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Deep in a dream
Various composers

Raoul Steffani | Gerold Huber

Deep in a dream

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Format: CD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917278521
Catnr: CC 72785
Release date: 05 October 2018
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Challenge Classics
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0608917278521
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CC 72785
Release date
05 October 2018

"Steffani is a marvelous artist in the song repertoire. His silvery, lyric baritone remains consistent in tonal quality and security throughout the registers."

Fanfare, 03-4-2020
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About the album

Many songs on this album have one thing in common: they are mainly early compositions, in some cases even the first songs these composers wrote. They all have a certain spontaneity and freshness which shows that the young men who composed them were still at the beginning of their careers, full of dreams and hopes for the future. Thus, not surprisingly, many of the songs are also about dreams, totally in the spirit of the true romantic soul.

Droom weg met dit sfeervolle debuutalbum Deep in a dream van Nederlands' rijzende ster bariton Raoul Steffani, begeleid door pianist Gerold Huber. Het is een verzameling vroege liederen van de componisten Robert Schumann, Edvard Grieg, Jean Sibelius en Alban Berg. Het resultaat mag er zijn zegt Louis Gauthier in De Telegraaf: "het duo klinkt als een klok. Steffani's stem klinkt opvallend gecontroleerd en gul, met een feilloze uitspraak van zowel Duits als Zweeds, en overtuigende zeggingskracht".

Muziek voor de romantische ziel
Veel van de liederen op dit album hebben één ding gemeen: het zijn hoofdzakelijk vroege composities. Een enkele keer zijn het zelfs de eerste liederen die deze componisten schreven. Ze hebben allemaal een zekere spontaniteit en frisheid, die aantoont dat de jongemannen die ze componeerden, nog aan het begin stonden van hun carrière, vol dromen en hoop op de toekomst. Het is daarom geen wonder dat de liederen vaak over dromen gaan, geheel in de geest van de ware romantische ziel.

Opkomend internationaal talent
Raoul Steffani wordt gezien als een van de grootste zangtalenten van Nederland. Hij studeerde aan de conservatoria van Amsterdam en Tilburg en aan de Musikuniversität in Wenen. Steffani zong solopartijen in diverse oratoria, waaronder de Matthäus Passion van Bach, het Requiem van Mozart en de Messiah van Händel. De bariton valt regelmatig in de prijzen. Zo won hij in 2018 de Dutch Classical Talent Publieksprijs en de GrachtenfestivalPrijs, waarmee hij Artist in Residence is tijdens het Grachtenfestival van 2019. De jury van het Grachtenfestival over de winnaar: "een podiumpersoonlijkheid met een stevige technische basis die het publiek verleidt en boeit met een muzikaal verhaal." Volgens hen staat hij aan het begin van een internationale carrière.

Voorkeur voor liederen
De bariton heeft een grote voorliefde voor het liedrepertoire. In die hoedanigheid werkt hij regelmatig samen met de Duitse liedspecialist en pianist Gerold Huber, met wie hij dit debuutalbum Deep in a dream opnam. De liederen over dromen en een hoopvolle toekomst zijn romantisch van aard. Op het lijf geschreven van de jonge Steffani die zelf zegt: “De zangkunst is een waarachtig ambacht, stapje voor stapje bouw je jouw instrument op. Ik ben vanaf mijn zeventiende pas echt serieus gaan zingen en Pavarotti zei dat het tien jaar duurt voor je een echte zanger bent, dus ik heb nog een paar jaar.”

Noordse sferen
De Finse componist Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) is met zeven liederen sterk vertegenwoordigd op het album. Tijdens zijn lange loopbaan componeerde de componist ruim 100 liederen, variërend van grote, monumentale natuurschilderingen tot kleine, lichtzinnige 'volksmelodiën'. Hij stond hierbij duidelijk in de traditie van de Nordic romanser, het Scandinavische equivalent van het Duitse Lied en de Franse mélodie. Naar verloop van tijd maakte hij echter ook steeds meer gebruik van invloeden uit de Finse volksmuziek en kerktraditie. De liederen op Deep in a dream geven de ontwikkeling weer van Sibelius als liedcomponist in zijn eerste 35 levensjaren.

