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Erich Zeisl: Lieder, Vol. 3

Sara Hershkowitz; So-Mang Jeagal; Gloria Cheng

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Format: CD

Cat No: 8551471

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Release Date:  09 May 2025

Label:  Naxos - Nxp / Naxos Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  730099147132

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

Composer/Series:  Erich Zeisl

  • Description

    By the age of 30 Erich Zeisl was considered one of Vienna's leading composers. His compositions included chamber works, choral and orchestral pieces, opera and ballet, and Lieder. His settings from Des Knaben Wunderhorn invariably evoke a Mahlerian lineage as Zeisl draws on imagery of light and dark, sunshine and death. In this volume his early songs are juxtaposed with his last, from 1938, a graphic setting of Komm susser Tod. In exile he wrote no more songs. After the Anschluss, which wrecked his career, Zeisl escaped to America where he endured frustration and ultimately rejection as a film composer at MGM. During this time he composed a piano anthology for his daughter, Barbara, in which he created charming miniatures tailored for the young learner.