On Wings of Song
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Composer or Director: Thomas Moore, Maurice Ravel, Richard Strauss, Fryderyk Chopin, Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, (Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Kôsaku Yamada, Ludwig van Beethoven, Reynaldo Hahn, (Francesco) Paolo Tosti, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, Samuel Barber
Label: Philips
Magazine Review Date: 4/1989
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 49
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 422 333-2PH
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| (6) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (wds. Heine) |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| Zärtliche Liebe, 'Ich liebe dich' |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| (6) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Ständchen |
Richard Strauss, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Richard Strauss, Composer Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| Élégie |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Michel Dispa, Cello Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| Heidenröslein |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Franz Schubert, Composer Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| Lieder und Gesänge III, Movement: No. 5, Aufträge (wds. L'Egru) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Robert Schumann, Composer Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| (L') Heure exquise |
Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| Canzonette |
(Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe, Composer
(Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe, Composer Elly Ameling, Soprano Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| Wiegenlied |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Franz Schubert, Composer Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| Aprile |
(Francesco) Paolo Tosti, Composer
(Francesco) Paolo Tosti, Composer Elly Ameling, Soprano Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| (14) Volks-Kinderlieder, Movement: Sandmännchen |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Johannes Brahms, Composer Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| (5) Lieder und Romanzen, Movement: Vergebliches Ständchen (wds. trad) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Johannes Brahms, Composer Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| (4) Songs, Movement: No. 3, Sure on this shining night (wds. Agee) |
Samuel Barber, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Rudolf Jansen, Piano Samuel Barber, Composer |
| (19) Polish songs, Movement: Handsome lad (wds. B. Zaleski: 1841) |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| Irish Melodies, Movement: VOLUME 5: |
Thomas Moore, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Rudolf Jansen, Piano Thomas Moore, Composer |
| Tripatos |
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Maurice Ravel, Composer Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| Karatachi Blossoms |
Kôsaku Yamada, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Kôsaku Yamada, Composer Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 6, None but the lonely heart (wds. Mey, after Goethe) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
| (5) Lieder, Movement: No. 4, Wiegenlied (wds. Scherer) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Elly Ameling, Soprano Johannes Brahms, Composer Rudolf Jansen, Piano |
Author: Alan Blyth
Ameling, in a note to this record, points out that this is a ''programme of songs you have heard me sing, mostly as encores'' and that the hallmark of such a series is ''the element of surprise''. Hence the somewhat disconcerting order of the songs. I must say I found it a minor shock to be wrenched from the melancholy of Massenet's introverted Elegie almost without a break into the cheerfulness of Schubert's Heidenroslein and from Barber's moving Sure on this shining night to the inconsequence, delightful as it is, of Chopin's Handsome lad. Mention of these four pieces shows the wide range of Ameling's choice, and as is her wont she travels from one idiom to the other with complete confidence. There isn't an item that isn't warmed by her eager response to text and note. Even so, I had my favourites—the bewitching Canzonetta by Loewe, a Goethe setting in German in spite of its title, the aforementioned Barber in which Ameling sings with peculiar eloquence even for her, and the over-familiar but always heart-catching Tchaikovsky, even though she sings it in German. On the lighter side, the two cradle songs would lull any child into sweet sleep.
I suppose it has to be said that the voice isn't quite what it was, which shows most in Strauss's Standchen and Hahn'sL'heure exquise, but almost everywhere else the songs lie well within the soprano's present most comfortable compass. Rudolf Jansen is, as ever, Ameling's faithful and attractive partner, neither too prominent nor too retiring. Ideally I would have liked a little less resonance in the recording, especially round the piano, but that and the short measure won't be factors to prevent advocates of this singer adding this beguiling disc to the many that must already be in their collections, as they are in mine.'
I suppose it has to be said that the voice isn't quite what it was, which shows most in Strauss's Standchen and Hahn's
On Wings of Song
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