Alexander Kipnis / The world's leading interpreters of music Vocalists / Melodia, Mono 1981 LP VINYL 

UPC 33 M10-43307-8 

Made in CCCP

Из сокровищницы мирового исполнительского искусства (Вокалисты)

J.Brahms (1833-1897) songs

Alexander Kipnis: Ukrainian operatic bass (February 13, 1891 - May 14, 1978), he became an American citizen in 1931, and was the father of harpsichordist Igor Kipnis.

"It was the dream of my childhood," Kipnis tells us, " to march at the head of a troupe as drum-major, dressed in a smart uniform. In fact, I began to study becoming a Conductor, at the school of Music in Warsaw. But soon things changed. My voice became stronger, and one evening an impresario advised me to devote myself entirely to singing. As the possibilities in Russia for this sort of study were at that time very bad, I took leave and found myself with my large amount of luggage - I had a suitcase with linen and a vocabulary - on the platform of the station, not having made up my mind where to go. Vienna or Berlin? That was the question. It just happened that a train was due for Germany, and I quickly took a ticket and travelled to Berlin. I was never sorry for having made this decision”. He studied under Grenzebach.

Johannes Brahms (German: [joˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms]; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the "Three Bs" of music, a comment originally made by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von Bülow.

Brahms composed for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, organ, voice, and chorus. A virtuoso pianist, he premiered many of his own works. He worked with leading performers of his time, including the pianist Clara Schumann and the violinist Joseph Joachim (the three were close friends). Many of his works have become staples of the modern concert repertoire.

Side 1

1. Four Serious Songs. Op.121
2. Von ewiger Liebe, Op.43 No.1
3. Erinnerung, Op.63

Side 2

1. Ein Sonett, Op.14
2. Die Malnacht, Op.43 No.2
3. An die Nachtigall, Op.46 No.4
4. Sonntag, Op.47 No.3
5. O, wusstich doch den Weg Zuruck Op.63
6. Vergebliches Standchen Op.84
7. Verrat, Op.105
8. Standchen Op.106

Gerald Moore, piano

Sung in German 

Archive Recordings made in the 30s

Box 1