Hindemith: Das Marienleben, Op. 27
Yvonne Friedli; Contantin Alex
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Yvonne Friedli; Contantin Alex
Description
"The greatest song cycle ever written" - Glenn Gould is very unequivocal in his judgement of Paul Hindemith's Das Marienleben, based on a collection of poems by Rainer Maria Rilke. The notorious bourgeois terror, then only 27 years old, shows a very different, internalised side here. "There is something in these songs that forces and fascinates the listener beyond all habits of conventional song manner," wrote a reviewer in 1923, and to this day there is nothing to add. Yvonne Friedli and Constantin Alex make it palpable in their sensitive interpretation.
"Swiss soprano Yvonne Friedli shows herself equal to Hindemith's demands […]. There's a focus and concentration to her reading that is rewarding, and Constantin Alex is a fine, sensitive partner […]. The final three songs, describing Maria's death, [achieve] tragic intensity as they should and must." – Gramophone
Tracklisting
Soloists; Gottinger Barockorchester; Antonius Adamske
Julia Fischer; Nils Monkemeyer; Oliver Schnyder Trio
Denis Rouger; figure humaine kammerchor; Hyelin Lee
Jens Barnieck; Jeanette Pitkevica
Ensemble l'Imaginaire
Joao Francisco Tavora
Polina Pastirchak, Anke Vondung, Sungmin Song, Milan Siljanov, Chorwerk Ruhr, Bochumer Symphoniker,
Maria Palaska, Yannis Tsanakaliotis, Andreas Nebl, Lee Santana
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Hertha Klust; Walter Welsch; Rudolf Wille
Anna Lucia Richter, Gurzenich Orchestra Cologne, Jordan de Souza
Schola Romana Ensemble
Richard Resch; Ensemble La Silla
Ensemble Altera; Christopher Lowrey
Concerto Soave
Chanticleer
Veronique Gens; Herve Niquet; Choeur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire