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Songs by Wagner, Wolf, Britten and John Carter | Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE0022

Songs by Wagner, Wolf, Britten and John Carter

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Label: Wigmore Hall Live

Cat No: WHLIVE0022

Barcode: 5065000924225

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 28th April 2008

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Contents

Works

Britten, Benjamin

Cabaret Songs (4)

Carter, John

Cantata

Merrill, Bob

Mira

Strauss, Richard

Lieder (6), op.37
» no.2 Ich liebe dich

Traditional

A city called Heaven (Spritual)

Wagner, Richard

Wesendonck-Lieder (5), WWV91

Wolf, Hugo

Goethe-Lieder
» no.5 Mignon I 'Heiss mich nicht reden'
» no.6 Mignon II 'Nur wer die Sehsucht kennt'
» no.7 Mignon III 'So lasst mich scheinen'
» no.9 Mignon IV 'Kennst du das Land'

Artists

Christine Brewer (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)

Works

Britten, Benjamin

Cabaret Songs (4)

Carter, John

Cantata

Merrill, Bob

Mira

Strauss, Richard

Lieder (6), op.37
» no.2 Ich liebe dich

Traditional

A city called Heaven (Spritual)

Wagner, Richard

Wesendonck-Lieder (5), WWV91

Wolf, Hugo

Goethe-Lieder
» no.5 Mignon I 'Heiss mich nicht reden'
» no.6 Mignon II 'Nur wer die Sehsucht kennt'
» no.7 Mignon III 'So lasst mich scheinen'
» no.9 Mignon IV 'Kennst du das Land'

Artists

Christine Brewer (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)

About

A review of this concert by The Times:
It felt like the first day back at school. Familiar faces. Familiar surroundings. How was your holiday? And the Wigmore Hall couldn’t have chosen a more welcoming artiste to launch the autumn term than the American soprano Christine Brewer. Already in town for jury duty on the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition, she gave on Saturday a recital of radiant passion and power.

... generous sound, long phrases effortlessly controlled, subtle gradations of tone ... The music’s emotional volatility was admirably caught. Clamour capsized into sorrow; voice and piano kept questioning and shading each other. Vignoles’s subtle gifts proved vital here ... In the four Britten-Auden cabaret songs Brewer was at her unbuttoned best.

After cabaret came spirituals, packaged by the American John Carter into a baroque-tinged cantata. Vignoles’s elaborate fingerwork never interfered with Brewer’s exultant glow. What could be next? Just the bouquet of flowers and the encores – a spiritual, full-throttle Strauss, a simple sweet song from the musical Carnival. Brewer sent us home feeling warmed, cared for and replete.

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