Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge; Lieder & Gesänge op. 32

Eschenbach, Christoph;
Goerne, Matthias

HMC 902174

Brahms wrote a vast number of lieder over a period of 40 years. The 200 or so he permitted to survive show just how important the genre was to his compositional process. The selection presented here illustrates the diversity of a corpus that features Heine (as with so many other composers), but also a wide variety of other poets whom he set to music with the same consummate skill as the Four Serious Songs Op.121, the peak of his magnificent and highly individual output.

Works:

• Brahms: Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht, Op. 96 No. 1
• Brahms: Es schauen die Blumen, Op. 96 No. 3
• Brahms: Lieder (4), Op. 9
• Brahms: Lieder (6), Op. 85
• Brahms: Lieder und Gesänge (9), Op. 32
• Brahms: Meerfahrt, Op. 96 No. 4
• Brahms: Mondenschein, Op. 85 No. 2
• Brahms: Sommerabend, Op. 85 No. 1
• Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Harmonia Mundi

05-05-2016

3149020217429

American Record Guide: 'Critic’s Choice' (2018)

Fanfare: 'Want List' (2016)

Gramophone Award: 'Solo Vocal' (2017)

Gramophone: 'Gramophone Choice' (2016)

ICMA 'Nominee' (2016)