Performer: Olga Pashchenko, Georg Nigl
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Release: 2020
Size: 1.67 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Franz Peter Schubert:
01. Im Freien D880
02. Die Sommernacht, D289 (Klopstock)
03. Die Taubenpost, D965A (D957 No. 14)
04. Die Forelle, D550
05. Der Wanderer an den Mond D870 (Seidl)
06. Das Zugenglocklein D871 (Seidl)
07. Abendstern, D806
08. Fischerweise, D881 (Schlechta)
Ludwig van Beethoven:
09. An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved), Op. 98
Wolfgang Rihm:
Vermischter Traum
10. I. Majestoso sostenuto
11. II. Andante
12. III. Grave, ma non troppo
13. IV. Andante
14. V. Lento, ma non troppo
15. VI. Andante
16. VII. Con moto, appassionato
Franz Peter Schubert:
17. Der Winterabend (Es ist so still), D938
18. Die Sterne, D939 (Leitner)
19. An die Musik D547
20. Wandrers Nachtlied II ‘Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh’, D768
21. Erlafsee D586 (Mayrhofer)
22. Abschied D475 (Mayrhofer)
Like the paintings of the Flemish Baroque painters, the ‘vanities’ presented here can be approached in two ways: on the one hand, as manifestations of doubts and anxieties at the fragility of human life; on the other, as delights to be savoured without moderation, celebrating earthly life through the senses and the pleasure that human beings can derive from them. After two critically acclaimed recordings each for Alpha, the baritone Georg Nigl and the pianist Olga Pashchenko explore the tortuous meanders of the human soul with vocal works by Schubert (an ‘existentialist’ composer if ever there was one), Beethoven (whose torments hardly need stressing) and the contemporary composer Wolfgang Rihm, whose highly expressionistic Jakob Lenz (ALPHA717) Nigl performed on stage in 2019. His piece Vermischter Traum, here given its world premiere, is dedicated to the Austrian singer.