Humperdinck - More than a Myth: Chamber Music & Songs | Haenssler Classic HC21022

Humperdinck - More than a Myth: Chamber Music & Songs

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Label: Haenssler Classic

Cat No: HC21022

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 17th September 2021

Contents

Artists

Nikolay Borchev (bass-baritone)
Elenora Pertz (piano)
Thomas Probst (violin)
Ursula Fingerle-Pfeffer (violin)
Susanne Unger (violin)
Daniel Schwartz (viola)
Clara Berger (cello)
Jorg Ulrich Krah (cello)
Kartsen Lauke (double bass)

Works

Humperdinck, Engelbert

Albumblatt for violin and piano
Albumblatt
Altdeutsches Minnelied
An die Nachtigall
Ballade
Das Lied vom Gluck
Die Wasserrose
Die wunderschone Zeit
In einem kuhlen Grunde
Menuet in E flat major for Piano Quintet
Notturno for violin and string quartet in G major
Quartettsatz in E minor
Salonstuck
Violin Sonata
Wiegenlied, EHWV146

Wagner, Richard

Tristan und Isolde
» Prelude (Act 1) (arr. Humperdinck)

Artists

Nikolay Borchev (bass-baritone)
Elenora Pertz (piano)
Thomas Probst (violin)
Ursula Fingerle-Pfeffer (violin)
Susanne Unger (violin)
Daniel Schwartz (viola)
Clara Berger (cello)
Jorg Ulrich Krah (cello)
Kartsen Lauke (double bass)

About

Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) was a student at the Conservatory in Cologne from the spring of 1872; it was at this time that he got to know the Siegburg district judge and arbitrator Johannes Degen, an excellent singer and violinist, who gave regular chamber concerts in Siegburg at which he played in his own string quartet. Humperdinck, whose talent he had astutely spotted, was the pianist and composer he had been looking for. For his part, the young music student saw his admission to Degen's chamber-music circle as an opportunity for regular performance; in return, he wrote whatever Degen requested.

Humperdinck's tally of 13 chamber compositions represents a relatively small part of his oeuvre. His finished pieces include two major works, an early piano quintet (1875) and a late string quartet (1920).

Humperdinck, who always saw himself as a composer of vocal and stage music, wrote songs at an early age that already displayed his remarkable talent for attractive melodies. One of Humperdinck's most popular songs during his lifetime is his Wiegenlied (1900), a "lullaby" that found the universal acceptance of a folk-song. The round of chamber music, songs for piano and Lieder in chamber settings comes full circle in Die wunderschöne Zeit.

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