Composer: Lili Boulanger, Ernest Chausson, Paul Hindemith, Arthur Honegger, Olivier Messiaen, Wolfgang Rihm, Arnold Schoenberg, Richard Strauss, Alexander Wagendristel, Kurt Weill
Performer: Josefine Göhmann, Mario Häring
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Solo Musica
Catalogue: SM380
Release: 2022
Size: 622 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Macahis: La vierge de Cluny “Chant d’une femme”
Honegger: Judith, H. 57b
02. Prière (Arr. for Soprano Voice & Piano)
Schoenberg: 4 Lieder Op. 2
03. No. 2, Jesus bettelt
Boulanger: Clairières dans le ciel
04. No. 5, Au pied de mon lit (Arr. for Soprano Voice & Piano)
Honegger: La tempête, H. 48
05. Chant d’Ariel (Arr. for Soprano Voice & Piano)
Honegger: 3 Chansons de “La petit sirène”, H. 63 (Version for Voice & Piano)
06. No. 1, Chanson des sirènes
07. No. 2, Berceuse de la sirène
08. No. 3, Chanson de la poire
Hindemith: 8 Lieder, Op. 18 (Excerpts)
09. No. 1, Die trunkene Tänzerin
10. No. 3, Traum
11. Weill: Nanna’s lied (Text: Bertolt Brecht)
Wagendristel: 4 Reden der Johanna Dark
12. No. 2, Die Schaukel
Weill: Marie Galante (Lyrics: Jacques Deval / Roger Fernay)
13. Youkali (Arr. for Soprano Voice & Piano)
Messiaen: Harawi, I / 28 (Excerpts)
14. No. 1, La ville qui dormait, toi
15. No. 5, L’amour de Piroutcha
Chausson: Trois Chansons de Shakespeare (translated by Maurice Bouchor) Op. 28
16. No. 3, Chanson d’Ophélie
Strauss: 6 Lieder, Op. 67, TrV 238 (Excerpts)
17. No. 1, Wie erkenn’ ich mein Treulieb
18. No. 2, Guten Morgen, ‘s ist Sankt Valentinstag
19. No. 3, Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloss
Rihm: Ophelia Sings
20. No. 1, How Should I Your True Love Know?
21. No. 2, Tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s Day
22. No. 3, They Bore Him Bare-Faced on the Bier
23. Yoshida: Réquiem para un niño “Canción de cuna eterna”
24. Göhmann, Mario Häring
Variety of subject and era give German-Chilean soprano Josefine Göhmann a stylistic range stretching from the late Renaissance through Mozart, Strauss and Messiaen to contemporary music, forming the core of her artistic endeavor. In duo with pianist Mario Häring, Josefine Göhmann presents her debut album in co-production with Deutschlandfunk under the title “réBelles! portraits lyriques” on the topic of female empowerment and 100 years of the movement for women’s rights.
In planning this program, the artist took her cue from postcards of museum visits: The paintings say a lot about how women were seen in the 20th century and how women saw themselves in self-portraits (e.g. by Frida Kahlo, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Anita Rée). She has developed the idea that if song and painting are set in analogue, the album could correspond to a visit to a museum.
There are four different rooms. The first is Vierge with representations of virginity in the context of the biblical testament. Then there is the second room on the Sirène type of woman, which is more about ethereal femininity. In Héroïne, the woman is primarily portrayed as a heroine. And finally, Ophélie is dedicated to the literary Shakespearean figure, which stands on its own but also combines the aspects of Vierge, Sirène and Héroïne.
This album is an aesthetic offering for the discourse on femininity, on being a woman today and for a hundred years. In addition, the artist’s very personal feelings play a role in which pieces are combined in which way. Josefine Göhmann wanted to look not only at texts, works and interpretations by women, but at our cultural heritage.