BRAHMS. SCHUBERT Lieder
Pedersen and her Norwegian singers in mainland repertoire
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Composer or Director: Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms
Genre:
Vocal
Label: BIS
Magazine Review Date: 02/2012
Media Format: Super Audio CD
Media Runtime: 63
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: BIS-SACD1869
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 1, He, Zigeuner, greife |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Ingrid Andsnes, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 2, Hochgetürmte Rimaflut |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Ingrid Andsnes, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 3, Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Ingrid Andsnes, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 5, Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Ingrid Andsnes, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 7, Kommt dir manchmal |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Ingrid Andsnes, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 8, Horch, der Wind klagt |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Ingrid Andsnes, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 9, Weit und breit schaut niemand |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Ingrid Andsnes, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 10, Mond verhüllt sein Angesicht |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Ingrid Andsnes, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 11, Rote Abendwolken ziehn |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Ingrid Andsnes, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
(5) Gesänge, Movement: No. 1, Nachtwache I (wds. Rückert) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
(5) Gesänge, Movement: No. 2, Nachtwache II (wds. Rückert) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
(5) Gesänge, Movement: No. 3, Letzes Glück (wds. Kalbeck) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
(5) Gesänge, Movement: No. 4, Verlorene Jugend (wds. trad, trans Wenzig) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
(5) Gesänge, Movement: No. 5, Im Herbst (wds. Groth) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
Psalm 23 |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Grete Pedersen, Conductor Ingrid Andsnes, Piano Norwegian Soloists Choir |
Gesang der Geister über den Wassern |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Catherine Bullock, Viola Dan Styffe, Double bass Franz Schubert, Composer Grete Pedersen, Conductor Madelene Berg, Viola Norwegian Soloists Choir Ole Eirik Ree, Cello Øystein Birkeland, Cello |
(2) Motets, Movement: Warum ist das Licht gegeben (Wds. Bible: trans Lut |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Johannes Brahms, Composer Norwegian Soloists Choir |
Geistliches Lied |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Grete Pedersen, Conductor Johannes Brahms, Composer Kåre Nordstoga, Organ Norwegian Soloists Choir |
Author: Richard Lawrence
The first group is a bit more cheerful, comprising nine of the 11 Zigeunerlieder that Brahms composed in 1887. Of the five that open with the tenors alone, ‘Wisst ihr’ begins delicately; when the whole choir enters, the singing has an utterly beguiling freshness. ‘Weit und breit’ is vigorous, the keenly articulated unison of the tutti offset by syncopations in the piano.
The unaccompanied Fünf Gesänge date from the following year. You can almost see the falling leaves of ‘Letztes Glück’, so graphically are they rendered by the choir. In the last stanza of ‘Im Herbst’, the way that Grete Pedersen shapes the lead into the second line compels admiration. Schubert’s setting of Psalm 23 provides some much-needed balm, but the women’s voices soon give way to the all-male Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, with its sombre scoring for violas, cellos and bass.
Back to unaccompanied Brahms for the severe counterpoint of Warum ist das Licht, briefly softened by some Mendelssohnian lightness. And there’s more contrapuntal ingenuity in the canonic Geistliches Lied. The luscious ‘Amen’, ravishingly sung, is worth the price of the disc.
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