Vanitas

 
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BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / RIHM
Vanitas
Georg Nigl (baritone), Olga Pashchenko (piano, fortepiano)

[ Alpha Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 13 November 2020

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Like the paintings of the Flemish Baroque painters, the 'vanities' presented here can be approached in two ways: on the one hand, as manifestations of doubts and anxieties at the fragility of human life; on the other, as delights to be savoured without moderation, celebrating earthly life through the senses and the pleasure that human beings can derive from them.
After two critically acclaimed recordings each for Alpha, the baritone Georg Nigl and the pianist Olga Pashchenko explore the tortuous meanders of the human soul with vocal works by Schubert (an 'existentialist' composer if ever there was one), Beethoven (whose torments hardly need stressing) and the contemporary composer Wolfgang Rihm, whose highly expressionistic Jakob Lenz (ALPHA717) Nigl performed on stage in 2019. His piece Vermischter Traum, here given its world premiere, is dedicated to the Austrian singer.

Tracks:

Franz Schubert
01. Im Freien, D.880
02. Die Sommernacht, D.289
03. Die Taubenpost, D.965a
04. Die Forelle, D.550
05. Der Wanderer An Den Mond, D.870
06. Das Zügenglöcklein, D.871
07. Abendstern, D.806
08. Fischerweise, D.881

Ludwig Van Beethoven
9. An Die Ferne Geliebte, Op.98 [16'09]
I. Auf Dem Hügel Sitz Ich Spähend
Ii. Wo Die Berge So Blau
Iii. Leichte Segler In Den Höhen
Iv. Diese Wolken In Den Höhen
V. Es Kehret Der Maien, Es Blühet Die Au
Vi. Nimm Sie Hin Denn, Diese Lieder

Wolfgang Rihm
Vermischter Traum (Gryphius-stück Für Bariton Und Klavier 2017)
10. Majestoso Sostenuto
11. Andante
12. Grave, Ma Non Troppo
13. Andante
14. Lento, Ma Non Troppo
15. Andante
16. Con Moto, Appassionato

Franz Schubert
17. Der Winterabend, D.938
18. Die Sterne, D.939
19. An Die Musik, D.547
20. Wandrers Nachtlied, D.768