R Strauss - Laws of Solitude: Four Last Songs (Vinyl LP)
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Label: Alpha
Cat No: ALPHA1052
Format: LP
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 9th February 2024
Contents
Works
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), AV150 (version with piano)Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), AV150
Artists
Asmik Grigorian (soprano)Markus Hinterhauser (piano)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Conductor
Mikko FranckWorks
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), AV150 (version with piano)Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), AV150
Artists
Asmik Grigorian (soprano)Markus Hinterhauser (piano)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Conductor
Mikko FranckAbout
Singer Asmik Grigorian has chosen to record both versions of Richard Strauss's ultimate masterpiece, composed in 1948: the version with orchestra and the much rarer version with piano. For her, this work is associated with the idea of solitude, but not an unhappy solitude, rather a journey towards infinity: "Now all my senses long to sink into slumber. And the soul, unguarded, longs to soar up in freedom, so that, in night’s magic circle, it may live deeply and a thousandfold", writes Hermann Hesse in Beim Schlafengehen (Going to Sleep), the third song in the cycle. For this unique coupling, Asmik is joined by two long-time accomplices: conductor Mikko Franck, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and pianist Markus Hinterhäuser, artistic director of the Salzburg Festival. The combination of the two versions opens up new sensations: after the well-known abundance of Strauss's orchestration an incredible sensitivity is revealed by the piano version.
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