Goethe Lieder: The Eternal Feminine
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Label: Harmonia Mundi
Cat No: HMC902094
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 5th March 2012
Contents
Works
Die Trommel geruhret, op.29 no.2Mignon (Kennst du das Land)
Illmenau
Wandrers Nachtlied, op.61 no.4
Monolog der Stella, op.57
Freudvoll und leidvoll, S280
Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh, S306
Wandrers Nachtlied, op.6 no.1
Ach, um deine feuchten Schwingen, H306
Suleika I 'Was bedeutet die Bewegung?', D720
Lieder und Gesange IV (5), op.96
Wandrers Nachtlied
Romances (6), op.6
Meine Ruh ist hin, op.5 no.6
Goethe-Lieder
Artists
Marlis Petersen (soprano)Jendrik Springer (piano)
Works
Die Trommel geruhret, op.29 no.2Mignon (Kennst du das Land)
Illmenau
Wandrers Nachtlied, op.61 no.4
Monolog der Stella, op.57
Freudvoll und leidvoll, S280
Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh, S306
Wandrers Nachtlied, op.6 no.1
Ach, um deine feuchten Schwingen, H306
Suleika I 'Was bedeutet die Bewegung?', D720
Lieder und Gesange IV (5), op.96
Wandrers Nachtlied
Romances (6), op.6
Meine Ruh ist hin, op.5 no.6
Goethe-Lieder
Artists
Marlis Petersen (soprano)Jendrik Springer (piano)
About
"For this CD we made a selection of songs sung by several female characters from Goethe’s dramas (Stella, Klärchen, Gretchen, Mignon, Philine, Suleika and Helena). Among them are a number of poems which have been set to music countless times in the past two centuries, but are today often known only in a standard setting: if one speaks of 'Gretchen am Spinnrade' or Klärchen’s 'Freudvoll and leidvoll' (to take just two examples), then each of us thinks immediately of the compositions by Franz Schubert and Ludwig van Beethoven respectively. These poems too are on our CD, but set by Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt!
By choosing composers who are not usually associated with the lied genre (Ernst Krenek, Charles Ives) or in certain cases probably completely unknown to some listeners (Nikolay Medtner, the pianist Wilhelm Kempff), we wanted to encourage a fresh approach to the poems, one not cluttered by listening traditions. However, to make the selection of songs as varied and balanced as possible, we have also included a few well-known settings like Schubert’s 'Was bedeutet die Bewegung' or Robert Schumann’s 'So laßt mich scheinen'. Furthermore, Manfred Trojahn has contributed a new setting of words portraying Helen of Troy, thus bringing our survey right up to date.
Between the individual groups and at the end we have placed a setting of Goethe’s second ‘Wanderer’s Night Song’, 'Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh'. This is intended to serve as a restingpoint, an emotional ‘reset’; at the same time, it gave us the possibility of presenting a single poem in the interpretation of six different composers: the naive idyll of Hans Sommer and the threatening, doom-laden atmosphere of Nikolay Medtner’s setting are worlds away from each other.
It was a thrill and a delight for us to explore this virtually inexhaustible musical treasure-trove in order to come up with an interesting selection of songs that amply repay discovery. We hope you will be as fascinated by this rich diversity as we were!" (Marlis Petersen/Jendrik Springer)
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