Wolf / Fischer-Dieskau- Orchestral Songs (CD)
Hardly any other singer was more associated with and devoted to the nigh 300 songs by the Austrian composer Hugo Wolf than Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Utterly convinced by the richness of Wolf's oeuvre, Fischer-Dieskau took Wolf's previously hardly heeded songs to many stages throughout the world. Reger was frowned upon as an 'awkward traditionalist' and 'piece worker', but Reger's songs show a completely different, moving and profound side of the composer, who takes a significant position in the song composition of the turn of the century. Even Fischer-Dieskau did not devote himself to Reger exactly frequently, unlike his downright encyclopaedic approach in other fields. In his recording of a number of particularly fine gems among Reger's orchestral songs, he was supported by Gerd Albrecht. The outcome is an artistic symbiosis of the highest quality, testifying to a passion and ardency that can be found seldom: a veritable sound document!
Tracklist:
- Goethe-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 49, Prometheus
- Goethe-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 29, Anakreons Grab
- Goethe-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 1, Harfenspieler I
- Goethe-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 2, Harfenspieler II
- Goethe-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 3, Harfenspieler III
- Italienisches Liederbuch (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 17, Und Willst Du Deinen Liebsten Sterben Sehen
- Italienisches Liederbuch (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 33, Sterb' Ich, So Hüllt In Blumen Meine Glieder
- Mörike-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 39, Denk' Es, O Seele!
- Mörike-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 28, Gebet
- Mörike-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 10, Fußreise
- Mörike-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 46, Gesang Weylas
- Mörike-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 22, Seufzer
- Eichendorff-Lieder: No. 1, Der Freund (Version For Voice & Orchestra)
- Spanisches Liederbuch: No. 21, Herz, Verzage Nicht Geschwind (Version For Voice & Orchestra)
- Michelangelo-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 1, Wohl Denk Ich Oft An Mein Vergangnes Leben
- Michelangelo-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 2, Alles Endet, Was Entstehet
- Michelangelo-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 3, Fühlt Meine Seele Das Ersehnte Licht
- Der Einsiedler, Op. 144a
- Hymne Der Liebe, Op. 136
- An Die Hoffnung, Op. 124 (Version For Voice & Orchestra)
- Requiem, Op. 144b
Hardly any other singer was more associated with and devoted to the nigh 300 songs by the Austrian composer Hugo Wolf than Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Utterly convinced by the richness of Wolf's oeuvre, Fischer-Dieskau took Wolf's previously hardly heeded songs to many stages throughout the world. Reger was frowned upon as an 'awkward traditionalist' and 'piece worker', but Reger's songs show a completely different, moving and profound side of the composer, who takes a significant position in the song composition of the turn of the century. Even Fischer-Dieskau did not devote himself to Reger exactly frequently, unlike his downright encyclopaedic approach in other fields. In his recording of a number of particularly fine gems among Reger's orchestral songs, he was supported by Gerd Albrecht. The outcome is an artistic symbiosis of the highest quality, testifying to a passion and ardency that can be found seldom: a veritable sound document!
Tracklist:
- Goethe-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 49, Prometheus
- Goethe-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 29, Anakreons Grab
- Goethe-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 1, Harfenspieler I
- Goethe-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 2, Harfenspieler II
- Goethe-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 3, Harfenspieler III
- Italienisches Liederbuch (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 17, Und Willst Du Deinen Liebsten Sterben Sehen
- Italienisches Liederbuch (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 33, Sterb' Ich, So Hüllt In Blumen Meine Glieder
- Mörike-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 39, Denk' Es, O Seele!
- Mörike-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 28, Gebet
- Mörike-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 10, Fußreise
- Mörike-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 46, Gesang Weylas
- Mörike-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 22, Seufzer
- Eichendorff-Lieder: No. 1, Der Freund (Version For Voice & Orchestra)
- Spanisches Liederbuch: No. 21, Herz, Verzage Nicht Geschwind (Version For Voice & Orchestra)
- Michelangelo-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 1, Wohl Denk Ich Oft An Mein Vergangnes Leben
- Michelangelo-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 2, Alles Endet, Was Entstehet
- Michelangelo-Lieder (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 3, Fühlt Meine Seele Das Ersehnte Licht
- Der Einsiedler, Op. 144a
- Hymne Der Liebe, Op. 136
- An Die Hoffnung, Op. 124 (Version For Voice & Orchestra)
- Requiem, Op. 144b