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Wolf: Spanish Songbook / Italian Songbook

Steinberger, Selinger, Holzmair, Ryan, Beckmann

Wolf: Spanish Songbook / Italian Songbook

Format: CD
Label: Bridge
UPC: 0090404937828
Catnr: BRIDG 9378
Release date: 10 January 2014
CD (3 items)
 
Label
Bridge
UPC
0090404937828
Catalogue number
BRIDG 9378
Release date
10 January 2014
Album
Artist(s)
Composer(s)
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About the album

This new recording presents two masterpieces of the German song repertoire: complete recordings of Hugo Wolf’s Spanish & Italian Songbooks– in all 82 songs. The three-CD set features highly regarded singers and pianists from Germany, Austria and the USA under the artistic leadership of the eminent baritone, Wolfgang Holzmair. Complete texts in German, with English translations included.
Unter der Interpretation und Regie von Wolfgang Holzmair entstanden Aufnahmen der beiden Liederbücher von Hugo Wolf.

Die beiden bedeutenden Liedzyklen von Hugo Wolf werden hier in ihrer Gesamtheit präsentiert. Alle 82 Lieder aus dem Spanischen sowie dem Italienischen Liederbuch in Interpretationen herausragender Sänger aus Deutschland, Österreich und den USA. Sozusagen als künstlerischer Leiter dieser Einspielung fungiert der große Bariton Wolfgang Holzmar.


Spanisches Liederbuch
Birgid Steinberger, Sopran
Michaela Selinger, Mezzosopran
Wolfgang Holzmair, Bariton
Russell Ryan, Klavier

Italienisches Liederbuch
Michaela Selinger, Mezzosopran
Wolfgang Holzmair, Bariton
Georg Beckmann, Klavier

Artist(s)

Wolfgang Holzmaier

Wolfgang Holzmair was born in Vöcklabruck, Austria, and studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art with Hilde Rössel-Majdan (voice) and Erik Werba (lied). The singer performs in recital throughout the world, including London, Lisbon, Moscow, New York, Seoul, Washington, at the Risör Festival (Norway), Bath, Belfast and Edinburgh festivals (UK), Menuhin Festival (Switzerland), Bregenz and Carinthian Summer festivals (Austria) in collaboration with leading accompanists and pianists of our time. Holzmair is also active in the opera world. Roles include Masino in Haydn’s La vera costanza, Papageno and Speaker of the Temple (Magic Flute), Don Alfonso (Cosi), Eisenstein (Fledermaus), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Faninal (Der Rosenkavalier), Music Master (Ariadne), the Father (Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck), Danilo (The Merry Widow), Eduard...
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Wolfgang Holzmair was born in Vöcklabruck, Austria, and studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art with Hilde Rössel-Majdan (voice) and Erik Werba (lied).
The singer performs in recital throughout the world, including London, Lisbon, Moscow, New York, Seoul, Washington, at the Risör Festival (Norway), Bath, Belfast and Edinburgh festivals (UK), Menuhin Festival (Switzerland), Bregenz and Carinthian Summer festivals (Austria) in collaboration with leading accompanists and pianists of our time. Holzmair is also active in the opera world. Roles include Masino in Haydn’s La vera costanza, Papageno and Speaker of the Temple (Magic Flute), Don Alfonso (Cosi), Eisenstein (Fledermaus), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Faninal (Der Rosenkavalier), Music Master (Ariadne), the Father (Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck), Danilo (The Merry Widow), Eduard (Neues vom Tage by Hindemith) or Demetrius (A Midsummernight’s Dream by Britten).
Equally in demand on the concert platform, he sings with leading European and American orchestras, such as the Israel Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Budapest Festival, Vienna Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland and Concertgebouw Orchestras and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, under eminent conductors including Blomstedt, Boulez, Chailly, Frühbeck de Burgos, I.Fischer, Haitink, Harnoncourt, Norrington, Ozawa.
Mr. Holzmair has an extensive discography of operas, concerts and songs ranging from Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert Brahms and Wolf to contemporary composers. His recordings have met with critical acclaim. For years he has also been a committed advocate of works, especially lieder, by formerly persecuted composers as is evidenced by his Krenek, Mittler, Zeisl, Schreker and Terezin/Theresienstadt CDs. His recording of Ein deutsches Requiem with Herbert Blomstedt won a Grammy award.
Since 1998 he has taught lied and oratorio at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and given master classes in Europe, Japan and North America. He is also a visiting professor of the Royal Academy of Music (London) and a fellow of the Royal College of Music (London).

