Schumann - Lieder
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Label: Wigmore Hall Live
Cat No: WHLIVE0079
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 11th December 2015
Contents
Works
Dichterliebe, op.48Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42
Gedichte (6) und Requiem, op.90
Artists
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)Christian Blackshaw (piano)
Works
Dichterliebe, op.48Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42
Gedichte (6) und Requiem, op.90
Artists
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)Christian Blackshaw (piano)
About
World-renowned mezzo-soprano Alice Coote joins forces with leading pianist Christian Blackshaw for a heartfelt exploration of the human soul in love. Coote’s sensitive and transfixing interpretation of the texts, coupled with Blackshaw’s intense and elegant musical expression, bring unique insights to this sublime collection of Lieder.
From the passion of ‘Widmung’, ‘Du bist wie eine Blume’ and ‘Die Lotusblume’, to those jewels of the Lieder repertoire, Frauenliebe und –leben and Dichterliebe, these kaleidoscopic explorations of love are captured live in recital at Wigmore Hall.
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1Widmung, op.25 no.1
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2Du bist wie eine Blume, op.25 no.24
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3Dem roten Roslein gleicht mein Lieb, op.27 no.2
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4Die Lotosblume, op.25 no.7
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5Meine Rose, op.90 no.2
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6Mein schoner Stern! op.101 no.4
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7Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42 - Seit ich ihn gesehen
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8Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42 - Er, der Herrlichste von allen
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9Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42 - Ich kann's nicht fassen
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10Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42 - Du Ring an meinem Finger
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11Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42 - Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
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12Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42 - Susser Freund, du blickest
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13Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42 - An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
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14Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42 - Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
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15Dichterliebe, op.48 - Im wunderschonen Monat Mai
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16Dichterliebe, op.48 - Aus meinem Tranen spriessen
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17Dichterliebe, op.48 - Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne
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18Dichterliebe, op.48 - Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'
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19Dichterliebe, op.48 - Ich will meine Seele tauchen
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20Dichterliebe, op.48 - Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome
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21Dichterliebe, op.48 - Ich grolle nicht
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22Dichterliebe, op.48 - Und wussten's die Blumen
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23Dichterliebe, op.48 - Das ist ein Floten und Geigen
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24Dichterliebe, op.48 - Hor' ich das Liedchen klingen
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25Dichterliebe, op.48 - Ein jungling liebt ein Madchen
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26Dichterliebe, op.48 - Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
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27Dichterliebe, op.48 - Ich hab' im Traum geweinet
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28Dichterliebe, op.48 - Allnachtlich im Traume
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29Dichterliebe, op.48 - Aus alten Marchen
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30Dichterliebe, op.48 - Die alten, bosen Lieder
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31Nachtlied, op.96 no.1
Europadisc Review
They open with a bouquet of largely flower-themed songs, including three from the Myrthen cycle, op.25, that Schumann composed as a wedding present for his bride. Whether in the animation of Friedrich Rückert's Widmung, the jauntiness of Burns's 'O my Luve's like a red, red rose' or the rapt intensity of Die Lotosblume, Coote and Blackshaw trace the most subtle nuances of text with complete naturalness. In the later Meine Rose (1850) you can actually feel the heat that causes the eponymous flower to wilt.
From the opening selection, Coote and Blackshaw progress to two of Schumann's greatest song cycles. It's more than a decade since Alice Coote's first recording of Frauenliebe und -leben (with Julius Drake on EMI), but the benefits of a live account are immediately apparent in the pacing from song to song and the resultant expressive dynamism. From the hesitancy of first love to the numbness of bereavement, this performance captures the gamut of emotions in 'a woman's love and life'. The central songs are particularly memorable: the ecstatic inwardness of 'Du Ring an meinem Finger', the bustle of 'Helft mir, ihr Schwestern' and the exquisite tenderness of 'Süsser Freund' all mark this out as one of the finest accounts of this cycle.
A mezzo-soprano singing Dichterliebe (A Poet's Love) may raise a few eyebrows, but there's a long tradition of female voices taking on this celebrated collection, including such artists as Lotte Lehmann, Suzanne Danco and Brigitte Fassbaender. Alice Coote has exactly the tonal strength and focus to succeed in winning over any doubters, dazzlingly secure at the top of her range, and richly expressive at the bottom. With Christian Blackshaw superbly responsive both to the twists and turns of Schumann's piano writing and to Coote's wonderfully nuanced singing, this is a performance which savours anew the composer's miraculous inventiveness. 'Die Rose, die Lilien' and 'Und wüssten's die Blumen' are superbly light, 'Ich grolle nicht' imperious and impassioned without any heaviness, while 'Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen' has rarely combined dance and emotional bitterness to such devastating effect. The bleakness of the later songs makes its mark without exaggeration, a model of how this music should be.
Schumann's setting of Goethe's Nachtlied makes a fitting and exceptionally beautiful encore. The balance between voice and piano is ideal, the recording quality as fine as we've come to expect from the Wigmore Hall Live label, and the audience exceptionally well behaved – no doubt captivated by the sheer quality of the music-making. A real treat for song-lovers everywhere.
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