Een selectie van de verhalen achter de liederen
Serenad heeft een bijzondere plek in het oeuvre van Sibelius. Na instrumentale werken is dit Sibelius eerste liedcompositie. Sibelius’ talent om met eenvoudige muzikale bewegingen een sfeerbeeld op te roepen is al duidelijk hoorbaar. Het verhaal van een jongeman die in het maanlicht aan het venster van zijn geliefde staat en zich voorstelt hoe zij haar avondgebed uitspreekt om vervolgens in haar droom verrukt aan hem te denken, sprak de jonge Sibelius waarschijnlijk aan.

Ook de andere liederen vertellen over jonge mensen, de liefde en hun dromen. In Drömmen wordt een eenzame en verdrietige jongeman gewekt door de stem uit een droom, die de kus van zijn geliefde aankondigt. Eenmaal wakker gaat de droom in rook op, het meisje is verdwenen en die kus bestaat slechts in zijn verlangen.
Demanten på marssnön gaat over de liefde van sneeuwvlokken voor de zon. Wat is een mooier lot dan te sterven op het moment dat je het allermooiste glinstert, in de warme stralen van de zon?

Het laatste lied I Natten, vertoont duidelijk een verschil in compositiestijl. Zowel melodie als harmonische ontwikkeling komt op een dieper en mysterieuzer plan te staan. Met een trage, huiverige beweging in de zangstem schildert de componist een nachtelijk, dromerig tafereel van een waternimf (Naiade) die verzonken in een droom de stroom der tijd ziet bevriezen en de wereld, ontdaan van pijn en verdriet in slaap ziet vallen in de armen van de hemelse Vader.

Viele Lieder auf diesem Album haben eines gemeinsam: es handelt sich dabei überwiegend um frühe Kompositionen, in manchen Fällen sind es sogar die ersten Lieder, die diese Komponisten überhaupt geschrieben haben. Sie alle weisen eine gewisse Spontaneität und Frische auf, die zeigen, dass die jungen Männer, die sie komponiert haben, noch am Anfang ihrer Karriere standen, voller Träume und Hoffnung für die Zukunft. So nimmt es nicht Wunder, dass sich viele dieser Lieder auch um Träume drehen, ganz im Geiste der wahrlich romantischen Seele.

Artist(s)

Raoul Steffani (vocals)

Dutch baritone Raoul Steffani has quickly established himself as one of the leading singers of his generation. He was awarded several prizes: the Dutch Classical Talent Audience Award (2018), the Grachtenfestival Prize (2016), the Elisabeth Evertsprijs (2016) and Prinses Christina Concours (2013), after which he was invited to make recital debuts at major concerts halls such as the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Megaron Concert Hall in Athens, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris, Munich and Vienna. He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and at the conservatories of Amsterdam and Tilburg, from which he graduated summa cum laude. He continues working with his longtime vocal coach Margreet Honig and is frequently taking masterclasses with Thomas Hampson, Christa Ludwig,...
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Dutch baritone Raoul Steffani has quickly established himself as one of the leading singers of his generation. He was awarded several prizes: the Dutch Classical Talent Audience Award (2018), the Grachtenfestival Prize (2016), the Elisabeth Evertsprijs (2016) and Prinses Christina Concours (2013), after which he was invited to make recital debuts at major concerts halls such as the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Megaron Concert Hall in Athens, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris, Munich and Vienna.
He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and at the conservatories of Amsterdam and Tilburg, from which he graduated summa cum laude. He continues working with his longtime vocal coach Margreet Honig and is frequently taking masterclasses with Thomas Hampson, Christa Ludwig, Elly Ameling and Nelly Miriciou a.o. From 2016 till 2018 he was a member of the Dutch National Opera Academy, where he debuted the role of Gulgielmo (Così fan tutte).
Raoul Steffani is passionately fond of the song repertoire. As an active recitalist, he works regularly with the German song specialist Gerold Huber as well as with Lucas and Arthur Jussen. He performs regularly at concert halls in the Netherlands including the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, International Chamber Music Festival led by Janine Jansen in Utrecht. He is a returning guest and ambassador of the International Lied Festival Zeist. He often appears on Dutch national radio and television, as a guest soloist in programmes such as Podium Witteman, De Tiende van Tijl and Podium on Tour.
On the operatic stage, his performed roles include Eisenstein as well as Falke (Die Fledermaus), Papageno (Die Zauberföte), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) and Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas). As an oratorio soloist, he sang a.o. the St Matthew Passion and St John Passion by J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart’s Requiem, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Oratorio de Noël by Saint-Säens, Messiah by Händel and Carmina Burana by Orff. He sang under the baton of a.o. Vladimir Jurowsky, David Zinman, Sir Mark Elder, Sigiswald Kuijken, Ed Spanjaard, Anthony Hermus and Enrico Delamboye. Among the orchestras he performed with, are the Royal Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, philharmonie zuidnederland and the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra.
Photo: Carlos Villarroel
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Gerold Huber (piano)

