Mozart: Songs (Complete)

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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Songs (Complete)
Ruth Ziesak (soprano) Lothar Odinius (tenor) Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano)

[ Naxos / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 1 July 2008

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Mozart loved the human voice, which he used as an instrument of musical expression throughout his compositional career from the age of six or seven. His Lieder, written largely in response to requests and commissions from acquaintances, friends and publishers deal with everyday subjects such as friendship and romance but also with social and political occasions such as the Emperor Joseph II's Turkish campaign.

Some were written in connection with Mozart's activities as a freemason. Only one, the bitter-sweet Das Veilchen (The Violet) is set to the words of a major poet, Goethe. The many miniature masterpieces to be heard on this recording include Komm, liebe Zither, komm (Come, dear Zither), a musical precursor, with mandolin accompaniment, of Don Giovanni's serenade Deh vieni alla finestra, the idyllic Der Zauberer (The Sorcerer) and the dramatically graphic Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte (When Louisa burned the letters of her unfaithful lover).

Tracks:

Sehnsucht nach dem Fruhlinge, K. 596
Im Fruhlingsanfang, K. 597
Das Kinderspiel, K. 598
Lobegesang auf die feierliche Johannisloge, K. 148, `O heiliges Band der Freundschaft`
Lied zur Gesellenreise, K. 468
Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls, K. 619
Wie unglucklich bin ich nit, K. 147
Komm, liebe Zither, K. 351
Die Verschweigung, K. 518 • An Chloe, K. 524
Der Zauberer, K. 472
Das Lied der Trennung, K. 519
Luisens Antwort, D. 319 (Franz Schubert)
Die betrogene Welt, K. 474
Als Luise die Briefe, K. 520
Lied der Freiheit, K. 506
Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K. 307
Dans un bois solitaire, K. 308
Ridente la calma (arr. W.A. Mozart for voice and piano, K. 152/210a) (Josef Myslivecek)
Die Zufriedenheit, K. 349 (with mandolin accompaniment)
Die Zufriedenheit, K. 349 (with piano accompaniment)
An die Freude, K. 53
Verdankt sei es dem Glanz , K. 392
An die Einsamkeit, K. 391
An die Hoffnung, K. 390
Die Zufriedenheit, K. 473
Die Alte, K. 517
Die Kleine Spinnerin, K. 531
Beim Auszug in das Feld, K. 552
2 German sacred songs, K. 343
Des kleinen Friedrichs Geburtstag, K. 529
Das Veilchen, K. 476
Das Traumbild, K. 530
Abendempfindung, K. 523
Einsam bin ich, meine Liebe, K.Anh.26