Bartok; Brahms; Mahler Lieder
A delightful programme, very well sung, that looks to East European influences
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Composer or Director: Leoš Janáček, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Witold Lutoslawski, Gustav Mahler, Béla Bartók, Johannes Brahms
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Zig-Zag Territoires
Magazine Review Date: 3/2008
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 67
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: ZZT070503
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 11, Ablösung im Sommer (wds. Das Knaben Wunderhorn) |
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Gustav Mahler, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Das irdische Leben |
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Gustav Mahler, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt |
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Gustav Mahler, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Rheinlegendchen |
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Gustav Mahler, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| Lieder und Gesänge, Movement: No. 12, Scheiden und Meiden (wds. Des knaben Wunderhorn) |
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Gustav Mahler, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| (5) Village Scenes |
Béla Bartók, Composer
Béla Bartók, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 6, As they reiterated, 'Fool' (wds. Mey) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Nicholas Krüger, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 10, Behind the window in the shadow (wds. Polonsky) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Nicholas Krüger, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 6, My little favourite (wds. Mey after Mickiewicz) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Nicholas Krüger, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| (11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 1, He, Zigeuner, greife |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| (11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 2, Hochgetürmte Rimaflut |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| (11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 3, Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| (11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 4, Lieber Gott, du weisst |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| (11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 5, Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| (11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 6, Röslein dreie in der Reihe |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| (11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 7, Kommt dir manchmal |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| (11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 11, Rote Abendwolken ziehn |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| (5) Songs |
Witold Lutoslawski, Composer
Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano Witold Lutoslawski, Composer |
| Moravian folk poetry in songs, Movement: Blossom sweet and tender (Kvítí milodejné) |
Leoš Janáček, Composer
Leoš Janáček, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| Moravian folk poetry in songs, Movement: Carnatio (Karafiát) |
Leoš Janáček, Composer
Leoš Janáček, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| Moravian folk poetry in songs, Movement: Burden (Tíha) |
Leoš Janáček, Composer
Leoš Janáček, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| Moravian folk poetry in songs, Movement: Wakening (Budìcek) |
Leoš Janáček, Composer
Leoš Janáček, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| Moravian folk poetry in songs, Movement: Uncertainty (Nejistota) |
Leoš Janáček, Composer
Leoš Janáček, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| Moravian folk poetry in songs, Movement: Woe (Stesk) |
Leoš Janáček, Composer
Leoš Janáček, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| Moravian folk poetry in songs, Movement: Parting (Loucení) |
Leoš Janáček, Composer
Leoš Janáček, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| Moravian folk poetry in songs, Movement: Lonely (Osamelý) |
Leoš Janáček, Composer
Leoš Janáček, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| Moravian folk poetry in songs, Movement: Fate (Osud) |
Leoš Janáček, Composer
Leoš Janáček, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
| Moravian folk poetry in songs, Movement: Belgrade (Belegrad) |
Leoš Janáček, Composer
Leoš Janáček, Composer Nicholas Krüger, Piano Salomé Haller, Soprano |
Author: Rob Cowan
What this recital reports, basically, is an East-European musical tradition, from the folk-inspired forays in Mahler’s Wunderhorn settings (where Yiddish musical asides murmur beneath the surface) to the mysticism of Lutos?awski’s entrancing Five Songs (1956?57). The various narratives, yearning cadences and bouts of humour that surface time and again are rendered all the more vivid by soprano Salomé Haller, not a great voice in the classic sense of the term (she sounds strongest in the mid-high registers) but a good singer with an ear for a yarn and an ability to colour and project all manner of musical styles. Which in this context embrace, in addition to the Mahler (here sounding more than ever like Eastern-tinted Schubert), a very Russian-sounding Tchaikovsky sequence, beautifully characterised, and Bartók’s peppery Five Village Scenes, three of which were later orchestrated. Haller and her excellent pianist Nicolas Kruger hold the tension in Bartók’s haunting “Berceuse” (one of the great 20th-century concert songs), both artists bringing the music’s exotic roster of harmonic shades into focus. In less sensitive hands Brahms’s Zigeunerlieder can sound overbearing – I recall a long-deleted version by Christa Ludwig and Bernstein where the piano introduction sounded like Bartók’s Out of Doors – but here a combination of varied vocal delivery and lightly sprung piano-playing makes for a delightful encounter. Those same admirable qualities enhance Janá?ek’s Moravian Popular Songs which are sung, as are all the selections, in the composer’s native language. The recorded balance is excellent and Krüger’s piano tone is bright without sounding brittle. Full texts and translations are included.
Bartok; Brahms; Mahler Lieder
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