Wieck-Schumann / Lippitz / Richards - Complete Lieder - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The year 1840 with reference to Robert Schumann's compositional legacy is colloquially referred to as the song year. It was then that Schumann composed a significant part of his compositions for voice and piano. The year 1840 is a breakthrough for the composer also for another reason. After many years, bringing only piano works, Schumann finally broke the peculiar routine and showed interest in a wider spectrum of genres. The present album from tenor Leszek Swidzinski, associated not only with the Warsaw opera stages, but also an excellent teacher, with the participation of pianist Zofia Antes, includes two popular cycles of Schuman songs Liederkreis, Op. 39 and Dichterliebe, Op. 48.

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. Nicht Schnell, Mit Innigkeit - David Aijón 2. Sehr Rasch - David Aijón 3. Frisch - David Aijón 4. Morgens Steh' Ich Auf Und Frage 5. Es Treibt Mich Hin 6. Ich Wandelte Unter Den Bäumen 7. Lieb' Liebchen 8. Schöne Wiege Meiner Leiden 9. Warte, Warte, Wilder Schiffmann 10. Berg' Und Burgen Schaun Herunter 11. Anfangs Wollt Ich Fast Verzagen 12. Mit Myrten Und Rosen 13. Romance, Op. 28, No. 2 - David Aijón 14. In Der Fremde 15. Intermezzo 16. Waldesgespräch 17. Die Stille 18. Mondnacht 19. Schöne Fremde 20. Auf Einer Burg 21. In Der Fremde (II) 22. Wehmut 23. Zwielicht 24. Im Walde 25. Frühlingsnacht 26. Ziemlich Langsam - David Aijón 27. Schnell - David Aijón 28. Ziemlich Langsam, Sehr Gesangvoll - David Aijón 29. Sehr Langsam - David Aijón 30. Langsam - David Aijón