Mozart Lieder; Piano Works
Piano solos are welcome in a song recital over-insistent on words
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Composer or Director: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Magazine Review Date: 8/2008
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 64
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: HMC901979

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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(Der) Verschweigung |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Werner Güra, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
(Das) Lied der Trennung |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Werner Güra, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Wie unglücklich bin ich nit |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Werner Güra, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sei du mein Trost, 'An die Einsamkeit' |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Werner Güra, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Fantasia |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Lied zur Gesellenreise |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Werner Güra, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
(Die) Betrogene Welt |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Werner Güra, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Gigue |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sehnsucht nach dem Frühling |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Werner Güra, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
(Der) Frühling |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Werner Güra, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
(Das) Veilchen |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Werner Güra, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Rondo |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
(Das) Traumbild |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Werner Güra, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Dans un bois solitaire |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Werner Güra, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
(6) Variations in G on 'Mio caro Adone' by Salieri |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
An Chloe |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Werner Güra, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
(Die) Zufriedenheit |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Werner Güra, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Abendempfindung |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christoph Berner, Piano Werner Güra, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Author: John Steane
And the selection of songs is excellent, very properly leaving Abendempfindung, the most profound, for last. But all of this, I realise, is a kind of prevarication. It has to be stated that my admiration for Werner Güra’s singing is less wholehearted than the glowing reviews I generally read and the enthusiasm of his London audiences at the Wigmore Hall. For some time now it has seemed to me that in the perpetual act of balancing rival claims that commonly beset the Lieder singer, he is giving too much weight to those of text and verbal expression.
In reviewing this disc I went back to a comparable recital by Peter Schreier and András Schiff (Decca, 8/92 – nla). There, in that highly expressive singer, I found a distinctly more satisfying preservation of the melodic line and (in “Das Traumbild” for example) a greater abilty or willingness to capture mood and meaning through musical rather than verbal means. Güra’s voice is an exceptionally attractive instrument; it seems a pity that his art should apparently be directed in a way that works against its being heard to best advantage.
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