Loewe - Balladen
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 94676
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 24th June 2013
Contents
Works
Balladen (2), op.8Fabellieder (4), op.64
Susses Begrabnis, op.62, no.4
Tom der Reimer, op.135a
Artists
Theo Adam (bass)Eberhart Buchner (tenor)
Rudolf Dunckel (piano)
Norman Shetler (piano)
Works
Balladen (2), op.8Fabellieder (4), op.64
Susses Begrabnis, op.62, no.4
Tom der Reimer, op.135a
Artists
Theo Adam (bass)Eberhart Buchner (tenor)
Rudolf Dunckel (piano)
Norman Shetler (piano)
About
Loewe is today remembered for his treatment of the ballad, a relatively new genre at that time which took the form of a lengthy story comprising many verses, characters and dramatic events. Country life, olden or idealised times, love and the passing of time are often the subject matter for his works, which are set to a variety of then-contemporary poets ranging from classical masters Rückert and Schiller to more forward-looking ones such as Chamisso - while Prinz Eugen (1844) recounts the victory of Prince Eugen of Savoy during the Austro-Turkish War of 1716-18, for instance, Süßes Begräbnis describes the final resting place of a shepherdess (1837).
Also included on the release is Loewe's intimate setting of Goethe's Erlkönig, a direct contrast to Schubert's infamous and much more extrovert rendition of the text, composed just one year earlier.
Performing these often over-looked works are the tenor and bass singers Eberhard Büchner and Theo Adam, accompanied by Norman Shetler and Rudolf Dunckel respectively. The two duos cover all manner of moods in what are highly atmospheric pieces, and in doing so offer a strong case for why Loewe - nicknamed the 'Schubert of North Germany' in his day - deserves to be better known.
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