Description
lyric - Orchestral Songs (2 CD Set)
UPC: 845221051017
Product Features
- Format: 2 × CD, Album (Digital Stereo, DDD)
- Label: Capriccio – 5101 (WDR The Cologne Broadcasts)
- Release Date: 2011
- Genre: Classical (Orchestral Song)
- Total Runtime: Approx. 140 minutes
- High-fidelity stereo recording featuring premier German radio orchestras and choirs
Overview
This rich anthology of orchestral song spans late-Romantic and early 20th-century repertoire. Disc 1 features Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Hugo Wolf’s vivid Orchesterlieder, and Zemlinsky’s Symphonische Gesänge and the heartfelt finale of his Lyrische Symphonie. Disc 2 presents Egon Wellesz’s stirring Leben, Traum und Tod and Lied der Welt, Franz Schreker’s Fünf Lieder, and Ernest Bloch’s autumnal Poèmes d’Automne and Deux Psaumes. Star soloists—including Christine Schäfer, Thomas Quasthoff, Sophie Koch, Matthias Goerne, Christiane Oelze, and Franz Grundheber—are supported by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Christoph Eschenbach, the Orchestre de Paris under Gary Bertini, and the RIAS Kammerchor.
Track Listing
Disc 1
1–5. Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder
6–9. Gustav Mahler – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
10–14. Hugo Wolf – Orchesterlieder: “Mignon,” “Anakreons Grab,” “Er ist’s,” “An den Schlaf”
15–17. Alexander Zemlinsky – Symphonische Gesänge, Op. 20: “Lied der Baumwollpacker,” “Totes braunes Mädel,” “Afrikanischer Tanz”
18. Alexander Zemlinsky – Lyrische Symphonie, Op. 18, VII. Molto adagio: Friede, mein Herz
Disc 2
- Egon Wellesz – Leben, Traum und Tod
- Egon Wellesz – Lied der Welt 3–7. Franz Schreker – Fünf Lieder für tiefe Stimme und Orchester 8–11. Ernest Bloch – Poèmes d’Automne 12–14. Ernest Bloch – Deux Psaumes
Publishers and Artists
- Composers: Gustav Mahler; Hugo Wolf; Alexander Zemlinsky; Egon Wellesz; Franz Schreker; Ernest Bloch
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Soloists:
- Christine Schäfer (soprano)
- Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)
- Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano)
- Matthias Goerne (baritone)
- Christiane Oelze (soprano)
- Franz Grundheber (baritone)
- Mitsuko Shirai; Regina Klepper
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Orchestras & Conductors:
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Christoph Eschenbach
- Orchestre de Paris / Gary Bertini
- RIAS Kammerchor / Gerd Albrecht
- Producer: Capriccio production team
- Recording: WDR studios and major European concert halls
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