Alphons Diepenbrock: Songs 2

On this CD:

1. Recueillement for voice & piano
Composed by Alphons Diepenbrock
Performed by Robert Holl, Rudolf Jansen

2. Les chats for voice & piano
Composed by Alphons Diepenbrock
Performed by Robert Holl, Rudolf Jansen

3. L'Invitation au voyage for voice & piano
Composed by Alphons Diepenbrock
Performed by Rudolf Jansen, Christa Pfeiler

4. En sourdine for voice & piano
Composed by Alphons Diepenbrock
Performed by Rudolf Jansen, Jard van Nes

5. Clair de lune for voice & piano
Composed by Alphons Diepenbrock
Performed by Roberta Alexander, Rudolf Jansen

6. Mandoline for voice & piano
Composed by Alphons Diepenbrock
Performed by Roberta Alexander, Rudolf Jansen

7. Écoutez la chanson bein douce for voice & piano
Composed by Alphons Diepenbrock
Performed by Roberta Alexander, Rudolf Jansen

8. Puisque l'aube grandit for voice & piano
Composed by Alphons Diepenbrock
Performed by Rudolf Jansen, Christa Pfeiler

9. La Chanson de l'Hypertrophique for voice & piano
Composed by Alphons Diepenbrock
Performed by Roberta Alexander, Rudolf Jansen

10. Incantation for voice & piano
Composed by Alphons Diepenbrock
Performed by Rudolf Jansen, Christa Pfeiler

11. Berceuse, for voice & piano
Composed by Alphons Diepenbrock
Performed by Rudolf Jansen, Jard van Nes, Daniel Esser

Tracks:

Freisinn Op.25, 2: Lasst Much Nur Auf Meinem Sattel Gelten!
Herbstgefuhl, Op. 19a , 1: Fetter Grune, Du Laub
Phanomen: Wenn Zu Der Regenwand Phobus Sich Gattet
Neue Liebe, Neues Leben, Op.75, 2: Herz, Mein Herz
Meeres Stille D 216: Teife Stille Herrscht Im Wasser
An Die Turen Will Ich Schleichen Op.98a, 8: An Die Turen Will Ich Schleichen, Still Und Sittsam...
Erster Verlust D 226: Ach, Wer Bringt Die Schonen Tage
Blumengruss: Der Strauss, Den Ich Gepflucket
Wonne Der Wehmut Op.83, 1: Trocknet Nicht, Tranen
Singet Nicht In Trauertonen Op.98a, 7: Singet Nicht In Trauertonen Von Der Einsamkeit Der Nacht
Dammrung Senkte Sich Von Oben Op.19a, 2: Dammrung...
Op. 7 Alles Kundet Dich An: Gegenwart
Wandrers Nachtlied D.768: Uber Allen Gipfeln Ist Ruh
Erlkonig op.1, 3: Wer Reitet So Spat Durch Nacht Und Wind?
Op.7: Gesang Der Geister Uber Den Wassern: Des Menschen Seele Gleicht Dem Wasser
Der Fischer: Das Wasser Rauscht', Das Wasser Schwoll
Anakreons Grab: Wo Die Rose Hier Bluht
Nachklang Op.19b, 1: Es Klingt So Prachtig
Lynceus Der Turmer, Auf Fausts Sternwarte Singend Op.9 H. VIII, 3: Zum Sehen Geboren
Mailied: Op.26,5: Wie Herrlich Leuchtet Mir Die Natur!
Versunken D 715: Voll Locken Kraus Ein Haupt So Rund!
Jagers Abendlied D. 368: Im Felde Schleich' Ich Still Und Wild
Wanderers Nachtlied Op.9, H.1, 3a: Uber Allen Gipfeln Ist Ruh
Hoffnung D. 295: Schaff', Das Tagwerk Meiner Hande
Fruhlings Ubers Jahr: Das Beet, Schon Lockert Sich's In Die Hoh
Der Rattenfanger: Ich Bin Der Wohlbekannte Sanger
Zur Rosenzeit Op.48,5: Ihr Verbluhet, Suss Rosen