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Composer(s)

Hugo Wolf

Together with Gustav Mahler, Hugo Wolf can be considered as one of the greatest composers of Late Romantic lieder. Both of them followed the tradition of Schubert and Schumann, but intensified the gerne with Wagner's techniques of text declamation and harmonic development. What makes Wolf's song cycles special, is the fact that often they are devoted to a single poet, like in his Mörike-Lieder (1889), Eichendorff-Lieder (1889) en Goethe-Lieder (1890). For each cycle, he spent a considerable time studying the text to create the best matching music. His accomodation of musical structure, harmonic subteties and pianistic texture are all inseperable from the lyrics. Partly due to his psychological sophistication his songs can be heard as miniature operas. Even though he did start writing...
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Together with Gustav Mahler, Hugo Wolf can be considered as one of the greatest composers of Late Romantic lieder. Both of them followed the tradition of Schubert and Schumann, but intensified the gerne with Wagner's techniques of text declamation and harmonic development. What makes Wolf's song cycles special, is the fact that often they are devoted to a single poet, like in his Mörike-Lieder (1889), Eichendorff-Lieder (1889) en Goethe-Lieder (1890). For each cycle, he spent a considerable time studying the text to create the best matching music. His accomodation of musical structure, harmonic subteties and pianistic texture are all inseperable from the lyrics. Partly due to his psychological sophistication his songs can be heard as miniature operas.
Even though he did start writing on several full-fledged operas, it never became a true succes. Only his opera Der Corregidor (1896) was completed. Things went downhill from there. In 1897, Wolf had a nervous breakdown as a consequence of a syphilis infection he had since his teens. After a failed suicide attempt, he was admitted to a clinic in Vienna. The somber Michelangelo-Lieder (1898) would become his last completed composition. Wolf died in 1903, three weeks before his 43st birthday.


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Disc #1
01.
Spanisches Liederbuch: I. Klinge, klinge, mein Pandero
01:47
02.
Spanisches Liederbuch: II. Seltsam ist Juanas Weise
02:29
03.
Spanisches Liederbuch: III. In dem Schatten meiner Locken
02:26
04.
Spanisches Liederbuch: IV. Treibe nur mit Lieben Spott
01:16
05.
Spanisches Liederbuch: V. Mögen alle bösen Zungen
01:43
06.
Spanisches Liederbuch: VI. Liebe mir im Busen
01:07
07.
Spanisches Liederbuch: VII. Köpfchen, Köpfchen, nicht gewimmert
01:41
08.
Spanisches Liederbuch: VIII. Auf dem grünen Balkon
02:34
09.
Spanisches Liederbuch: Sagt ihm, daß er zu mir komme
02:28
10.
Spanisches Liederbuch: X. Blindes Shauen, dunkle Leuchte
01:15
11.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XI. Trau nicht der Liebe
02:37
12.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XII. Tief im Herzen trag' ich Pein
01:57
13.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XIII. Dereinst Gedanke mein
03:02
14.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XIV. Da nur Leid und Leidenschaft
03:04
15.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XV. Wer tat deinem Füßlein weh?
02:37
16.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XVI. Ach, im Maien war's im Maien
01:55
17.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XVII. Sagt, seid Ihr es, feiner Herr
01:50
18.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XVIII. Herz, verzage nicht geschwind
01:59
19.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XIX. Wunder trägst du mein Geliebter
04:24
20.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XX. Nun bin ich dein
04:05
21.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXI. Müh'voll komm' ich und beladen
03:58
22.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXII. Die du Gott gebarst, du Reine
02:06
23.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXIII. Ach, wie lang die Seele schlummert!
03:07
24.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXIV. Nun wandre, Maria
02:31
25.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXV. Ach, des Knaben Augen
01:46
26.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXVI. Führ mich, Kind nach Bethlehem
02:53
27.
Spanisches Liederbuch: Die ihr schwebet
02:43
28.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXVIII. Herr, was trägt der Boden hier
02:59

Disc #2
01.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXIX. Alle gingen, Herz, zur Ruh
01:54
02.
Spanisches Liederbuch: Komm, o Tod, von Nacht umgeben
02:47
03.
Spanisches Liederbuch: Ich fuhr über Meer
01:41
04.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXXII. Bedeckt mich mit Blumen
03:00
05.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXXIII. Und schläfst du, mein Mädchen
01:16
06.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXXIV. Schmerzliche Wonnen und wonnige Schmerzen
01:50
07.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXXV. Wenn du zu den Blumen gehst
02:41
08.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXXVI. Eide so die Liebe schwur
02:30
09.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXXVII. Weint nicht, ihr Äuglein
01:07
10.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXXVIII. Bitt 'ihn, o Mutter, bitte den Knaben
01:34
11.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXIX. Deine Mutter süßes Kind
01:08
12.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXXX. Sie blasen zum Abmarsch
02:45
13.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXXXI. Wer sein holdes Lieb, verloren
02:21
14.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXXXII. Wehe der, die mir verstrickte
01:41
15.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXXXIII. Ob auch finstere Blicke glitten
02:13
16.
Spanisches Liederbuch: XXXXIV. Geh, Geliebter, geh jetzt!
03:52

Disc #3
01.
Italienisches Liederbuch: I. Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken
01:59
02.
Italienisches Liederbuch: II. Ihr seid die Allerschönste weit und breit
01:37
03.
Italienisches Liederbuch: III. Mir ward gesagt, du reisest in die Ferne
01:36
04.
Italienisches Liederbuch: Gesegnet sei, durch den die Welt entstund
01:30
05.
Italienisches Liederbuch: V. Du denkst mit einem Fädchen mich zu fangen
01:04
06.
Italienisches Liederbuch: VI. Selig ihr Blinden, die ihr nicht zu schauen
01:57
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