Composer: Johann Vesque von Püttlingen
Performer: Klaus Mertens, Volodymyr Lavrynenko
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Rondeau
Catalogue: ROP6256
Release: 2024
Size: 242 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Des Waldes Kapellmeister
02. Kuriose Geschichte
03. Allgegenwart
04. An ein Rosenknöspchen
05. Katzennatur
06. Der Fischer
07. Ketty
08. Am Teetisch
09. Du bist wie eine Blume
10. Willkomm’ne Ruhe
11. Wir fuhren allein im dunklen Postwagen
12. An die Entfernte
13. Im Scheiden
14. Der scheidende Sommer
15. Abreise
16. Herbst
17. Ich hab’ euch im besten Juli verlassen
18. Was will die einsame Träne
19. Der Doppelgänger
20. Am fernen Horizonte
21. Die Sterbende
22. Das Königskind
23. Königin und Page
During his lifetime, Johann Vesque von Püttlingen was both an accomplished lawyer and a celebrated composer, renowned even beyond his native Vienna. Shortly after his death, however, he and his music were quickly forgotten. The distinguished bass-baritone Klaus Mertens and pianist Volodymyr Lavrynenko show that this was perhaps unjustified with their recording of selected romantic songs by Püttlingen, including some first recordings, under the motto “Unheard!”. The songs are grouped around four core themes of Romanticism: love, farewell, pain and death. They are all based on texts by well-known contemporary poets, including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Franz Grillparzer and Adelbert von Chamisso, but above all Heinrich Heine, whose “romantic irony” von Püttlingen also knew how to translate musically. Von Püttlingen’s clear musical language follows in the footsteps of Franz Schubert’s lieder. Klaus Mertens and Volodymyr Lavrynenko interpret the sometimes lively and entertaining, sometimes gloomy and melancholy songs in a multifaceted manner.