Release Date: 08 November 2019
Label: C-Avi
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260085534722
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
This complete recording of Franz Liszt's Petrarch Sonnets, performed by baritone Andre Schuen and pianist Daniel Heide, attempts to highlight the significance of his different versions of the three Sonnets 47, 109, und 123 – possibly for the first time on CD.
Musicologists are baffled by the fact that Liszt wrote several versions of the same works. He even set the same texts to different music: not twice, but occasionally three or more times – an absolute exception in the history of music. This is both bewildering and rewarding: Liszt aficionados can embark on a treasure hunt through the scores.
From 2010 to 2014 baritone Andrè Schuen was a member of the ensemble at the opera house in Graz. At the Theater an der Wien (Vienna) he was featured in Nikolaus Harnoncourt's Mozart/Da Ponte cycle in the roles of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Guglielmo. In 2019 he sang his début in the role of Olivier in a new production staged by Christof Loy of Richard Strauss's Capriccio at the Teatro Real in Madrid. Three début appearances await him in the 2019/2010 season: Hamburg, Lisbon and Munich.
Concert podium highlights in Schuen's career have included appearances with the Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle, with the Cologne WDR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste, with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Harding, and with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons. Schuen has performed in Salzburg since 2010, first as a member of the Young Singers Project and subsequently in various productions at the Salzburg Festival conducted by Simon Rattle and Riccardo Muti.
His Lieder recitals with pianist Daniel Heide have led him to perform at Wigmore Hall in London, at the Philharmonie in Paris, at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, at the Schubertiade in Hohenems and at Vilabetran, at Vienna Konzerthaus, at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, at the Heidelberg Spring Festival, and at Tanglewood Festival.
Born in Weimar, pianist Daniel Heide is one of the most sought-after vocal accompanists and chamber musicians of his generation. He performs in recital series and festivals all over Europe as well as in Asia: for instance, in the Konzerthäuser in Vienna, Berlin and Dortmund, the London Wigmore Hall, the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg and Hohenems (Austria), the Heidelberg Spring Festival, and the Oxford Lieder Festival.
In addition to his ongoing collaboration with vocalists including Andrè Schuen, Christoph Prégardien, Simone Kermes, Ingeborg Danz, Britta Schwarz, Roman Trekel, and Tobias Berndt, he has also accompanied lieder recitals with renowned singers such as Regula Mühlemann, Fatma Said, Benjamin Appl, Sheva Tehoval and Dietrich Henschel.
Daniel Heide is the founder and artistic director of the vocal recital series Der lyrische Salon. Held in Ettersburg Castle near Weimar, the series has existed since 2011 and is one of the few – anywhere in the world – that is devoted exclusively to artsong. In that context he has collaborated with a great number of celebrated soloists of the lied genre in over 60 recitals.
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
Andrè Schuen & Daniel Heide
Andre Schuen & Daniel Heide
