Release Date: 04 January 2007
Label: Naxos - Historical / Naxos Historical
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313324422
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: SCHUMANN
Description
By 1941, in her fifties, Lotte Lehmann was gradually winding down her illustrious operatic career. Noted for following her own musical and interpretative inclinations rather than obeying stylistic fashions, the long-serving soprano was still very active in the field of Lieder, particularly with Bruno Walter as her accompanist. With her impassioned delivery, warm tone, telling word-painting and occasional use of portamento, Lehmann makes her own very personal yet utterly compelling case for Schumann's 'Frauenliebe und Leben' and 'Dichterliebe'. In the excerpts from 'Winterreise', for many years the province of male singers, she offers a bold, romantic reading that identifies both with the bleak setting and the protagonist's awful situation. Volumes 1 and 2 of the Naxos Lotte Lehmann Lieder series are available on 8111093 and 8111094.
Tracklisting
William Primrose
William Primrose
Vinay:Nbc So&Chorus:Toscanini
Vienna Po:Knappertsbusch
Vienna Po:Furtwangler
Vienna&Berlin Po:Furtwangler
Various Composer
Various (1923-1955)
