Schumann: Lieder
Gerald English, then in his seventies, was still singing magnificently. Here he joins Perth-based pianist and composer Roger Smalley, whose work as an accompanist is little known. This is the first of several Tall Poppies projects featuring English.
Three major Schumann song cycles fill the programme: the Heine Liederkreis Op. 24, the Eichendorff Liederkreis Op. 39, and Dichterliebe Op. 48. The performances were recorded in March 1993 at Studio 200, ABC, Sydney.
Reviews
An exemplary recital. …Eager anticipation should be the state with which further releases are anticipated, such is this disc's high standard.
Artists
Gerald English
Gerald English (1925–2019) enjoyed a long career as a tenor in operatic and concert repertoire, as a recording artist and as an academic. He gave premiere performances of major twentieth-century works, often under the composers’ own direction, and forged close ties with Stravinsky, Henze, Britten, Tippett and Ford.
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann (1810–1856) was a German composer and music critic of the early Romantic era. His piano works and songs remain among the most enduring of the period.
Roger Smalley
Roger Smalley AM (1943–2015) was an English-born composer and pianist who made Australia his home from the mid 1970s. Composition and a distinguished life at the keyboard ran together throughout his career.
Tracks
- Morgens steh’ ich auf und frage 1:01
- Es treibt mich hin 1:16
- Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen 2:53
- Lieb Liebchen, leg’s Händchen :44
- Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden 4:01
- Warte, warte, wilder Schiffmann 1:53
- Berg’ und Burgen schaun herunter 3:41
- Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen :38
- Mit Myrten und Rosen 3:44
- In der Fremde 1:42
- Intermezzo 1:45
- Waldesgespräch 2:07
- Die Stille 1:34
- Mondnacht 3:45
- Schöne Fremde 1:25
- Auf einer Burg 2:51
- In der Fremde 1:26
- Wehmut 2:09
- Zwielicht 2:47
- Im Walde 1:18
- Frühlingsnacht 1:28
- Im wunderschönen Monat Mai 1:23
- Aus meinen Tränen sprießen :56
- Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne :38
- Wenn ich in deine Augen seh’ 1:45
- Ich will meine Seele tauchen :51
- Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome 2:18
- Ich grolle nicht 1:43
- Und wüßten’s die Blumen, die kleinen 1:16
- Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen 1:28
- Hör’ ich das Liedchen klingen 1:44
- Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen 1:00
- Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen 2:07
- Ich hab’ im Traum geweinet 2:21
- Allnächtlich im Traume 1:37
- Aus alten Märchen 2:39
- Die alten, bösen Lieder 3:58
Liederkreis, Op. 24 Robert Schumann
Liederkreis, Op. 39 Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe, Op. 48 Robert Schumann
Performers
- Gerald English · tenor
- Roger Smalley · piano
Contributors
Liner Notes
Andrew Ford
Andrew Ford is an Australian composer, writer and broadcaster whose work ranges from chamber and vocal scores to opera and piano cycles. He has won the Paul Lowin Prize for the song cycle Learning to Howl and a Green Room Award for the opera Rembrandt’s Wife.
Cover Painting
Emanuel Phillips Fox
Text By [Translation]
George Bird
Text By [Translation]
Richard Stokes
Where to listen
Schumann: Lieder is available for streaming through Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
Schumann: Lieder is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.
Product details
- Catalogue number
- TP023
- Total playing time
- 71 minutes 52 seconds
- Producer
- Belinda Webster
- Recording Engineer
- Belinda Webster
- Venue
- ABC Studios, Sydney
- Credit
- Andrew Ford
Emanuel Phillips Fox
George Bird
Richard Stokes - Release date
- 26 May 1994
- Label
- Tall Poppies
- Musical work
copyright - © 1994 Tall Poppies Records
- Sound recording
copyright - ℗ 1994 Tall Poppies Records
- Category
- Great Classics
- Genres
- Romantic & Impressionist, Vocal & Opera
- Barcode
- EAN 9399000002321
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