Gerold Huber, pianist of international standing and winner of two coveted 'Echo' prizes, was born in 1969 in Straubing, Bavaria. He won a grant to the Munich Hochschule für Musik, studying piano with Friedemann Berger and Lied interpreation with Helmut Deutsch, and was a participant in Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's masterclass in Berlin. In 1998 he won the Prix International Pro Musicis in Paris. In 2001 he was one of the prizewinners at the highly specialized Johann Sebastian Bach International Piano Competition in Saarbrücken. An experienced and dedicated classical lied accompanist, Gerold Huber has made countless guest appearances not only at most of the worldwide famous concert halls but also at various significant festivals, notably the Schubertiades in Schwarzenberg (Austria) and Vilabertran (Spain),...
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Gerold Huber, pianist of international standing and winner of two coveted "Echo" prizes, was born in 1969 in Straubing, Bavaria. He won a grant to the Munich Hochschule für Musik, studying piano with Friedemann Berger and Lied interpreation with Helmut Deutsch, and was a participant in Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's masterclass in Berlin. In 1998 he won the Prix International Pro Musicis in Paris. In 2001 he was one of the prizewinners at the highly specialized Johann Sebastian Bach International Piano Competition in Saarbrücken.
An experienced and dedicated classical lied accompanist, Gerold Huber has made countless guest appearances not only at most of the worldwide famous concert halls but also at various significant festivals, notably the Schubertiades in Schwarzenberg (Austria) and Vilabertran (Spain), the Rheingau Musikfestival and the Schleswig- Holstein Festival, as well as featuring in festivals in Cheltenham (England) and Saintes (France). His extensive list of performance venues also includes major international concert halls such as the Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Frankfurt's Alte Oper, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Konzertgebouw Amsterdam, the Wigmore Hall in London and the Frick Collection in New York. Gerold Huber's solo performances to date have largely showcased the works of Bach, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms. His recordings of Schubert's Winterreise (2002) and Die schöne Müllerin (2004) were both awarded the hotly-contested Echo-Klassik prize. Amongst the soloists regularly accompanied by Gerold Huber are Christian Gerhaher, Ruth Ziesak, Franz-Josef Selig, Cornelia Kallisch, Diana Damrau, the Liedertafel ensemble and Susanne Brantl.

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Composer(s)

Edvard Grieg

Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions put the music of Norway in the international spectrum, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius and Antonín Dvořák did in Finland and Bohemia, respectively. Grieg is regarded as simultaneously nationalistic and cosmopolitan in his orientation, for although born in Bergen and buried there, he travelled widely throughout Europe, and considered his music to express both the beauty of Norwegian rural life and the culture of Europe as a whole. He is...
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Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions put the music of Norway in the international spectrum, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius and Antonín Dvořák did in Finland and Bohemia, respectively.
Grieg is regarded as simultaneously nationalistic and cosmopolitan in his orientation, for although born in Bergen and buried there, he travelled widely throughout Europe, and considered his music to express both the beauty of Norwegian rural life and the culture of Europe as a whole. He is the most celebrated person from the city of Bergen, with numerous statues depicting his image, and many cultural entities named after him.
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Alban Berg

Alban Berg was an Austrian composer. Berg studied from 1904 to 1910 under Arnold Schoenberg and together with his teacher and fellow student Anton Webern he is part of the Second Viennese School. Berg married with Helene Nahowski (1885-1976), a singer who was a daughter from Anna Nahowski and, allegedly, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. At first, Berg applied a free atonality, but later he started developing strict twelve tone techniques and combined these to a style which, despite its expressionistic character, reminds of the Late Romantic music of Gustav Mahler. 
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Alban Berg was an Austrian composer. Berg studied from 1904 to 1910 under Arnold Schoenberg and together with his teacher and fellow student Anton Webern he is part of the Second Viennese School. Berg married with Helene Nahowski (1885-1976), a singer who was a daughter from Anna Nahowski and, allegedly, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.

