Konstantin Krimmel & Daniel Heide
Release Date: 13 May 2022
Label: C-Avi
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260085534951
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
This is Volume II of a planned series of Liszt songs. The pianist Daniel Heide discovered some of the originals and has put the program together. He is joined on the recording by baritone Konstantin Krimmel, who recently joined the Munich State Opera team.
Compared with the catalogues of Schubert, Loewe, or Schumann, the Lieder output of Franz Liszt seems quite modest in terms of quantity. Unexpected obstacles make it difficult, however, to obtain an overview of the entire catalogue. Not all of Liszt's songs are published as sheet music, and this has always been the case; the only currently available collection is a meager anthology of ca. 40 Lieder. The old, 3-volume Leipzig collection edited by C. F. Kahnt contains 57 songs, whereas the most complete edition is the one from 1919-1920 by Carl Alexander, Archduke of Weimar, which is hard to come by.
In the meantime, Internet platforms such as Petrucci (imslp.org) have become well-stocked archives where one can find older sheet music that would otherwise be unavailable. According to my research in the past ten years, Franz Liszt had an output of ca. 85 Lieder, or, shall we say, "titles". If we also count his revisions or completely new versions of songs, we can speak of a total of 135 to 140 songs. Curiously enough, brief songs by Liszt continue to turn up in estates and auctions all over Europe. As a travelling virtuoso, Liszt occasionally wrote down entire songs in guest books when he was invited to the homes of nobility, or to perform in evening soirées. One can also find a few songs he wrote as "arrangements" of melodies or poems of his patrons or benefactors. Several Lieder gems by Liszt are still slumbering in the Goethe-Schiller Archive in Weimar. for instance. (Excerpt of the booklet notes by Daniel Heide)
ALSO AVAILABLE: Franz Liszt, Lieder Vol. I - Andre Schuen, Daniel Heide (AVI8553472)
"Krimmel vividly catches the mingled scorn and sorrow of 'Vergiftet sind meine Lieder' – quintessential Heine, this – and is a compelling storyteller in the tragic Goethe ballad 'Der Konig in Thule'." – Gramophone Magazine
"Although only 29, baritone Konstantin Krimmel surprises with a high level of reflection, in the penetration of the texts as well as through the balance in the expression […] He and pianist Daniel Heide become masters of nuance and delicate drama." - Schallplattenkritik Quarterly Critic's Choice
Tracklisting
Andreas Willwohl & Daniel Heide
Laurence Kilsby & Ella O'Neill
Kilian Herold, Barbara Buntrock, Florian Donderer, Tanja Tetzlaff
Kathrin Zukowski, KammerMusikKoln
Katharina Konradi, Catriona Morison, Ammiel Bushakevitz
Antje Weithaas, Denes Varjon
Premysl Vojta, Florence Millet, Ye Wu
Herbert Schuch, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
Alina Ibragimova, Cedric Tiberghien
Engegard Quartet
Karolos
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
Flute Alors
