Composer: Richard Strauss
Performer: Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5186806
Release: 2022
Size: 753 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Sechs Lieder, Op. 17
01. No. 2, Ständchen (Arr. F. Mottl for Soprano & Orchestra)
Vier Lieder Op. 27
02. No. 4, Morgen! (Version for Soprano & Orchestra)
Fünf Lieder, Op. 48
03. No. 4, Winterweihe (Version for Soprano & Orchestra)
Acht Gedichte aus ‘Letzte Blätter’, Op. 10
04. No. 8, Allerseelen (Arr. R. Heger for Soprano & Orchestra)
Lieder, Op. 49, TrV 204
05. No. 1, Waldseligkeit (Version for Soprano & Orchestra)
Brentano Lieder Op. 68
06. No. 3, Säus’le, liebe Myrte! (Version for Soprano & Orchestra)
07. Malven, AV 304
Vier letzte Lieder
08. No. 1, Frühling
09 .No. 2, September
10. No. 3, Beim Schlafengehen
11. No. 4, Im Abendrot
On her second Pentatone album Sinnbild, soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller presents an enchanting collection of orchestral songs by Richard Strauss, together with the WDR Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach. Culminating in the famous Four Last Songs, the programme explores all forms of farewell – the big and the small – that we go through as human beings. Amidst this melancholia, Strauss’s lush, glorious orchestral writing and his exceptional understanding of the soprano voice offer profound solace to the listener.
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller is among the most celebrated lyrical sopranos of our times. Sinnbild is the second album as part of her exclusive collaboration with Pentatone. The WDR Symphony Orchestra has released several albums with the label, including Beethoven’s complete symphonies (2020) and Hindemith orchestral works (2018), both with Marek Janowski, as well as the Strauss album Aber der richtige… (2018) with Arabella Steinbacher and Lawrence Foster. Christoph Eschenbach is universally acclaimed as conductor and pianist, and makes his Pentatone debut.