At first, Berg applied a free atonality, but later he started developing strict twelve tone techniques and combined these to a style which, despite its expressionistic character, reminds of the Late Romantic music of Gustav Mahler.


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Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured by his teacher Friedrich Wieck that he could become the finest pianist in Europe, but a hand injury ended this dream. Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing. Schumann's published compositions were written exclusively for the piano until 1840; he later composed works for piano and orchestra; many Lieder (songs for voice and piano); four symphonies; an opera; and other orchestral, choral, and chamber works. Works such as Carnaval, Symphonic Studies, Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana, and the Fantasie in...
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Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured by his teacher Friedrich Wieck that he could become the finest pianist in Europe, but a hand injury ended this dream. Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing.
Schumann's published compositions were written exclusively for the piano until 1840; he later composed works for piano and orchestra; many Lieder (songs for voice and piano); four symphonies; an opera; and other orchestral, choral, and chamber works. Works such as Carnaval, Symphonic Studies, Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana, and the Fantasie in C are among his most famous. His writings about music appeared mostly in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (New Journal for Music), a Leipzig-based publication which he jointly founded.
In 1840, Schumann married Friedrich Wieck's daughter Clara, against the wishes of her father, following a long and acrimonious legal battle, which found in favour of Clara and Robert. Clara also composed music and had a considerable concert career as a pianist, the earnings from which, before her marriage, formed a substantial part of her father's fortune.
Schumann suffered from a mental disorder, first manifesting itself in 1833 as a severe melancholic depressive episode, which recurred several times alternating with phases of ‘exaltation’ and increasingly also delusional ideas of being poisoned or threatened with metallic items. After a suicide attempt in 1854, Schumann was admitted to a mental asylum, at his own request, in Endenich near Bonn. Diagnosed with "psychotic melancholia", Schumann died two years later in 1856 without having recovered from his mental illness.

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Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) was the composer who gave Finland its own sound, right when this nation was struggling to detach itself from Russia. Sibelius wrote several impressive symphonic poems - among which Finlandia, Lemminkäinen-suite, Oceaniden, Tapiola - for he took inspiration from the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic.  He was just as original as a symphonist: his Seven Symphonies are just as much answers to the question how the genre should develop after Tchaikovsky's death. 
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Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) was the composer who gave Finland its own sound, right when this nation was struggling to detach itself from Russia. Sibelius wrote several impressive symphonic poems - among which Finlandia, Lemminkäinen-suite, Oceaniden, Tapiola - for he took inspiration from the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. He was just as original as a symphonist: his Seven Symphonies are just as much answers to the question how the genre should develop after Tchaikovsky's death.
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Press

Steffani is a marvelous artist in the song repertoire. His silvery, lyric baritone remains consistent in tonal quality and security throughout the registers.
Fanfare, 03-4-2020

 This is an exceptionally fine debut recording for an already well-developed singer.
American Record Guide, 19-2-2020

Steffani sings freshly and text clearly, interprets sensitively, from a smart wall show distance.
Opernwelt, 02-1-2019

Very special repertoire. Incisively interpreted.
Luister, 07-12-2018

Beautifully accompanied by the very experienced song accompanist Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani appears to have a melodious timbre with beautiful natural appearance.
Mania, 08-11-2018

This debut is of an exceptionally high quality, to which I also explicitly wish to involve the pianist, Gerold Huber. Of course the singer is in the spotlight, but every song recital is only really successful if the interpretation of singer and pianist is perfectly balanced.
Opus Klassiek, 07-11-2018

**** The program on this new Challenge Classics CD means to me the discovery of a beautiful baritone voice and at the same time a strong personality for the genre.
Klassiek Centraal, 27-10-2018

Steffani, only 28 years young, is an exceptional talent that has won many prizes. His pleasant sound is a beautiful mix of dark and nasal with a nice varied vowel formation. Everything is intelligible word for word and the pure singing pleasure!
Trouw, 26-10-2018

The 26-year-old baritone Raoul Steffani releases a remarkable debut album this month, along with the highly desired pianist Gerold Huber. Schumann, Grieg, Sibelius and Berg form a fresh unity on Deep in a dream.
De Telegraaf, 23-10-2018

It is a surprising record, exceptionally refined and ripe for such a young singer.
Opera Magazine, 11-10-2018

