Through Life and Love: Richard Strauss Lieder
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Label: Orchid Classics
Cat No: ORC100072
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 30th June 2017
Contents
Works
Kleine Lieder (5), op.69Weihnachtsgefuhl, AV94
Artists
Louise Alder (soprano)Joseph Middleton (piano)
Works
Kleine Lieder (5), op.69Weihnachtsgefuhl, AV94
Artists
Louise Alder (soprano)Joseph Middleton (piano)
About
Through Life and Love sees Louise and Joseph perform some of the most beautiful Lieder in the repertoire, including Strauss’s Die Nacht, Ständchen and Rote Rosen. Louise will be representing England at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition this year, and this is her debut recital recording.
Sound/Video
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1Nichts
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2Leises Lied
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3Ständchen
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4Schlagende Herzen
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5Heimliche Aufforderung
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6Sehnsucht
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7Waldseligkei
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8Ach, Was Kummer, Qual Und Schmerzen
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9Breit Über Mein Haupt
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10Wie Sollten Wir Geheim Sie Halten
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11Das Rosenband
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12Ich Schwebe
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13Nachtgang
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14Einerlei
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15Rote Rosen
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16Muttertändelei
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17Meinem Kinde
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18Die Nacht
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19Befreit
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20Ruhe, Meine Seele
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21Zueignung
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22Weihnachtsgefühl
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23Allerseelen
Europadisc Review
Alder has a bright, clear, fresh, and youthful voice, with a silvery glimmer to it, ideal for the songs of ‘Youth’ that open the disc. They have a keenness and urgency to them, an immediate engagement with the texts that you expect in early Romantics like Schubert and Schumann, but rarer in Strauss performances. The opening song, Nichts, bursts into life, but Alder soon demonstrates her more inward gifts with Leises Lied and Ständchen, ably partnered by pianist Joseph Middleton, who brings an impressionistic delicacy to the accompaniments that is totally winning.
The first item of the ‘Longing’ section is Sehnsucht, op.32 no.2, in which time seems to stand still and the listener is held in rapt attention, and as the recital programme unfolds, it becomes abundantly clear that Alder, still only thirty years of age, already has the maturity of tone and musical insight to convey the more complex emotions evoked by Strauss, yet without ever wallowing in the more voluptuous harmonies. In Ach, was Kummer, Qual und Schmerzen she brings out a knowing playfulness with no more than a hint of archness.
The heightened emotions of such numbers as Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten and Das Rosenband are perfectly conveyed by Alder and Middleton, and there’s a glow of contentment to the ‘Partnership’ songs: Nachtgang, Einerlei and Rote Rosen, and a wonderfully warm tenderness to the ‘Motherhood’ song Meinem Kinde, while Muttertändelei has just the right degree of parody about it. But it’s in the autumnal section entitled ‘Loss’ that Alder really displays her star qualities, with all the rich insight of a much more experienced singer in deeply moving accounts of Die Nacht, Befreit and, above all, the magically hushed tones of Ruhe, meine Seele!
The final section, ‘Release’, brings a measured account of the radiant Zueignung that makes total sense in the context of the recital’s overall trajectory, and it has an operatic immediacy to it. Here and in the concluding Allerseelen, Louise Alder sets the seal on an outstanding recital which we sincerely hope will be the first of many.
Orchid Classics provide an impressive recording, made at Potton Hall, Suffolk, with a balance that favours the voice over the piano in just about ideal measure, given the singular intensity of the vocal emotions on display. There are no texts, but thanks to Joanna Wyld’s helpful booklet notes and Alder’s crystal-clear enunciation, immaculate and vivid emotional engagement, they’re hardly necessary. This is a debut performance that can confidently stand alongside the great Strauss voices of the past, but with a newly-minted freshness. No wonder the Cardiff audience responded so warmly to Ms Alder’s voice. These are accounts to treasure, and a gem of a disc. Straussians and all lovers of Lieder need not hesitate: snap this up without delay!
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