Wydawnictwo: Signum Classics
Nr katalogowy: SIGCD 550
Nośnik: 1 CD
Data wydania: październik 2018
EAN: 635212055021
Nr katalogowy: SIGCD 550
Nośnik: 1 CD
Data wydania: październik 2018
EAN: 635212055021
Schubert: Swansong
Signum Classics - SIGCD 550
Kompozytor
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Wykonawcy
John Tomlinson, bass
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Julian Bliss, clarinet
Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn
Christopher Glynn, piano
John Tomlinson, bass
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Julian Bliss, clarinet
Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn
Christopher Glynn, piano
Utwory na płycie:
Swan Song, D. 957 - Poems by Ludwig Rellstab & Heinrich Heine & Johann Gabriel Seidl
On the River, D. 943
The Shepherd on the Rock, D. 965
All in English Versions by Jeremy Sams
On the River, D. 943
The Shepherd on the Rock, D. 965
All in English Versions by Jeremy Sams
Christopher Glynn continues his series of late Schubert song cycles in English, joined by celebrated soloists Sir John Tomlinson, Sophie Bevan, Julian Bliss and Alec Frank-Gemmill.
Titled by the works first publisher following Schubert’s death, Swansong (Schwanengesang) D 957 sets sets the words of poets Ludwig Rellstab, Heinrich Heine and Johann Gabriel Seidl in songs that cover a variety of different emotional states. The lighthearted Love Message (Liebesbotschaft), with its rippling accompaniment, addresses a murmuring brook with the hope of true love. The bone-chilling Doppelgänger with its stark, slowly tolling chords, finds the protagonist crazed with a nocturnal vision of himself agonizing at the empty doorstep of his lost love. Renowned for his clear diction and powerful voice, Sir John Tomlinson brings his insight and nuance to these profound works.
Reminiscent of the scoring for The Shepherd on the Rock and composed in the same year, On the River (Auf dem Strom) combines soprano, clarinet and horn in a setting of a poem by Ludwig Rellstab. Originally given to Beethoven who did not live long enough to set it, Schubert took up the words in a work that is a subtle homage to the composer.
The 1828 work The Shepherd on the Rock (Der Hirt auf dem Felsen) sets words by Wilhelm Müller and German playwright Helmina von Chézy, and was composed in gratitude to the soprano Anna Milder-Hauptmann. Here performed by Sophie Bevan and Julian Bliss, it tells the story of a shepherd lamenting the distance between him and his beloved before a reflection on loneliness and grief. The final section celebrates the arrival of spring in a hopeful conclusion.
Recorded in St Silas Church, Kentish Town frrom 11-13 September 2017, and 10 January 2018.
Titled by the works first publisher following Schubert’s death, Swansong (Schwanengesang) D 957 sets sets the words of poets Ludwig Rellstab, Heinrich Heine and Johann Gabriel Seidl in songs that cover a variety of different emotional states. The lighthearted Love Message (Liebesbotschaft), with its rippling accompaniment, addresses a murmuring brook with the hope of true love. The bone-chilling Doppelgänger with its stark, slowly tolling chords, finds the protagonist crazed with a nocturnal vision of himself agonizing at the empty doorstep of his lost love. Renowned for his clear diction and powerful voice, Sir John Tomlinson brings his insight and nuance to these profound works.
Reminiscent of the scoring for The Shepherd on the Rock and composed in the same year, On the River (Auf dem Strom) combines soprano, clarinet and horn in a setting of a poem by Ludwig Rellstab. Originally given to Beethoven who did not live long enough to set it, Schubert took up the words in a work that is a subtle homage to the composer.
The 1828 work The Shepherd on the Rock (Der Hirt auf dem Felsen) sets words by Wilhelm Müller and German playwright Helmina von Chézy, and was composed in gratitude to the soprano Anna Milder-Hauptmann. Here performed by Sophie Bevan and Julian Bliss, it tells the story of a shepherd lamenting the distance between him and his beloved before a reflection on loneliness and grief. The final section celebrates the arrival of spring in a hopeful conclusion.
Recorded in St Silas Church, Kentish Town frrom 11-13 September 2017, and 10 January 2018.