Dvorák Centenary Song Recital
Thomas Hampson, Barbara Bonney and friends make Dvorak sing
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Composer or Director: Traditional, Charles Ives, Antonín Dvořák, Arthur Farwell, Charles Wakefield Cadman, Edvard Grieg, Johannes Brahms, Edward (Alexander) MacDowell, Gustav Mahler
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Orfeo d'or
Magazine Review Date: 3/2006
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 155
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: C656052I

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
(4) Songs |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Michelle Breedt, Mezzo soprano Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Evening Songs, Movement: The stars, Op. 3/1 |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer George Zeppenfeld, Bass Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Evening Songs, Movement: I dreamt last night, Op. 3/2 |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer George Zeppenfeld, Bass Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Evening Songs, Movement: I am that knight, Op. 3/3 |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer George Zeppenfeld, Bass Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(4) Songs, Movement: Leave me alone |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Barbara Bonney, Soprano Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(4) Songs, Movement: At the brook |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Barbara Bonney, Soprano Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 5, The time of roses (Zur Rosenzeit) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Barbara Bonney, Soprano Edvard Grieg, Composer Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 6, A dream (Ein Traum) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Barbara Bonney, Soprano Edvard Grieg, Composer Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(4) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Von ewiger Liebe (wds. Fallersleben) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Barbara Bonney, Soprano Johannes Brahms, Composer Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(4) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Die Mainacht (wds. Hölty) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Barbara Bonney, Soprano Johannes Brahms, Composer Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(7) Gipsy Melodies, 'Zigeunerlieder', Movement: No. 1, My song of love |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(7) Gipsy Melodies, 'Zigeunerlieder', Movement: No. 2, Hey! ring out my triangle |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(7) Gipsy Melodies, 'Zigeunerlieder', Movement: No. 4, Songs my mother taught me |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(7) Gipsy Melodies, 'Zigeunerlieder', Movement: No. 7, Give a hawk a fine cage |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(9) Moravian Duets |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Barbara Bonney, Soprano Michelle Breedt, Mezzo soprano Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(10) Biblical Songs, Movement: Clouds and darkness |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(10) Biblical Songs, Movement: Give ear to my prayer |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(10) Biblical Songs, Movement: The Lord is my shepherd |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(10) Biblical Songs, Movement: By the rivers of Babylon |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(10) Biblical Songs, Movement: O sing unto the Lord. |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Urlicht |
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Gustav Mahler, Composer Michelle Breedt, Mezzo soprano Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Steal away to Jesus |
Traditional, Composer
George Zeppenfeld, Bass Traditional, Composer Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Deep River |
Traditional, Composer
George Zeppenfeld, Bass Traditional, Composer Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
By and by |
Traditional, Composer
George Zeppenfeld, Bass Traditional, Composer Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Indian Songs, Movement: Song of the Deathless Voice |
Arthur Farwell, Composer
Arthur Farwell, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Indian Songs, Movement: Inketunga's Thunder Song |
Arthur Farwell, Composer
Arthur Farwell, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Indian Songs, Movement: The Old Man's Love Song |
Arthur Farwell, Composer
Arthur Farwell, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(4) American Indian songs, Movement: From the land of the sky-blue water |
Charles Wakefield Cadman, Composer
Charles Wakefield Cadman, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(4) American Indian songs, Movement: The moon Drops Low |
Charles Wakefield Cadman, Composer
Charles Wakefield Cadman, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(8) Songs, Movement: (The) Sea (Wds. W. D. Howells) |
Edward (Alexander) MacDowell, Composer
Edward (Alexander) MacDowell, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Songs my mother taught me |
Charles Ives, Composer
Charles Ives, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(8) Love Songs, Movement: When thy sweet glances |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Michelle Breedt, Mezzo soprano Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(8) Love Songs, Movement: Death reigns |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Michelle Breedt, Mezzo soprano Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(8) Love Songs, Movement: Thou only dear one |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Michelle Breedt, Mezzo soprano Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(8) Love Songs, Movement: I know that on my love |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Michelle Breedt, Mezzo soprano Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(8) Love Songs, Movement: In deepest forest glade |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Michelle Breedt, Mezzo soprano Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(8) Love Songs, Movement: Nature lies peaceful |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Michelle Breedt, Mezzo soprano Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(4) Ernste Gesänge, 'Four Serious Songs' |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
George Zeppenfeld, Bass Johannes Brahms, Composer Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Author: Edward Greenfield
The young mezzo Michelle Breedt opens Dvorák’s Op 2, four early settings in Czech, direct in idiom, that already demonstrate his lyrical gift. Bass George Zeppenfeld then sings Op 3 Lieder, with German texts, which are again lyrical and direct. Barbara Bonney continues the German settings with two from Dvorák’s Op 83 set and two by Grieg, and crowned by Brahms’s sublime Die Mainacht and Von ewige Liebe.
Hampson’s four Gypsy Songs include the most famous of all, usually translated as ‘Songs my mother taught me’, before a half-hour devoted to 13 of Dvorák’s Moravian Duets, enchantingly sung by Bonney and Breedt (memories here of a classic mono recording by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Irmgard Seefried and Gerald Moore).
The second disc, also generously filled, is structured with similar thoughtfulness. Dvorák’s relationship with American music is covered – including spirituals and so-called Indian songs which open with mystic cries in indigenous languages – by Hampson, who adds a fascinating rarity in Charles Ives’s setting of ‘Songs my mother taught me’. Dvorák’s attractive English ballads are sung by Michelle Breedt.
The final ‘World of Faith’ section, provides a satisfying climax: Brahms’s Four Serious Songs are beautifully sung by George Zeppenfeld, with velvet tone, Mahler’s Knaben Wunderhorn setting ‘Urlicht’, later used in the Resurrection Symphony, is sung by Breedt, and five of Dvorák’s Biblical Songs are powerfully and sensitively delivered by Hampson. A special mention, too, for accompanist Wolfram Rieger, running the full marathon from beginning to end.
Well balanced recording and a minimum of intrusive applause. Full texts are provided, with English translations for songs with German texts, but German translations only for those with Czech texts. Altogether an illuminating package.
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