Liszt: Complete Songs Vol. 4 / Cooke, Drake

Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Liszt: Des Tages Laute Stimmen Schweigen Lasst mich ruhen Was Liebe sei? (First version), S288/1 Verlassen, S336 Einst (Bodenstedt) Ich scheide, S. 319 Was Liebe sei? (Second version), S288/2 Die Lorelei (Second version), S532 Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß (2nd version), S297/2 Was Liebe sei? (Third version), S288/3 Mignons Lied (Second Version), S275/2 Sei still, S330 Wieder mocht’ ich dir begegnen Blume und Duft Die tote Nachtigall (2nd version), S291/2 Il m'aimait tant, S533 Gebet, S265

This fourth volume in our scholarly compendium once more charts Liszt’s life through song (including three settings spanning as many decades of a portentous love-letter the composer received in 1841). Series maestro Julius Drake welcomes the gorgeous Sasha Cooke to Hyperion.

Price: $22.98