Release Date: 18 January 2019
Label: Etcetera
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8711801016399
Genres:
Release Date: 18 January 2019
Label: Etcetera
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8711801016399
Genres:
Description
'O solemn-beating heart of nature! I have knowledge that thou art bound unto man's by cords he cannot sever', wrote Elizabeth Barret Browning in A Sea-Side Walk, an important poem about the strong connection between nature and mankind's innermost feelings. This connection is present in different forms in Elgar's Sea Pictures, Mahler's Rückert-Lieder and Wagner's Wiesendonck-Lieder.
Mezzo soprano Ruth Willemse and pianist Vital Stahievitch have been working together since 2005, following masterclasses from Ed Spanjaard, Rudolf Jansen and Julius Drake. They perform regularly as a duo, in a variety of works from the song repertoire.
This new debut recording promising young Dutch mezzo Ruth Willemse features Edward Elgar - Sea Pictures, Gustav Mahler - Rückert Lieder and Richard Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder.
Ruth Willemse says of this recording: "The songs of Elgar, Mahler and Wagner expose these fears,but in the end they also bring hope and consolation. Nature seems at times to be a reflection of our human inner world. Something similar happens in the music, where the emotional connection with this interior world is extremely direct."
Tracklisting
Bruno Monteiro, Joao Paulo Santos
Hendrickje Van Kerckhove, Eddy Vanoosthuyse, Severine Sierens, Hannelore Vermeir, Hans Ryckelynck,
Nuno Cernadas
Amy Norrington, Piet Kuijken
Herman Jeurissen, Ensemble Capricorno, Geerten van der Wetering
Currende, Erik van Vevel
Thomas Blondelle, Filip Rathe
Marco Mantovani