Gillian Keith / Simon Lepper
Gillian Keith bei Strauss
- Type CD
- Label Champs Hill
- UPC 5060212590190
- Catalog number CHRCD 018
- Release date 01 April 2011
About the album
"I thank my Almighty Creator for the gift and inspiration of the female voice." - Richard Strauss
Strauss displays a consistent ability to bring out the best in a singer, and soprano Gillian Keith -accompanied here by pianist Simon Lepper - amply showcases Straussʼ unique reverence for the female voice.
In song-writing, as in orchestral music, Richard Strauss hit his stride early. His range and confidence is displayed in this group of songs; as the selection shows, he wrote some superb examples in his teens, and by his mid-twenties was already an assured master of the Lied; mastery which continued to develop into old age.
Generations of singers have been inspired by Straussʼ devotion to song; from the dramatic, to the lyric, to the coloratura, Straussʼ songs offer something very special.In this recital of specially chosen Lieder are many songs which have earned their place in the repertoire, along with less-often heard works such as Mädchen blumen and Drei Lieder der Ophelia, which compliment those more familiar and are at the heart of this recital.
One of Canadaʼs leading lyric sopranos, Gillian Keith made her Royal Opera Covent Garden debut as Zerbinetta in Straussʼ Ariadne auf Naxos, a role she has gone on to repeat with great success. A past winner of the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Award, she has a natural affinity for Straussʼ music.
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11Ständchen, Op. 17, No. 2
02:33 -
12Leises Lied, Op. 39, No. 1
03:01 -
13Wiegenliedchen, Op. 49, No. 3
02:09 -
14Leider Ohne Opus : Rote Rosen
02:23 -
15Leider Ohne Opus : Die erwachte Rose
02:59 -
16Leider Ohne Opus : Malven
02:57 -
17Mädchenblumen, Op. 22 : No. 1, Kornblumen
02:14 -
18Mädchenblumen, Op. 22 : No. 2, Mohnblumen
01:14 -
19Mädchenblumen, Op. 22 : No. 3, Epheu
02:55 -
110Mädchenblumen, Op. 22 : No. 4, Wasserrose
03:34 -
111Fünf Leider, Op. 48 : No. 1, Freundliches Vision
02:42 -
112Fünf Leider, Op. 48 : No. 2, Ich schwebe
02:09 -
113Fünf Leider, Op. 48 : No. 3, Kling!
01:34 -
114Fünf Leider, Op. 48 : No. 4, Winterweihe
03:00 -
115Fünf Leider, Op. 48 : No. 5, Winterliebe
01:36 -
116Schlagende Herzen, Op. 29, No. 2
02:34 -
117Muttertänderlei, Op. 43, No. 2
02:24 -
118Das Bächlein, Op. 88, No. 1
01:53 -
119Amor, Op. 68, No. 5
02:54 -
120Drei Lieder, Op. 69 : No. 1, Der Stern
01:57 -
121Drei Lieder, Op. 69 : No. 2, Der Pokal
01:20 -
122Drei Lieder, Op. 69 : No. 3, Einerlei
02:36 -
123Drei Lieder der Ophelia, Op. 67 : No. 1, Wie erkenn ich mein Treulieb
02:52 -
124Drei Lieder der Ophelia, Op. 67 : No. 2, Guten Morgen, ist's Sankt Valentins Tag
01:15 -
125Drei Lieder der Ophelia, Op. 67 : No. 3, Sie trugen ihm auf der Bahre, bloss
03:26