Erik Bach - Orchestral Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Robin Tritschler explores the origins of the Song Cycle. The creation of the Song Cycle as a new art form in the early 19th Century was paved with musical experiments and innovations. This album charts the progress made by the great Lied composers of the day toward the cyclical perfection finally achieved by Beethoven and Schubert, and since emulated by Schumann, Loewe, Wolf, Fauré, Britten, Shostakovich and so many others. Irish tenor Robin Tritschler graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and was a BBC New Generation Artist. He performed with the Welsh National Opera (Almaviva, Nemorino, Narraboth, Ferrando, Don Ottavio and Belmonte), Nantes Opera, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, La Monnaie Brussels and Teatro Colon Buenos Aires; in concert with the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Scottish Chamber orchestras, London Philharmonic Orchestra (Jurowski, Nézet-Séguin and Stutzmann), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Karabits), Hong Kong Philharmonic (de Waart) and at the BBC Proms (Sir Mark Elder). He performs regularly in recital at the Wigmore Hall, also appearing in Cologne, Amsterdam, Washington and for the Aldeburgh and Aix-en-Provence festivals. His recording of World War One songs on Signum with Malcolm Martineau is critically acclaimed. Album Tracks 1. 3 Songs from Sophiens Reise 2. Lieder Aus Der 'Selam' D. 302-308 3. An Die Ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 4. Dier Vier Temperamente Bei Dem Verlust Der Geliebten Op. 46 5. Einsamkeit D. 620

Album Tracks 1. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 1 Overture 2. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 1 'Wenn Com Lido Sacht' 3. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 1 'Frutti Di Mare' 4. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 1 's Ist Wahr, Ich Bin Nacht Allzu Klug' 5. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 1 'Evviva Caramello' 6. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 1 'Annina! Carmello!' 7. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 1 'Alle Maskiert' 8. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 1 'Hier Ward Es Still' 1. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 2 Entr'acte 2. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 2 'Treu Sein, Das Liegt Mir Nicht' 3. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 2 'Sie Sagten Meinem Liebesfleh'n' 4. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 2 'Solch Ein Wirthaus Lob' Ich Mir' 5. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 2 'Ninana, Ninana, Hier Will Ich Singen' 6. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 2 'Lasses Die Andern Tanzen Da' 7. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 3 'Carneval Ruft Euch Zum Ball' 8. Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Operetta (RV 510) Act 3 'Ach, Wie So Herrlich Zu Schau'n'

'Little Wanderer', from William Blake's dream world, seemed the perfect title for an album in which we are surrounded by myriad landscapes in songs by Benjamin Britten, Imogen Holst and Daniel Kidane. Since meeting on our first day at the Royal College of Music, we have long enjoyed programming Britten's masterful folk song reimaginings, and we adore the texts and music in his powerful Hardy cycle, Winter Words. It has been a joy to discover songs by Imogen Holst, Britten's close friend and assistant, and we are proud to be able to make the first recording of Dan's Songs of Illumination, commissioned for us by Leeds Lieder in 2018. For over a decade, song in English has played a major part in our musical lives and performing relationship, and we are delighted to present this programme together. Album Tracks 1. Winter Words, Op. 52~1. At Day-Close in November 2. Winter Words, Op. 52~2. Midnight on the Great Western (or The Journeying Boy) 3. Winter Words, Op. 52~3. Wagtail and Baby (A Satire) 4. Winter Words, Op. 52~4. The Little Old Table 5. Winter Words, Op. 52~5. The Choirmaster’s Burial (or The Tenor Man’s Story) 6. Winter Words, Op. 52~6. Proud Songsters (Thrushes, Finches and Nightingales) 7. Winter Words, Op. 52~7. At the Railway Station, Upway (or The Convict and Boy with the Violin) 8. Winter Words, Op. 52~8. Before Life and After 9. Four Songs~Brittle Beauty 10. Four Songs~Why fearest thou thy outward foe? 11. Four Songs~Shall I thus ever long? 12. Four Songs~As lawrell leaves 13. Little think’st thou 14. Weathers 15. Songs of Illumination~A Dream 16. Songs of Illumination~The Land of Dreams 17. Songs of Illumination~The Little Black Boy 18. Folksong Arrangements~Sally in our Alley 19. Ploughboy 20. Last Rose of Summer 21. How Sweet the Answer 22. Ca’ the Yowes 23. Oliver Cromwell