Release Date: 05 July 2024
Label: Gramola - Cd / Gramola
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 9003643993143
Composer/Series: Monde et Mystere - Lieder by Henri Duparc and Gabriel Faure
Description
Stuttgart-born mezzo-soprano Christina Baader has been a much sought-after musician for many years, not only as an opera singer and soloist, but is also an internationally successful visual artist. To mark the 100th anniversary of Gabriel Faure's death, Christina Baader and Gert Hecher, piano, are presenting an album by the title Monde et Mystere with a selection of his songs as well as those by Henri Duparc, who also played a significant role in establishing an independent French art of song. The expressive songs are based on poems by famous French poets such as Paul Verlaine, Charles Baudelaire, Armand Silvestre, Theophile Gautier, Rene-Francois Sully-Prudhomme and Jean Lahor. Together with Gert Hecher, a specialist in the restoration of historical keyboard instruments, two grand pianos from 1868 and 1879, respectively, from the famous Erard piano manufactory in Paris, which at the time had a similar status to Steinway & Sons today, were chosen to best emphasize the different tonal and stylistic elements of the works of the two composers.
Ursula Erhart-Schwertmann; Elisabeth Aigner-Monarth
Lorenzo Pone
Hansjorg Angerer
Stefan Donner
Nicholas Spanos; Pandolfis Consort; Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir
Karoline Pilcz; Richard Fuller
Christina Baader; Gert Hecher
Various Artists; Astrid Bscher
