Various Artists - Lied Edition 1 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Even a quarter of a century after the end of his active career as a singer, nothing has changed concerning Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's preeminent status in the history of performing song. It is above all the Lied performer Fischer-Dieskau who set standards that have remained valid far beyond his time. The anthologies compiled in Vol. 3 of the Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Lied-Editon testify to the singer's never-waning curiosity and to his responsibility towards the history of the present genre. In conjunction with Hartmut Höll, his favorite accompanist in later years, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau presents a highly attractive program to the songs by Maurice Ravel, which only sporadically appear in concert halls outside France. In the overall œuvre by German composer Paul Hindemith, too, the song does not play a dominant role. In this recording, a major role in the both natural and haunting interpretation of the songs is played by accompanist Aribert Reimann, who had composed the four-movement cantata Unrevealed for Fischer-Dieskau only a few years earlier. It was also in co-operation with Aribert Reimann, who headed a song class in Berlin, that the song anthologies devoted to Hermann Reutter and Wolfgang Fortner were compiled and that complete our edition.

The present features a selection of Lieder by composer Joachim Raff. InchDespite the abundance and the high quality of Joachim Raff's songs, this part of his composition is little known and documented - in contrast to his instrumental works, which are recorded several times. Raff's songwriting is still hardly a subject of music-historical research. We very much hope and wish that this recording, which consists exclusively of premieres, can interest somebody in Raff's songs - so that we more often can find them in concerts!Inch (Hedayet Jonas Djeddikar & Johannes Wedeking) Album Tracks 1. Ständchen, WoO. 21 2. Drei Lieder von J.G. Fischer, Op. 47~I. Du weißt es wohl, daß du mein Alles bist 3. Drei Lieder von J.G. Fischer, Op. 47~II. Glückselig! 4. Drei Lieder von J.G. Fischer, Op. 47~III. Das Ideal 5. Zwei Lieder von Gotthold Logau, Op. 48~I. Abschied 6. Zwei Lieder von Gotthold Logau, Op. 48~II. Heimkehr 7. Drei Lieder von J.G. Fischer, Op. 49~I. Stille Liebe 8. Drei Lieder von J.G. Fischer, Op. 49~II. Der Liebe Verlangen 9. Drei Lieder von J.G. Fischer, Op. 49~III. Sternenfrieden 10. Fünf Lieder von Emanuel Geibel, Op. 51~IV. Abendfeier in Venedig 11. Fünf Lieder von Emanuel Geibel, Op. 51~V. Gondoliera 12. Drei Lieder von C.O. Sternau, Op. 52~I. Nun ist es Herbst geworden 13. Zwei Lieder vom Rhein von C.O. Sternau, Op. 53~I. Des alten Domes Glocken 14. Zwei Lieder vom Rhein von C.O. Sternau, Op. 53~II. Dir zum Angedenken 1. Traumlied, WoO. 56C 2. Sechs Gesänge von Emanuel Geibel, Op. 184~I. Nun ist der Tag geschieden 3. Sechs Gesänge von Emanuel Geibel, Op. 184~IV. Wo still ein Herz von Liebe glüht 4. Sechs Gesänge von Emanuel Geibel, Op. 184~V. Leichter Sinn 5. Blumensprache, Op. 191~I. Widmung 6. Blumensprache, Op. 191~II. Veilchen 7. Blumensprache, Op. 191~III. Himmelsschlüssel 8. Blumensprache, Op. 191~IV. Vergis

20 years ago, Helen Buchholtz was an enigmatic unknown. In 1999, two suitcases containing around 250 music manuscripts were found, which have since become accessible in the archive of Helen Buchholtz in CID Fraen. Only by chance had they survived the notes, packed in sacks after the death of the composer, had been saved from a fire by a nephew at the last minute. Helen Buchholtz, daughter of a wealthy brewery owner, received early lessons in music. At the age of 36, she married a German doctor and moved with him to Wiesbaden. Widowed early, she returned to Luxembourg, where she frequented poets and musicians. There her music was performed in concerts and on the radio. The double album presents a selection of her best 51 songs and ballads, which are selectively placed in a dialogue with contemporary music Inspired by Helen Buchholtz's late Romantic music, Catherine Kontz, Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska, Stevie Wishart and Tatsiana Zelianko composed four new songs.