Brahms/Wolf: Lieder

Baritone Florian Boesch and pianist Malcolm Martineau continue their successful collaboration on Linn with a recital pairing two geniuses who hated each other. Exploring the rivalry between Johannes Brahms and Hugo Wolf, the album showcases some of their most compelling songs which express deep emotion and philosophical themes. Brahms’s Vier ernste Gesänge, written in memory of Clara Schumann, contrasts melancholy with transcendence, whilst lieder like Sehnsucht and Die Trauernde evoke poignant pain and unresolved longing. Wolf, in his Goethe and Michelangelo songs, captures profound existential reflections, contrasting fame with love and weaving harmonies that echo the complexities of human emotion. The album concludes with Wolf’s Prometheus, a tour-de-force of maximum power befitting Florian and Malcolm, two giants of the lieder scene.

1: Denn Es Gehet Dem Menschen
2: Ich Wandte Mich
3: O Tod, Wie Bitter Bist Du
4: Wenn Ich Mit Menschen Und Mit Engelszungen Redete
5: Harfenspieler I
6: Harfenspieler II
7: Harfenspieler III
8: Sonntag
9: Blinde Kuh
10: Sehnsucht
11: Dein Blaues Auge
12: Die Trauernde
13: Schwermut
14: Es Steht Ein Lind
15: Da Unten Im Tale
16: Wohl Denk' Ich Oft
17: Alles Endet, Was Entstehet
18: Fühlt Meine Seele
19: Wanderers Nachtlied
20: Das Verlassene Mägdlein
21: Die Nacht
22: Denk Es, O Seele!
23: Anakreons Grab
24: Prometheus

Composer: Johannes Brahms, Hugo Wolf

Number of Discs: 1

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