Regermax / Pfeiffer / Komma - Lieder - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Siegmund von Hausegger belongs to the rare guild of creative artists who work exclusively on the basis of inspiration and have a very fine sense of what is happening in the world around them. As soon as the particular zeitgeist opposes them, they fall silent - as did this son of the highly regarded philosopher of music Friedrich von Hausegger. After an early creative wave that produced some symphonic and vocal works above all during the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first years of the twentieth century, Hausegger mainly worked as a conductor and only very rarely wrote music of his own. The songs brought together on this album represent a significant portion of his multifarious and multifaceted vocal oeuvre and show the whole great breadth of this composer whom his contemporaries described as an »extremely upright character« of the highest artistic seriousness but who occasionally - as his songs to texts by Robert Burns reveal - drew on his humorous vein far removed from any sort of cynicism. This production is an ideal complement to the releases featuring Hausegger's symphonic works released by cpo during the course of recent years. Album Tracks 1. Siehst Du Den Stern 2. Ewig Jung Ist Nur Die Sonne 3. Abendwolke 4. Letzte Bitte 5. Schwüle 6. Winter 7. Mit Trockenen Blumen 8. Vor Der Ernte 9. Mein Schwinchen 10. Tief Von Fern 11. Auf Der Haide 12. Das Lied Von Ferne 13. Mondnacht 14. Das Liebchen 15. Über Die Haide 16. Herbst 17. Genug 18. Weihenacht 19. Stille Der Nacht 20. Unter Sternen 21. Eingelegte Ruder 22. Lenz Wanderer 23. Lenz Mörder 24. Lenz Triumphator 25. Ekstase 26. Glaube Nurl 27. Der Taufel Ist Fort

Elisabeth Kulman and Eduard Kutrowatz have for many years now been working together, as they share an artistic passion for the unusual and unconventional which has manifested itself in pushing the traditional boundaries between various eras and genres. They aim, in their Lieder programmes, to recount new, interrelated stories, and to this end, they combine song and pieces for piano in unusual sequences, sometimes plucking verses from one song and placing them individually in a programme; carefully and deliberately choosing keys that connect a number of Lieder in order to provide a dramatic link that results in exciting, flowing and sometimes imperceptible combinations. At the 2017 Schwarzenberg Schubertiade, Elisabeth Kulman and Eduard Kutrowatz dedicated the first part of their programme entirely to Robert Schumann. The lieder cycle Frauenliebe und Leben and the op. 104 songs form a common theme running through this part of the programme. For Elisabeth Kulman and Eduard Kutrowatz the key focus when choosing songs is always on the lyrics, the message, and what may lie behind it. It is therefore hardly surprising that they also chose poems by Erich Kästner set by the Austrian composer Herwig Reiter. His witty, ironic lyrics full of cryptic humor abound with worldly wisdom and hold up a mirror to their readers without merely moralizing or preaching. Placing Herwig Reiter's settings in a dialogue with Lieder by Franz Schubert appears at first glance to be courageous, if not foolhardy. On closer inspection however the art of selection and comparison shown by Kulman and Kutrowatz in their choice of the songs by Reiter and Schubert proves to be the perfect symbiosis. Album Tracks 1. Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschen 2. Mond, Meiner Seele 3. Seit Ich Ihn Gesehen 4. Du Nennst Mich 5. Ich Kann's Nicht Fassen 6. Kinderszenen Glückes Genug 7. Süßer Freund, Du B

Album Tracks 1. Nachtstück I, for Baritone & Piano Wir Ziehen Treulich Auf Die Wacht 2. Nachtstück I, for Baritone & Piano Die Vöglein, Die So Fröhlich Sangen 3. Nachtstück I, for Baritone & Piano Vor Dem Schloss in Den Bäumen Es Rauschend Weht 4. Nachtstück I, for Baritone & Piano HÖRST Du Die Gründe Rufen 5. Nachtstück I, for Baritone & Piano Hier Steh Ich Wie Auf Treuer Wacht 6. Engführung, for Tenor & Piano Verbracht Ins Gelände 7. Engführung, for Tenor & Piano Der Ort, Wo Sie Lagen 8. Engführung, for Tenor & Piano Ich Bins, Ich 9. Engführung, for Tenor & Piano Jahre 10. Engführung, for Tenor & Piano Kam, Kam 11. Engführung, for Tenor & Piano Orkane 12. Engführung, for Tenor & Piano Nächte, Entmischt. Kreise 13. Engführung, for Tenor & Piano In Der Eulenflucht 14. Six Poems By Sylvia Plath, for Soprano & Piano Words 15. Six Poems By Sylvia Plath, for Soprano & Piano Edge 16. Six Poems By Sylvia Plath, for Soprano & Piano The Couriers 17. Six Poems By Sylvia Plath, for Soprano & Piano Sheep in Fog 18. Six Poems By Sylvia Plath, for Soprano & Piano The Night Dances 19. Six Poems By Sylvia Plath, for Soprano & Piano Contusion 20. Nachtstück II, for Baritone & Piano Nachts 21. Nachtstück II, for Baritone & Piano Der Umkehrende 22. Nachtstück II, for Baritone & Piano Wetterleuchten 23. Nachtstück II, for Baritone & Piano Trost 24. Nachtstück II, for Baritone & Piano Auf Meines Kindes Tod