Christian Gerhaher – Schumann Myrthen (2019) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Christian Gerhaher – Schumann Myrthen (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:11 minutes | 844 MB | Genre: Classical
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Although he’s alone on the cover, baritone Christian Gerhaher has given a lot of space over to soprano Camilla Tilling in his Schumann record. And so the original tones – and therefore the cycle’s structure – are preserved. The voices mingle and their dialogue reminds us that these Lieder were presented to Clara like a wedding bouquet. The sound recording sometimes plunges both voice and piano into a maelstrom of noise. But happily, the performers offer an amorous reading of these poems borrowed from Goethe, or Rückert, or Burns. Both singers savour each consonant and give the poems a resounding, perfect pronunciation, and an unerring sense of diction (take Camilla Tilling’s oh-so-sensual repetition of Kuß in Die Lotosblume, every bit as distracting as Margaret Price’s), and of recital (the successive episodes of Hochländers Abschied take life in the hands of Christian Gerhaher, a virtuoso of nuance). With accompaniment from pianist Gerold Huber, they have created a very fine record that brings to life that marvellous poet of sound, Schumann. – Elsa Siffert

Tracklist:
1. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 1, Widmung (02:19)
2. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 2, Freisinn (01:17)
3. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 3, Der Nussbaum (03:13)
4. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 4, Jemand (02:05)
5. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 5, Aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan I – Sitz’ ich allein (00:31)
6. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 6, Aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan II – Setze mir nicht, du Grobian (00:48)
7. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 7, Die Lotosblume (01:45)
8. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 8, Talismane (01:56)
9. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 9, Lied der Suleika (02:38)
10. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 10, Die Hochländer-Witwe (01:26)
11. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 11, Lied der Braut I – Mutter, Mutter, glaube nicht (02:04)
12. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 12, Lied der Braut II – Lass mich ihm an Busen hangen (01:33)
13. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 13, Hochländers Abschied (01:25)
14. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 14, Hochländisches Wiegenlied (02:52)
15. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 15, Aus den hebräischen Gesängen (05:04)
16. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 16, Räthsel (01:46)
17. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 17, Venetianisches Lied I – Leis’ rudern hier, mein Gondolier (01:46)
18. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 18, Venetianisches Lied II – Wenn durch die Piazzetta (01:02)
19. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 19, Hauptmanns Weib (00:55)
20. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 20, Weit, weit! (02:47)
21. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 21, Was will die einsame Träne (02:25)
22. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 22, Niemand (00:54)
23. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 23, Im Westen (01:05)
24. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 24, Du bist wie eine Blume (01:40)
25. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 25, Aus den östlichen Rosen (01:49)
26. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 26, Zum Schluss (02:19)

Personnel:
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Camilla Tilling (soprano)
Gerold Huber (piano)

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