. In his revealing foreword, Roderick Williams recalls having his choice of Brahms’s Sapphische Ode refused by competition organisers because it was “a woman’s song”. Returning recently to the work prompted him to question why some songs are considered gender-specific. "Birdsong" is his response.
In his informative booklet notes, Richard Stokes notes that Brahms’s songs “betrays his own essentially melancholic nature” and his difficulty in “sustaining emotional relationships with the women in his life”. His nine songs here include the bittersweet An die Nachtigall, the moving innocent ardency ofDas Mädchen spricht and the quiet, earnest longing of Sapphische Ode.
Clara Schumann’s Liebst du um Schönheit provides an authentic female perspective on courtship, as does Sally Beamish’s Four Songs from Hafez (for which she provides her own notes), taking inspiration from the Iranian-born, Glasgow-based Jila Peacock’s evocative translations and artistic rendering of the 14th-century Persian Sufi poet’s texts. An intimate exploration of a young woman’s feelings towards an older man of higher birth, Robert Schumann’s Frauenliebe und-leben acquires new facets when heard in Roderick Williams’ characterful baritone. © SOMM Recordings
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An die Nachtigall, Op. 46 No. 4 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Mädchenlied, Op. 107 No. 5 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Das Mädchen, Op. 95 No. 1 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Liebst du um Schönheit, Op. 12 No. 2 (Clara Schumann)
Clara Schumann, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Das Mädchen spricht, Op. 107 No. 3 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Salamander, Op. 107 No. 2 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Nachtigall, Op. 97 No. 1 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
4 Songs from Hafez (Arr. for Baritone & Piano) (Sally Beamish)
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Sally Beamish, Composer - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Sally Beamish, Composer - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Sally Beamish, Composer - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Sally Beamish, Composer - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Vergebliches Ständchen, Op. 84 No. 4 (Arr. for Baritone & Piano) (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Sapphische Ode, Op. 94 No. 4 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Von ewiger Lieber, Op. 43 No. 1 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Frauenliebe und Leben, op. 42 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Robert Schumann, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Robert Schumann, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Robert Schumann, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Robert Schumann, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Robert Schumann, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Robert Schumann, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Robert Schumann, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Andrew West, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Album review
The recital features signature songs from the height of Romanticism by Brahms and Clara and Robert Schumann alongside a more recent quartet of sensuous songs by Sally Beamish. In his revealing foreword, Roderick Williams recalls having his choice of Brahms’s Sapphische Ode refused by competition organisers because it was “a woman’s song”. Returning recently to the work prompted him to question why some songs are considered gender-specific. "Birdsong" is his response.
In his informative booklet notes, Richard Stokes notes that Brahms’s songs “betrays his own essentially melancholic nature” and his difficulty in “sustaining emotional relationships with the women in his life”. His nine songs here include the bittersweet An die Nachtigall, the moving innocent ardency ofDas Mädchen spricht and the quiet, earnest longing of Sapphische Ode.
Clara Schumann’s Liebst du um Schönheit provides an authentic female perspective on courtship, as does Sally Beamish’s Four Songs from Hafez (for which she provides her own notes), taking inspiration from the Iranian-born, Glasgow-based Jila Peacock’s evocative translations and artistic rendering of the 14th-century Persian Sufi poet’s texts. An intimate exploration of a young woman’s feelings towards an older man of higher birth, Robert Schumann’s Frauenliebe und-leben acquires new facets when heard in Roderick Williams’ characterful baritone. © SOMM Recordings
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:08
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Roderick Williams Andrew West
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: SOMM Recordings
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
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