The Divine Muse: Haydn, Schubert, Wolf
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Label: Signum
Cat No: SIGCD606
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 24th January 2020
Contents
Works
Arianna a Naxos, cantata, Hob.XXVIb:2Geistliches Lied, Hob.XXVIa:17
Die Gotter Griechenlands, D677
Ganymed, D544 op.19 no.3
Gott im Fruhlinge, D448
Marie, D658
Son fra l'onde, D78
Vedi quanto adoro ancora ingrato!, D510
Alte Weisen, Sechs Gedichte von Gottfried Keller
Artists
Mary Bevan (soprano)Joseph Middleton (piano)
Works
Arianna a Naxos, cantata, Hob.XXVIb:2Geistliches Lied, Hob.XXVIa:17
Die Gotter Griechenlands, D677
Ganymed, D544 op.19 no.3
Gott im Fruhlinge, D448
Marie, D658
Son fra l'onde, D78
Vedi quanto adoro ancora ingrato!, D510
Alte Weisen, Sechs Gedichte von Gottfried Keller
Artists
Mary Bevan (soprano)Joseph Middleton (piano)
About
It begins with Schubert’s dramatic and reverential settings of sacred German poetry, set alongside his lush emotional portrayals of female characters in the Italian settings.
The central section of the disc is devoted to Haydn’s epic ‘scena’ depicting the famously cruel abandonment of Arianna by her lover Teseo, Arianna a Naxos. Haydn’s beautiful prayer Geistliches Lied takes us back into the world of German poetry and the religious fervour that arose from the collective belief in Christianity which pervaded most art forms of the age.
The disc then moves into works by Hugo Wolf, whose stunning settings of devotional texts take the listener right to the heart of the characters; a few of these songs were in fact inspired by paintings. The early moments of Jesus Christ’s life are vividly portrayed here, particularly in songs such as Die ihr Schwebet, Auf ein Altes Bild and Schlafendes Jesuskind, while the haunting Gesang Weylas invites the listener into the world of the mysterious goddes Weyla who wistfully dreams of the shores of her distant homeland.
From Ganymed to Christ, Dido to the Virgin Mary, Arianna to St Peter, this recital disc richly illustrates the lives and events surrounding the ‘divine muses’ who inspired these composers.
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