Liszt: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2

Liszt: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2

2012 | Hyperion

Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano)

About

This second volume of Hyperion’s newest Lieder series features the great dramatic and musical gifts of mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager. Internationally renowned on the opera stage, the concert hall and the recording studio, Kirchschlager is an ideal performer of these most varied, complex and emotionally charged songs. She is accompanied by the multi-Gramophone Award-winning Julius Drake, who curates the series. The songs recorded here encompass thirty years of Liszt’s life, with texts in German, French and Italian, and contain many examples of the hidden beauties of this undervalued and unknown strand of the composer’s works. Detailed and informative notes by Susan Youens and a beautifully intimate recorded sound complete a volume which will be indispensable to any lovers of Lieder.

Track Listing

Liszt: Der Du Von Dem Himmel Bist, S 279 (1st Version)

Liszt: Ihr Glocken Von Marling, S 328

Liszt: Ein Fichtenbaum Steht Einsam, S 309 (1st Setting, 1st Version)

Liszt: Vergiftet Sind Meine Lieder, S 289 (3rd Version)

Liszt: Freudvoll & Leidvoll, S 280 (1st Setting, 2nd Version)

Liszt: Die Drei Zigeuner, S 320 (1st Version)

Liszt: Über Allen Gipfeln Ist Ruh’, S 306 (3rd Version)

Liszt: J’Ai Perdu Ma Force & Ma Vie, S 327

Liszt: Jeanne D’Arc Au Bûcher, S 293 (3rd Version)

Liszt: Es War Ein König In Thule, S 278 (2nd Version)

Liszt: Muttergottes-Sträusslein Zum Mai-Monate, S 316 – #1 Das Veilchen

Liszt: Muttergottes-Sträusslein Zum Mai-Monate, S 316 – #2 Die Schlüsselblumen

Liszt: Und Sprich, S 329

Liszt: Ihr Auge, S 310 (2nd Version), “Nimm Einen Strahl Der Sonne”

Liszt: Im Rhein, Im Schönen Strome, S 272 (2nd Version)

Liszt: Es Muss Ein Wunderbares Sein, S 314

Liszt: La Perla, S 326 (2nd Version)

Liszt: Der Du Von Dem Himmel Bist, S 279 (3rd Version)

Reviews

“Kirchschlager and Drake deliver performances that set the beauty and inventiveness of each song in high relief … not to be missed.” – International Record Review

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