Schumann Dichterliebe and other Heine settings
A gripping Dichterliebe: Gerald Finley seems to be sweeping the field in song now
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Composer or Director: Robert Schumann
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Hyperion
Magazine Review Date: 11/2008
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 69
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CDA67676
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Romanzen und Balladen IV, Movement: No. 3, Tragödie (wds. Heine) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Gerald Finley, Baritone Julius Drake, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
Romanzen und Balladen II, Movement: No. 1, Die beiden Grenadiere (wds. Heine) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Gerald Finley, Baritone Julius Drake, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
Romanzen und Balladen I, Movement: No. 3, Abends am Strand (wds. Heine) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Gerald Finley, Baritone Julius Drake, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
Romanzen und Balladen II, Movement: No. 2, Die feindlichen Brüder (wds. Heine) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Gerald Finley, Baritone Julius Drake, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
Romanzen und Balladen III, Movement: No. 3, Der arme Peter I (wds. Heine) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Gerald Finley, Baritone Julius Drake, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
Belsatzar |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Gerald Finley, Baritone Julius Drake, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
Myrthen, Movement: No. 7, Die Lotosblume (wds. Heine) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Gerald Finley, Baritone Julius Drake, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
Myrthen, Movement: No. 21, Was will die einsame Träne? (wds. Heine) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Gerald Finley, Baritone Julius Drake, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
Myrthen, Movement: No. 24, Du bist wie eine Blume (wds. Heine) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Gerald Finley, Baritone Julius Drake, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
(4) Gesänge, Movement: No. 2, Lehn deine Wang (wds. Heine) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Gerald Finley, Baritone Julius Drake, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
(5) Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 3, Es leuchtet meine Liebe (wds. Heine) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Gerald Finley, Baritone Julius Drake, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
(5) Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 2, Dein Angesicht (wds. Heine) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Gerald Finley, Baritone Julius Drake, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
(4) Gesänge, Movement: No. 4, Mein Wagen rollet langsam (wds. Heine) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Gerald Finley, Baritone Julius Drake, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
Dichterliebe |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Gerald Finley, Baritone Julius Drake, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
Author: Richard Wigmore
Singer and pianist are just as compelling in the other Heine settings here. Finley is eerily insinuating in “Mein Wagen rollet langsam” – one of four Dichterliebe discards – where Schumann’s music is in danger of sounding too ingenuous for Heine’s sinister verses; and he and Drake throw themselves into “Lehn’ deine Wang’” with an impulsive ardour I’ve never heard equalled. Finley times and colours the biblical ballad “Belsatzar” with the art of a master dramatist, gives an uncommonly – and effectively – introspective reading of “Die beiden Grenadiere” (even the opening is hushed and anxious), and spins a rapt, dulcet line in the two “flower songs”, “Die Lotosblume” and “Du bist wie eine Blume”. The church acoustic is more resonant than I find ideal for Lieder, though that hardly detracts from a glorious Schumann recital.
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