Lieder - Modern Times - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This is the first solo album of the Mezzo Soprano Anke Vondung, who is travelling the world and the most prominent Opera Houses and Concert Halls.Two years ago, inspired by their shared love of Viennese music and visual arts at the turn of the 20th century, Anke and Christoph put together a vocal recital programme featuring lieder by Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, Alexander Zemlinsky and Gustav Mahler.This recording is based on that programme with the addition of the strikingly expressive early songs of Franz Schreker.As the investigated the repertoire more closely, they were fascinated to discover the degree of musical and biographical connections the composers shared - the many ways these five composers inspired and had a reciprocal influence on one another. The music of Gustav Mahler was the focal point around which all subsequent 'Viennese' compositions were centered therefore they chose to place Mahler's songs at the end of their selection.The performers on this disc say 'Over a century ago - in Vienna in 1913 - Schoenberg conducted a concert featuring Mahler's Songs on the Death of Children and Zemlinsky's Four Orchestral Songs on poems by Maeterlinck, an evening that went down in history as the Skandalkonzert. Over a century later, we are glad to note that this music is now acknowledged as an integral part of the great European musical legacy.' Album Tracks 1. Unendliche Liebe 2. Frühling 3. Wohl FÜHL' Ich, Wie Das Leben Rinnt 4. Die Liebe Als Recensentin 5. Lenzzauber 6. Erwartung 7. Schenk Mir Deinen Goldenen Kamm 8. Erhebung 9. Waldsonne 10. Die Drei Schwestern 11. Die Mädchen Mit Den Verbundenen Augen 12. Lied Der Jungfrau 13. Als Ihr Geliebter Schied 14. Und Kehrt Er Einst Heim 15. Sie Kam Zum Schloß Gegangen 16. Schlafen, Schlafen 17. Schlafend TRÄGT Man Mich 18. Nun, Ich Der Riesen Stärksten 19. Warm Die Lüfte

Album Tracks 1. Orpheus with His Lute 2. Let Beauty Awake 3. Take, O Take 4. The Sky Above the Roof 5. A Clear Midnight/Evening Hymn 6. Bid Me But Live 7. Sweet Stay Awhile 8. Slide Soft You Silver Floods 9. Wert Thou Yet Fairer Than Thou Art 10. Transcendent Beauty 11. Divine 12. Oh, Dream Where Art Thou Now 13. Diving 14. Lullaby 15. No More Shall Meads Be Deck'd with Flow'rs/Love's Constancy 16. Weep No More 17. Prelude 18. Tell Me Not That I Die or Live By Thee 19. Mr. Dowland's Midnight

Album Tracks 1. Pluie 2. A Douarnenez en Bretagne 3. Ritournelle 4. Matin D'octobre 5. Chanson de Mer 6. Vitrail 7. Pitie Des Choses 8. Dans la Rue, Le Soir 9. Stille Fahrt 10. Die Eichbaume 11. Abendlied 12. Empor! 13. Gipfelndes Gluck 14. Regenlied 15. Hutet Euch 16. Liebesnacht 17. Sehr Getragen, 'Druben Ging Die Sonne Scheiden' - Various Performers 18. Sturmisch, Doch Nicht Hastig, 'Trube Wird's, Die Wolken Jagen' - Various Performers 19. Andante Con Moto, 'Auf Geheimem Waldespfade' - Various Performers 20. Allegro Agitato, 'Sonnenuntergang' - Various Performers 21. Andante Molto Sostenuto, 'Auf Dem Teich' - Various Performers