Schumann - Songs - Volume 10
Label: Hyperion Catalog: CDJ33110 Format: CD Kate Royal, soprano; Graham Johnson, piano with Felicity Lott, soprano; Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano; Christopher Blantzer, reciter and othersLiederkreis Op.39, Eichendorff (In der Fremde - Intermezzo - Waldesgespräch - Die Stille - Mondnacht - Schöne Fremde - Auf einer Burg - In der Fremde - Wehmut - Zwielicht - Im Walde - Frühlingsnacht); Schön Hedwig Op.10, Hebbel; Zwei Balladen für Deklamation, Op.122 (Ballade vom Haideknaben, Hebbel - Die Flüchtlinge, Shelley); Drei Gedichte nach Emanuel Geibel Op.29, Geibel (Ländliches Lied - Lied 'In meinem Garten die Nelken' - Zigeunerleben); Die Nonne Op.49 No.3, Fröhlich; Was soll ich sagen? Op.27 No.3, Chamisso; Frühlingsgrüsse, Lenau; Drei Duette Op.43 (Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär, Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Herbstlied, Mahlmann - Schön Blümelein, Reinick); Mein Garten Op.77 No.2, Hoffman Von Fallersleben; Sommerruh WoO7, Schad; Mädchenlieder Op.3, Kulman (Mailied - Frühlingslied - An die Nachtigall - An den Abendstern); Bei Schenkung eines Flügels WoO26 No.4, Schumann Graham Johnson's Schumann songs series for Hyperion has reached its penultimate volume. In this series, the most exciting young artists - as well as the most experienced Schumann performers - have produced masterful yet intimately communicative performances of varied programmes of these wonderful works. Kate Royal is the soprano of the moment, at the start of her career yet an acknowledged great artist, and her performance here of the Eichendorff 'Liederkreis' Op.39 is one where 'imagination, intellect and vocal technique are inextricably fused in the single moment of a song' as The Times wrote of her Wigmore Hall recital in January of this year. The disc also features enchanting vocal chamber pieces and less well-known songs such as the 'Drei Gedichte nach Emanuel Geibel'. As ever, the disc includes comprehensive and fascinating notes supplied by Graham Johnson that fill out every detail of the genesis, context and publication of these masterpieces. Price: $19.98 |