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World music CD DVD shop and Classic distribution
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ID: SIGCD155 (EAN: 635212015520) | 1 CD | DDD Publi: 2009
- LABEL:
- Signum Records
- Collection:
- Vocal Collection
- Subcollection:
- Vocal and Piano
- Compositeurs:
- LISZT, Franz
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Interprètes:
- BURNSIDE, Iain (piano) | EVANS, Rebecca (soprano) | KENNEDY, Andrew (tenor) | ROSE, Matthew
- Pour plus amples dtails:
Whether from his years touring Europe as a virtuoso pianist or from his later émigré life in Paris and Weimar, Franz Liszt reflects in his song texts his ‘polyglot’ attraction to 19th-Century culture, shown in these setting of French, German, Italian, English, Russian and Hungarian words.
Michael Bacon sound engineer
LISZT, Franz (1811-1886) | | 1. | Oh! Quand je dors | 4:32 | | 2. | Enfant, si j'étais roi | 3:02 | | 3. | Gastibelza | 7:34 | | 4. | Comment, disaient-ils | 1:52 | | 5. | Im Rhein, im schönen Strome | 2:56 | | 6. | Die Loreley | 6:49 | | 7. | Die Vätergruft | 6:04 | | 8. | Petrarch Sonnet No. 104: Pace non trovo | 6:40 | | 9. | Petrarch Sonnet No.47: Benedetto sia 'I giono | 6:11 | | 10. | Petrarch Sonnet No.123: I' vidi in terra angelici | 6:08 | | 11. | Go not, happy day | 3:30 | | 12. | Gebet | 3:16 | | 13. | Isten veled! | 3:13 | | 14. | Morgens steh ich auf und frage | 2:06 | | 15. | Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam | 2:30 | | 16. | Du bist wie eine Blume | 2:26 | | 17. | Wie singt die Lerche schön | 2:08 | | 18. | Blume und Duft | 2:24 | | 19. | Und wir dachten der Toten | 2:13 | | 20. | Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh | 3:55 | | “The recording is excellent and with a playing time of almost 80 minutes we are offered a lot of music for our money. Signum can be congratulated on another five star disc, which should be heard by every lover of songs”
MusicWebInternational.com
"Burnside is a faultless guide along this journey, exhibiting power when required but never forcing either tone or pace; and his pianissimo playing reminds me of Gerald Moore’s - I can think of no greater compliment. The singing too is exemplary…"
BBC Music Magazine
Performance *****
Recording ****
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