Sommer - Orchestral Songs | Pentatone PTC5187023

Sommer - Orchestral Songs

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Label: Pentatone

Cat No: PTC5187023

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 4th November 2022

Contents

Artists

Mojca Erdmann (soprano)
Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano)
Mauro Peter (tenor)
Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Conductor

Guillermo Garcia Calvo

Works

Sommer, Hans

Ballads and Romances (6), op.11
» no.4 Sir Aethelbert
Beherzigung II
Beherzigung I
Der Konig von Thule
Erinnerung (orch. Olga Kroupova)
Freisinn
Hunold Singuf, op.4
» no.1 Zum Gruss
» no.2 Sommerspiel
» no.3 Lockung
» no.4 Istud Vinum
Im Dorfe bluht die Linde, op.2 no.2
Im Sturme, op.4 no.3
Lorelei, op.13
» Lorens Lieder
Mignons Heimath
Nachts in der Kajute
Rastlose Liebe
Wandrers Nachtlied II
Wandrers Nachtlied I

Artists

Mojca Erdmann (soprano)
Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano)
Mauro Peter (tenor)
Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Conductor

Guillermo Garcia Calvo

About

Pentatone presents a new album full of world-premiere recordings of orchestral songs by Hans Sommer, sung by an excellent quartet of soloists – Mojca Erdmann, Anke Vondung, Mauro Peter and Benjamin Appl – together with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under the baton of Guillermo García Calvo. Sommer was a Liszt student whose operas were performed and praised by Richard Strauss, but sunk into relative oblivion due to his unusual career path and independence from major publishers.

The songs were discovered recently and can finally be presented to the world. Focusing mostly on Goethe poetry, combining high Romanticism with folk styles, Sommer’s songs are colourfully orchestrated, harmonically audacious, and often highly dramatic and evocative. This album release, commemorating Sommer’s 100-year death anniversary, sheds light on a fascinating chapter in music history, and will hopefully contribute to a renaissance of this unsung hero.

The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin has a vast Pentatone discography, including Wagner’s complete operas, symphonic works by Mahler and Strauss, as well as multiple concerto recordings with renowned soloists. Mojca Erdmann, Anke Vondung, Mauro Peter, Benjamin Appl and Guillermo García Calvo all make their Pentatone debut.

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