Raoul Steffani has a wonderfully light but also clear baritone voice. He sings the songs very expressively and his singing is supplemented by his accompanist at the piano ... A must for lovers of the intimate poetry and a must for anyone who loves the expressive possibilities of the human voice.
Stretto, 10-10-2018

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01.
Liederkreis, Op. 24 (Heine) (1840): Morgens steh? ich auf und frage
01:12
(Robert Schumann) Raoul Steffani, Gerold Huber
02.
Liederkreis, Op. 24 (Heine) (1840): Es treibt mich hin
01:18
(Robert Schumann) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
03.
Liederkreis, Op. 24 (Heine) (1840): Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen
03:20
(Robert Schumann) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
04.
Liederkreis, Op. 24 (Heine) (1840): Lieb? Liebchen
00:49
(Robert Schumann) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
05.
Liederkreis, Op. 24 (Heine) (1840): Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden
03:38
(Robert Schumann) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
06.
Liederkreis, Op. 24 (Heine) (1840): Warte, warte, wilder Schiffmann
01:54
(Robert Schumann) Raoul Steffani, Gerold Huber
07.
Liederkreis, Op. 24 (Heine) (1840): Berg und Burgen schau?n herunter
03:21
(Robert Schumann) Raoul Steffani, Gerold Huber
08.
Liederkreis, Op. 24 (Heine) (1840): Anfangs wollt? ich fast verzagen
00:41
(Robert Schumann) Raoul Steffani, Gerold Huber
09.
Liederkreis, Op. 24 (Heine) (1840): Mit Myrten und Rosen
03:58
(Robert Schumann) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
10.
Sechs Lieder, Op. 48 (1884-1888): Gruß (Heine)
01:05
(Edvard Grieg) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
11.
Sechs Lieder, Op. 48 (1884-1888): Dereinst, Gedanke mein (Geibel)
02:31
(Edvard Grieg) Raoul Steffani, Gerold Huber
12.
Sechs Lieder, Op. 48 (1884-1888): Lauf der Welt (Uhland)
01:31
(Edvard Grieg) Raoul Steffani, Gerold Huber
13.
Sechs Lieder, Op. 48 (1884-1888): Die verschwiegene Nachtigall (von der Vogelweide)
03:26
(Edvard Grieg) Raoul Steffani, Gerold Huber
14.
Sechs Lieder, Op. 48 (1884-1888): Zur Rosenzeit (Goethe)
02:34
(Edvard Grieg) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
15.
Sechs Lieder, Op. 48 (1884-1888): Ein Traum (Bodenstedt)
02:16
(Edvard Grieg) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
16.
Hjertets Melodier, Op. 5: Ich liebe Dich, Op. 5/3 (Andersen) (1864)
02:23
(Edvard Grieg) Raoul Steffani, Gerold Huber
17.
Serenad, JS 167 (Runeberg) (1888)
02:53
(Jean Sibelius) Raoul Steffani, Gerold Huber
18.
Drömmen, Op. 13/5 (Runberg) (1891)
01:36
(Jean Sibelius) Raoul Steffani, Gerold Huber
19.
Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36/6 (Wecksell) (1900)
02:12
(Jean Sibelius) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
20.
Den första kyssen, Op. 37/1 (Runeberg) (1900)
01:44
(Jean Sibelius) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
21.
Var det en dröm? Op. 37/4 (Wecksell) (1902)
01:51
(Jean Sibelius) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
22.
Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte, Op. 37/5 (Runeberg) (1901)
02:53
(Jean Sibelius) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
23.
I natten, Op. 38/3 (Rydberg) (1903)
04:13
(Jean Sibelius) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
24.
4 Gesänge, Op. 2 (1910): Schlafen, nichts als schlafen! (Hebbel)
02:31
(Alban Berg) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
25.
4 Gesänge, Op. 2 (1910): Schlafend trägt man mich in mein Heimatland (Mombert)
01:04
(Alban Berg) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
26.
4 Gesänge, Op. 2 (1910): Nun ich der Riesen Stärksten u?berwand (Mombert)
00:53
(Alban Berg) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
27.
4 Gesänge, Op. 2 (1910): Warm die Lu?fte (Mombert)
02:31
(Alban Berg) Gerold Huber, Raoul Steffani
28.
Schließe mir die Augen beide, 1st setting (1900/1907) (Storm)
01:03
(Alban Berg) Raoul Steffani, Gerold Huber
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