Strauss, (R.): Songs of Love and Death
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Songs of Love and Death
Hedwig Fassbender (mezzo-soprano) Hilko Dumno (piano)
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 15 December 2007
"Fassbender is an understanding, sympathetic and, above all, straightforward guide to this music. The recording… deserves hearing for both its interesting juxtaposition of repertoire and the unaffected sincerity of the performances…"
(Gramophone)
The song was Richard Strauss' lifetime companion, from Weihnachtslied written at the age of six and Nebel (Mist) (Track 20) written when he was fourteen, to his masterpiece, Four Last Songs, that completed his life's work. Although Strauss wrote over two hundred songs, many inspired by and written for his wife, barely a dozen are well known to the public at large. This recording combines such favourites as Ruhe, meine Seele (Quiet, my soul), Zueignung (Dedication) and Allerseelen (All Souls), with a host of lesserknown songs, all of which display Strauss' mastery of the female voice in this genre.
Tracks:
4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 3. Heimliche Aufforderung
2 Lieder, Op. 26, TrV 166: No. 2. O warst du mein
8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blatter, Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 5. Geduld
6 Lieder aus Lotosblatter, Op. 19, TrV 152: No. 5. Hoffen und wieder verzagen
8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blatter, Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 1. Zueignung
Begegnung, TrV 98
Rote Rosen, TrV 119
8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blatter, Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 6. Die Verschwiegenen
6 Lieder aus Lotosblatter, Op. 19, TrV 152: No. 4. Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten
8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blatter, Op. 10, TrV 141 (excerpts):
No. 4. Die Georgine 03:58
No. 7. Die Zeitlose 01:41
No. 2. Nichts 01:41
6 Lieder, Op. 37, TrV 187: No. 2. Ich liebe dich
3 Lieder, Op. 29, TrV 172: No. 3. Nachtgang
Schlichte Weisen, Op. 21, TrV 160: No. 3. Ach Lieb, ich muss nun scheiden
5 Lieder, Op. 39, TrV 189: No. 4. Befreit
5 Lieder, Op. 15, TrV 148 (excerpts):
No. 4. Aus den Liedern der Trauer, "Dem Herzen ahnlich" 01:59
No. 3. Lob des Leidens 02:35
6 Lieder aus Lotosblatter, Op. 19, TrV 152: No. 6. Mein Herz ist stumm, mein Herz ist kalt
Nebel, TrV 65
8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blatter, Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 8. Allerseelen
4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 1. Ruhe, meine Seele
