Composer: Richard Strauss
Performer: Kateřina Kněžíková, Jakub Hrůša
Orchestra: Bamberger Symphoniker
Conductor: Jakub Hrůša
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Supraphon
Catalogue: SU43462
Release: 2024
Size: 1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Zueignung, Op. 10/1
02. Die Nacht, Op. 10/3
03. Allerseelen, Op. 10/8
04. Ständchen, Op. 17/2
05. Cäcilie, Op. 27/2
06. Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27/3
07. Morgen, Op. 27/4
08. Das Rosenband, Op. 36/1
09. Muttertändelei, Op. 43/2
10. Winterweihe, Op. 48/4
11. Waldseligkeit, Op. 49/1
12. Ich wollt ein Sträusslein binden, Op. 68/2
13. Das Bächlein, Op. 88/1
Vier letzte Lieder
14. Frühling
15. September
16. Beim Schlafengehen
17. Im Abendrot
Today, Katerina Knezikova is a well-known name in the world of opera (Glyndebourne) and on concert stages (BBC SO, Bamberger Symphoniker, Czech Philharmonic, LPO, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, RLPO etc.). After her album Phidyle, which attracted considerable critical attention (Gramophone Editor’s Choice, BBC Music Magazine Award), she let herself be carried away by the world of Richard Strauss’s songs, full of micro-dramas, transparent emotions, and deep intimacy. Her partner and guide on this journey is Jakub Hrusa with the Bamberger Symphoniker in an enchanting live performance of the Four Last Songs, and– surprisingly for many–also in the supremely intimate world of songs with piano. The sensitive Lieder selection covers Strauss’s entire career spanning nearly 70 years. The composer’s songs bear the impressions of major events of his whole life and the atmosphere of his times, leading to the themes of parting and death heard in his Four Last Songs. Each of the songs is a perfectly polished gem, the beauty of which is enhanced by the extraordinarily harmonious interplay of the two artists