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Mendelssohn - Songs and Duets Vol.4

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Label: Hyperion

Cat No: CDA67739

Barcode: 0034571177397

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 27th July 2009

Works

Mendelssohn
Fruhlingsglaube Op.9 No.8; Der Verlassene; Seltsam, Mutter, geht es mir; Der Wasserfall; Glosse; Vier Lieder: Der Tag / Reiterlied / Abschied / Der Bettler; Am Seegestad’, in lauen Vollmondsnachten; Durch Fichten am Hugel; Ich denke dein, wenn durch den Hain; Tanzt dem schonen Mai entgegen; Faunenklage; Im Grunen Op.8 No.11; Reiselied (fragment completed by Eugene Asti); Abschied; Hut du dich; Die Nachtigall; Gruss; Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass? (fragment completed by Eugene Asti); Rausche leise, grunes Dach; Erinnerung; Maienlied Op.8 No.7; Andres Maienlied (‘Hexenlied’) Op.8 No.8

Artists

Katherine Broderick (soprano)
Hannah Morrison (soprano)
Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano)
Finnur Bjarnason (tenor)
Stephan Loges (baritone)
Eugene Asti (piano)

Works

Artists

Katherine Broderick (soprano)
Hannah Morrison (soprano)
Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano)
Finnur Bjarnason (tenor)
Stephan Loges (baritone)
Eugene Asti (piano)

About

It is remarkable to realize that compositions by a major composer in the Western canon could go unpublished and unheard for more than 150 years, but that was the sad situation with Mendelssohn - until recently. The pianist Eugene Asti has gathered together 46 previously unknown songs from various stages of this composer’s sadly truncated life.

Through much of the previous century, his songs were often judged against the example of Schubert, Schumann and Brahms and found wanting, but Mendelssohn’s aesthetic of song was very different from those of his contemporaries. What the newly published works reveal is a willingness to experiment with novel song forms and highly expressive harmonies, some of which go beyond the graceful and vocally grateful melodies, limpid textures and strophic forms for which he is best known.

For this disc, Eugene Asti has gathered together a dazzling selection of singers, including some of the most exciting young artists working today. Katherine Broderick, the winner of the coveted 2007 Kathleen Ferrier Prize, has a uniquely beautiful voice, its bloom and agility belying its considerable power.

Praise for Volume 3:
‘There is much to recommend in this collection. First of all, the songs themselves, some deeper than others, are sweet and forthright, and shown to their best advantage by the equally sweet and forthright playing of Eugene Asti. Displaying a remarkable ease at the keyboard and a deep sense of these pieces, he seems to be the inspiring and unifying force behind the entire enterprise’ - Fanfare, USA