034571178448

Strauss (R): The Complete Songs, Vol. 6 - Elizabeth Watts

Elizabeth Watts, Roger Vignoles

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67844

Release Date:  01 November 2012

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571178448

Genres:  Classical  Vocal  

  • Description

    Hyperion’s Strauss Lieder series continues to demonstrate that the composer’s achievements in this genre are among the most fascinating and accomplished of his works. This latest volume includes, for instance, the delicious Schlechtes Wetter from Op 69, and the lovely—and unknown—Waldesfahrt from the same group. The delicately beautiful Malven (never published in Strauss’s lifetime, and first performed by Kiri Te Kanawa in 1985), with which the recital ends, is known as Strauss’s ‘Fifth Last Song’.
    The central work recorded here, Kramerspiegel, owes its genesis to Strauss’s long-lasting and bitter dispute with the German music publishing industry. A Berlin literary critic, Alfred Kerr, wrote him a witty set of satirical verses lampooning music publishers, mentioning many of Strauss’s principal enemies by name. Strauss set all twelve poems to music, and this practical joke finally saw the light of day in 1921. It is easy to understand why the cycle is now rarely performed, given that the texts consist entirely of in-jokes, and that the lion’s share of the music is given to the pianist. But Strauss’s music is well worth savouring, not least for its humorous references to Strauss’s own works, such as Der Rosenkavalier and Ein Heldenleben, and especially for the beautiful prelude to the eighth song and its reprise as the final extended postlude—used by the composer nearly a quarter of a century later, in his opera Capriccio.
    Roger Vignoles is the curator and pianist of this series, and also writes the informative booklet notes. Making her Hyperion debut is soprano Elizabeth Watts, of whom The Guardian commented at a recent Strauss Lieder recital: ‘Watts, winner of the Lieder prize at Cardiff Singer of the World in 2007, is already a major artist, but this struck me as making a transformation into a great one, as well as allowing us to hear her in music she seems to have been born to sing. Watts has the right tonal glamour for Strauss along with that tricky combination of vocal ease and immaculate control that his work requires.’

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. <b>Einerlei Op 69 No 3</b> [2'50]
      • 2. <b>Der Stern Op 69 No 1</b> [2'13]
      • 3. <b>Waldesfahrt Op 69 No 4</b> [3'38]
      • 4. <b>Schlechtes Wetter Op 69 No 5</b> [2'36]
      • 5. <b>Rote Rosen TrV119</b> [2'27]
      • 6. <b>Die erwachte Rose TrV90</b> [3'29]
      • 7. <b>Begegnung Trv98</b> [2'09]
      • 8. <b>Wir beide wollen springen Trv175</b> [1'14]
      • 9. <b>Das Bächlein Op 88 No 1</b> [2'32]
      • 10. <b>Blick vom oberen Belvedere Op 88 No 2</b> [4'33]
      • 11. <b>Krämerspiegel Op 66</b> Es war einmal ein Bock [2'59]
      • 12. <b>Krämerspiegel Op 66</b> Einst kam der Bock als Bote [3'32]
      • 13. <b>Krämerspiegel Op 66</b> Es liebte einst ein Hase [2'00]
      • 14. <b>Krämerspiegel Op 66</b> Drei Masken sah ich am Himmel stehn [2'32]
      • 15. <b>Krämerspiegel Op 66</b> Hast du ein Tongedicht vollbracht [0'59]
      • 16. <b>Krämerspiegel Op 66</b> O lieber Künstler sei ermahnt [3'24]
      • 17. <b>Krämerspiegel Op 66</b> Unser Feind ist, grosser Gott [1'28]
      • 18. <b>Krämerspiegel Op 66</b> Von Händlern wird die Kunst bedroht [4'35]
      • 19. <b>Krämerspiegel Op 66</b> Es war mal eine Wanze [3'33]
      • 20. <b>Krämerspiegel Op 66</b> Die Künstler sind die Schöpfer [2'12]
      • 21. <b>Krämerspiegel Op 66</b> Die Händler und die Macher [1'18]
      • 22. <b>Krämerspiegel Op 66</b> O Schröpferschwarm, o Händlerkreis [3'45]
      • 23. <b>Wer hats gethan? TrV142</b> [3'41]
      • 24. <b>Malven TrV297</b> [3'19]

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