A Tribute to Gerald Moore
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Composer or Director: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Gioachino Rossini, Gerald Moore, Franz Schubert, Joseph Haydn
Label: EMI
Magazine Review Date: 1/1988
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 68
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: 749238-2
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Più non si trovano |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano Gerald Moore, Piano Victoria de los Ángeles, Soprano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
| Nachtviolen |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Franz Schubert, Composer Gerald Moore, Piano |
| Schwanengesang, 'Swan Song', Movement: No. 7, Abschied |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Franz Schubert, Composer Gerald Moore, Piano |
| Im Abendrot |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Franz Schubert, Composer Gerald Moore, Piano |
| Soirées musicales, Movement: La regata veneziana (Wds. C. Pepoli) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano Gerald Moore, Piano Gioachino Rossini, Composer Victoria de los Ángeles, Soprano |
| Soirées musicales, Movement: La pesca |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano Gerald Moore, Piano Gioachino Rossini, Composer Victoria de los Ángeles, Soprano |
| Duetto buffo di due gatti, 'Cat Duet' |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano Gerald Moore, Piano Gioachino Rossini, Composer Victoria de los Ángeles, Soprano |
| (7) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Der Gang zum Liebchen (wds. Anon) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Gerald Moore, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Victoria de los Ángeles, Soprano |
| (5) Lieder und Romanzen, Movement: Vergebliches Ständchen (wds. trad) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Gerald Moore, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Victoria de los Ángeles, Soprano |
| (4) Duette, Movement: Tanzlied (wds. Rückert) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano Gerald Moore, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
| (4) Duette, Movement: Er und Sie (wds. Kerner) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano Gerald Moore, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
| Goethe Lieder, Movement: Mignon (Kennst du das Land) |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano Gerald Moore, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer |
| (4) Gedichte nach Heine, Shakespeare und Lord Byro, Movement: Sonne der Schlummerlosen (wds. Byron: 1896) |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano Gerald Moore, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer |
| Mörike Lieder, Movement: Das verlassene Mägdlein |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano Gerald Moore, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer |
| Eichendorff Lieder, Movement: Die Zigeunerin |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano Gerald Moore, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer |
| (6) Duets, Movement: Ich woll't meine Lieb (wds. Heine) |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Gerald Moore, Piano Victoria de los Ángeles, Soprano |
| (6) Duets, Movement: Gruss (wds. Eichendorff) |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Gerald Moore, Piano Victoria de los Ángeles, Soprano |
| (3) Duets, Movement: Lied aus 'Ruy Blas' (wds. Hugo) |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Gerald Moore, Piano Victoria de los Ángeles, Soprano |
| Abendlied |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Gerald Moore, Piano Victoria de los Ángeles, Soprano |
| Wasserfahrt |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Gerald Moore, Piano Victoria de los Ángeles, Soprano |
| (4) Partsongs, Movement: An den Vetter (wds Anakreon, trans G A Bürger) |
Joseph Haydn, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano Gerald Moore, Piano Joseph Haydn, Composer Victoria de los Ángeles, Soprano |
| (4) Partsongs, Movement: Daphnens einziger Fehler (wds. J N Götz) |
Joseph Haydn, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano Gerald Moore, Piano Joseph Haydn, Composer Victoria de los Ángeles, Soprano |
| Farewell speech |
Gerald Moore, Composer
Gerald Moore, Composer Gerald Moore, Wheel of Fortune Woman |
| An die Musik |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Gerald Moore, Piano |
Author:
Apart from the more obvious respects in which this is a unique and moving disc, it is the only one I can think of where the sound of footsteps, those of a man walking the short distance from the foot of the concert platform to the piano behind him, can induce, if not a tear, then at least the intimation of one. The occasion of course was the late Gerald Moore's Farewell concert, and the moment comes at the end of his speech. After thanking the audience and the four individuals most closely concerned with the success of the event (apart from himself), he says that he would wish to end the evening ''like this''. For the last of many hundreds of times he moves to the piano, where those present had so often seen him, an essential part of so many evenings, and he plays his own arrangement of An die Musik. Beautifully done: it has that uncanny mastery of the singing tone and the finely proportioned weighting of the parts, left hand and right hand in duet, accompanied by a subtle piece of subdued pianistic orchestration, a perfect example of the art which for so long put him at the; head of his profession.
The new CD improves on the 1983 LP reissue. For one thing it is clear about the occasion. The LP was entitled ''An Evening With Gerald Moore'': 'an evening'! I never understood why it was presented in this way, and with the speech—the climax of the evening omitted. Anyway, it is included now, as is Schwarzkopfs performance of WolfsKennst du das Land, an event worth recording in any programme, and given here with a special grandeur in the third verse. Fischer-Dieskau's singing of Der Einsame, with Moore's stylish, witty playing, is not restored; and neither is the Cos fan tutte trio, which not even the original 1967 issue included. Of the other items, Im Abendrot is particularly fine, though irritating little coughs punctuate the quiet, rapt postlude. Nor do we really want the great volley of applause at the end of it—though that, and the audience's audible amusement and delight, are welcome features of the Rossini duets. Jeremy Siepmann contributes a brief but eloquent tribute in the CD booklet, on the front of which the unashamed accompanist is seen taking his final bow: the fitting conclusion to an honourable career.'
The new CD improves on the 1983 LP reissue. For one thing it is clear about the occasion. The LP was entitled ''An Evening With Gerald Moore'': 'an evening'! I never understood why it was presented in this way, and with the speech—the climax of the evening omitted. Anyway, it is included now, as is Schwarzkopfs performance of Wolfs
A Tribute to Gerald Moore
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