Composer: Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss
Performer: Sonya Yoncheva
Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Conductor: Rafael Payare
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5187201
Release: 2024
Size: 1.01 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, TrV 190
01. I. Der Held
02. II. Des Helden Widersacher
03. III. Des Helden Gefährtin
04. IV. Des Helden Glück
05. V. Des Helden Walstatt
06. VI. Gewissheit des Sieges
07. VII. Des Helden Weltflucht
08. VIII. Des Helden Vollendung
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder
09. Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft
10. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder!
11. Um Mitternacht
12. Liebst du um Schönheit
13. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
The Orchestre symphonique de Montreal and its Music Director Rafael Payare extend their Pentatone discography with a recording of Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben and Gustav Mahler’s Ruckert-Lieder, sung by star soprano Sonya Yoncheva. The pairing of works may seem odd at first, with Strauss at his most exuberant and Mahler at his most introspective. They share, however, a deeply personal and autobiographical approach by two giants of fin-de-siecle music coming to terms with the world they lived in and their place in it. After their acclaimed recording of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, Payare and the orchestra further explore this late-Romantic repertoire that fits them like a glove. Unique about this project is the participation of Sonya Yoncheva, an opera star presenting herself in German orchestral song for the first time on record.