W.a. Mozart: Songs

Joan Rodgers, soprano; John Mark Ainsley, tenor;
Roger Vignoles, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Abendempfindung K523 / Oiseaux, si tous les ans K307 / Dans un bois solitaire K308 / An die Freude K53 / An die Einsamkeit K391 / Wie unglücklich bin ich nit K147 / Komm, liebe Zither K351 / Der Zauberer K472 / An Chloe K524 / Das Lied der Trennung K519 / Das Veilchen K476 / Ridente la calma K152 / An die Freundschaft K148 / Die Zufriedenheit K473 / Des kleinen Friedrichs Geburtstag K529 / Die kleine Spinnerin K531 / An die Hoffnung K390 / Als Luise die Briefe K520 / Das Traumbild K530 / Lied der Freiheit K506 / Die Alte K517 / Das Kinderspiel K598 / Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge K596 / Im Frühlingsanfang K597 / Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls K619

Mozart's songs are surprisingly varied in many ways. Although there isn't a great number of them, they date from all periods of the composer's short life and are widely diverse in character, from simple strophic charmers such as 'Komm, lieber Mai' (Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge) to extended and intensely serious utterances such as those he wrote for the Freemasons (Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls, from Eine kleine deutsche Kantate). They also vary in language: most are in German but he also set French and Italian texts.
All are represented here, sung by two of Britain's most popular and outstanding singers.
'This marvellous compilation offers no fewer than 25 Mozart songs which genuinely redress this grossly neglected part of his output. A disc which offers rich rewards' (The Independent)
'Sheer bliss' (The Sunday Times)
'[An] irresistible disc' (The Times)

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