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The poetry of Goethe has a unique place in German literature and German song--the sheer variety of his lyrics, from heaven-storming passion to calm acceptance, from tender love to vicious cynicism, made his words the source-material of many composers' finest settings. Christoph Prégardien and Michael Gees have put together an intelligent program that combines some of the best-known composers of the German song--Schubert, Wolf, Schumann, Beethoven--with lesser masters--Loewe, Schoeck; we get both Schubert's and Loewe's setting of the achingly nostalgic "Wanderer's Nightsong," and Loewe's jaunty setting of "Der Erlkonig," perhaps Schubert's best-known song, but by no means his exclusive property. Two songs of Gees's own are intelligent modern pastiches of the romantic style, solidly accomplished word-settings with interesting piano writing. All the songs here are admirably selected for Prégardien's darkly sorrowful pure voice and Gees's tactful, occasionally intense, accompaniment. --Roz Kaveney

Customer Reviews:

What a wonderful recital!.......2000-02-17

After listening this CD we will finally know why Goethe is an great poet. Too much possibility contained in his poems, as this CD shows us. This unusual recital consists of 27 lieder from 11 composers, spanned from old Beethovan, Wolf to modern Diepenbrock, Shoeck, Gees. Thank God it contains very few over-sung Schubert-Goethe cliche. Pregardien selected and arrange these lieder wisely and carefully, and he deliberately changes style from one song to another. With his gold, clean voice and deep, intense interpretion, they reflected the wild and wide soul a great poet can be. Gees's accompaniment is as well.

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Alphons Diepenbrock: Songs, Volume 2

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Release Date: 2007-02-20

Tracks:

Recueillement - Robert Holl Rudolf Jansen
Les Chats - Rudolf Jansen
L'Invitation Au Voyage - Christa Pfeiler
En Sourdine - Jardi Van Nes Rudolph Jansen
Claire De Lune - Roberta Alexander
Mandoline - Roberta Alexander
Ecoutez La Chanson Bien Douce - Roberta Alexander
Puisque L'Aube Grandit - Christa Pfeiler Rudolf Jansen
La Chanson De L'Hypertrophique - Roberta Alexander
Incantation - Christa Pfeiler Rudolf Jansen
Berceuse - Jard Van Nes Daniel Esser Rudolf Jansen

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Alphons Diepenbrock: Songs 2

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Release Date: 1999-10-15

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Live Radio Recordings

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Three-and-a-half stars ... All-around good but not essential
Really a wonderful collection - & well recorded performances

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Live Radio Recordings

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Release Date: 1999-10-15

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Three-and-a-half stars ... All-around good but not essential.......2003-03-02

I'm a big admirer of Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink. I think he is among the most consistent maestros today. But while this treasury of live performances, recorded for broadcast, is very fine, there's surprisingly little in here that's indispensible. It's all uniformly "good," but I don't think this would make it to my desert isle.

One of the interesting thing this set shows is that the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Haitink are a bit rougher in person than in the studio. (An English Horn solo in the Ravel Concerto was particularly gruff.) Some highlights: a soulful, dedicated Mozart 27th Piano Concerto with Clifford Curzon; a martial, mercurial Mahler 6th that, for some reason, still doesn't convince me; same with a DSCH 10th, which lacks gravity and is too fleeting at times, especially in the scherzo; a superb Stravinsky Threni; a wonderfully colored and cohesive Prokofiev 5th Concerto with Ashkenazy, and a very fine, well-organized Bruckner 7th that only lacks a scherzo with enough portent and bite. Some of the disappointments: a Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 with Oistrakh where Haitink never really sounds idiomatic, though Oistrakh is superb; a good-but-not-great Bartok Second Violin Concerto with Stern; the aforementioned Ravel Concerto, where the soloist, Daniel Wayenberg, is excellent but where support is sloppy in spots.

Perhaps the most impressive thing about the set, though, is the range of music presented here. Perhaps they did it on purpose, but the collection emphasizes music we don't normally associate with Haitink, such as much music by the Second Viennese School. He conducts it well, but Boulez and Bernstein do it better. Again, very good, but nothing definitive. I've heard Haitink in some really fine recordings and performances, but these, while certainly good, are not quite the cream of the cream. And there's so much great Haitink already out there that this set finds itself competing with other recordings by the same maestro. However, there is also a lot of unusual repertoire here, a strong selling point.

Really a wonderful collection - & well recorded performances.......2002-04-27

You might laugh, but I bought this to get a recording of Stravinsky's "Threni". It does have a whole disk dedicated to performances of various Stravinsky works and it is a very nice disk. But there are 13 MORE disks full of really choice LIVE performances! I am a fan of live music and recorded live music is the next best thing.

Go ahead and just carefully look at the range and variety of music and musicians offered here and you will quickly realize as I did (after I bought it) what a wonderful collection this is.