881488220797

Birds With Roots - Songs For Voice, Viola & Piano

Tehila Nini Goldstein; Julia Rebekka Adler; Jascha Nemtsov

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Format: CD

Cat No: HC22079

Release Date:  05 May 2023

Label:  Hanssler Cd / Hanssler Classics

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  881488220797

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

Composer/Series:  Birds with Roots - Songs for Voice, Viola & Piano

  • Description

    Brahms composed his "Geistliches Wiegenlied" in 1863 as a wedding present for two friends of his, the famous violinist Joseph Joachim and contralto Amalie Schneeweiss. Brahms and Joachim both loved the sound of the viola, a chamber instrument that was only just developing a concert repertoire. This Classical composition was the starting point for the programme of the present CD, which combines original works for trio from three centuries in the formation voice - viola - piano, including two specially written vocal cycles by Sarah Nemtsov and Walter Zimmermann. The programme represents a kind of musical engagement with themes that are gaining new relevance today: persecution and expulsion, homelessness and homesickness. The texts and their settings sometimes enter into an unexpected dialogue.