Utwory na płycie:

• An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht
• Variationen über ein Thema von Anselm Hüttenbrenner - Hüttenbrenner Thema
• Ständchen

Franz Schubert:
An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht, D 614
Variationen über ein Thema von Anselm Hüttenbrenner, D 576
Himmelsfunken, D 651
Nachtstück, D 672

Carl Friedrich Zelter:
Ständchen
Abendphantasie

Charlotte Bender:
Des Mädchens Klage
Une Demande?

Johann Friedrich Hugo von Dalberg:
Das Mädchen am Ufer
An den Frieden

Johann Vesque von Püttlingen:
Bitte

Josephine Caroline Lang:
An einer Quelle

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
Der Mond

Ernst Friedrich Kauffmann:
Lied vom Winde

Anselm Hüttenbrenner:
Der Wanderer
Schlummerlied

Gloomy and threatening; almost completely covered by low-hanging clouds and wafts of mist; the night sky weighs down on the poetic world of Romantic poetry; directing our gaze into the abysses of the human soul - to endless torments of love; our own transience and consuming longing for death. Together with his congenial partner Katharina Olivia Brand on the fortepiano; countertenor Franz Vitzthum delves deep into Romantic realms and presents songs by Schubert and Mendelssohn; Carl Friedrich Zelter; Anselm Hüttenbrenner and Johann Hoven; as well as quite unknown composers such as Josephine Caroline Lang; Charlotte Bender; Ernst Friedrich Kauffmann and Johann Friedrich von Dalberg. It may seem strange to some that a countertenor would venture into Romantic song! But the moment of surprise lasts only a few seconds; as Franz Vitzthum's clear and expressive voice convinces immediately and takes the listener on a well thought-out journey into the darkness of the romantic night…

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Recording: 23 - 26 June 2020, Hans-Rosbaud-Studio des SWR, Baden-Baden (Germany)