Est 1923

STRAUSS Lieder

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Richard Strauss

Genre:

Vocal

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 70

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: 479 2943GH

479 2943. STRAUSS Lieder. Thomas Hampson

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(8) Lieder aus Letzte Blätter, Movement: No. 1, Zueignung (orch 1940) Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
(8) Lieder aus Letzte Blätter, Movement: No. 3, Die Nacht Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Winternacht (wds. A F von Schack) Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
(6) Lieder aus Lotusblättern, Movement: No. 6, Mein Herz ist stumm, mein Herz ist kalt Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
Schlichte Weisen, Movement: No. 4, Ach weh, mir unglückhaften Mann Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
(4) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Ruhe, meine Seele (wds. K Henckell: orch 1948) Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
(4) Lieder, Movement: No. 3, Heimliche Aufforderung (wds. J H Mackay) Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
(4) Lieder, Movement: No. 4, Morgen (wds. J H Mackay: orch 1897) Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
(3) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Traum durch die Dämmerung Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Sehnsucht (wds. Liliencron) Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
(4) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Das Rosenband (wds. Klopstock: 1897, orch 1897) Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 4, Befreit (wds. Dehmel: orch 1933) Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
(2) grössere Gesänge, Movement: Notturno (wds. Dehmel) Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Freundliche Vision (wds. Bierbaum: orch 1918) Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
(6) Lieder, Movement: No. 6, Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland (: 1903-06, orch 1906) Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
Vom künftigen Alter Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
Und dann nicht mehr Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
Im Sonnenschein Richard Strauss, Composer
Richard Strauss, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano
In his introduction to the booklet Thomas Hampson says that he wanted to mark Strauss’s 150th anniversary by offering a selection of songs that followed the path of the composer’s ‘inspired craftsmanship’. The programme that he has chosen runs from ‘Zueignung’, the first song in Op 10, to three of the infrequently heard Op 87 set and makes a well-planned selection that plays to Hampson’s strengths. It is especially heartening that he has found space for ‘Notturno’, the expansive Richard Dehmel setting originally for low voice and orchestra, which is a relative rarity on disc, though Hampson has performed it in concert. Powerfully sung, with Daniel Hope’s solo violin and Wolfram Rieger at the piano creating a ghostly atmosphere, it comes across as a major achievement of Strauss’s song writing career – a dark and chilling masterpiece, akin to Schubert’s ‘Der Doppelgänger’ in its visionary intensity.

It marks a high point of Hampson’s recital, in part because he is not always in such good voice elsewhere. Although the two recording sessions were only a month apart, some other songs – a ‘Morgen’ short on sweet stillness, ‘Freundliche Vision’ a touch threadbare in tone – reveal passing signs of vocal wear and tear. All the songs, though, benefit from Hampson’s impeccably clear German and his ability, with Rieger’s support, to set ideally well-judged speeds. Comparison with Fischer-Dieskau’s six-CD Strauss collection shows that it is Hampson who generally shapes the songs most persuasively, even if Fischer-Dieskau scores for intimacy. Hampson’s singing is generally on a more operatic scale, giving songs like ‘Heimliche Aufforderung’ and ‘Von künftigen Alter’ an impressive weight of utterance. Among all-Strauss recitals, Jonas Kaufmann (Harmonia Mundi) and Margaret Price (Warner Classics) are currently the top recommendations. Hampson’s new disc makes an important addition to the list.

479 2943. STRAUSS Lieder. Thomas Hampson

STRAUSS Lieder

(8) Lieder aus Letzte Blätter, Movement: No. 1, Zueignung (orch 1940)

(8) Lieder aus Letzte Blätter, Movement: No. 3, Die Nacht

(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Winternacht (wds. A F von Schack)

(6) Lieder aus Lotusblättern, Movement: No. 6, Mein Herz ist stumm, mein Herz ist kalt

Schlichte Weisen, Movement: No. 4, Ach weh, mir unglückhaften Mann

(4) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Ruhe, meine Seele (wds. K Henckell: orch 1948)

(4) Lieder, Movement: No. 3, Heimliche Aufforderung (wds. J H Mackay)

(4) Lieder, Movement: No. 4, Morgen (wds. J H Mackay: orch 1897)

(3) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Traum durch die Dämmerung

(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Sehnsucht (wds. Liliencron)

(4) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Das Rosenband (wds. Klopstock: 1897, orch 1897)

(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 4, Befreit (wds. Dehmel: orch 1933)

(2) grössere Gesänge, Movement: Notturno (wds. Dehmel)

(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Freundliche Vision (wds. Bierbaum: orch 1918)

(6) Lieder, Movement: No. 6, Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland (: 1903-06, orch 1906)

Vom künftigen Alter

Und dann nicht mehr

Im Sonnenschein

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