Song Cycles for Bass and Piano

On this CD:

1. An dies sonnigen Tagen, sonata for bass (voice) & piano
Composed by Jost Meier
Performed by Paul Harris, Rudolf Mazzola

2. Songs (5) from the journal Krokodil, for bass & piano, Op. 121
Composed by Dmitry Shostakovich
Performed by Paul Harris, Rudolf Mazzola

3. Lieder aus Wien, Op.82
Composed by Egon Wellesz
Performed by Paul Harris, Rudolf Mazzola

Song Cycles for Bass and Piano, Music, Rudolf Mazzola, Jost Meier, Dmitry Shostakovich, Egon Wellesz, Paul Harris, Classical, Classical Vocals, Song Collection for Solo Voice and Piano, Vocal, Vocal Music
Shostakovich: Complete Songs, Vol. 5, Famous Song Cycles
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  • "the evidence of a great witness"
 Shostakovich: Complete Songs, Vol. 5, Famous Song Cycles

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ASIN: B0007IO6DC
Release Date: 2005-02-01

Tracks:

  1. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Lament For A Dead Baby
  2. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Caring for Mum and Auntie
  3. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Lullaby
  4. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Before A Long Separation
  5. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Warning
  6. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Father Abandoned
  7. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Poverty Song
  8. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Winter
  9. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Good Life
  10. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: A Girl's Song
  11. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Happiness
  12. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Truth
  13. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Morning
  14. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Love
  15. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Separation
  16. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Wrath
  17. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Dante
  18. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: To The Exiled
  19. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Artistry
  20. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Night
  21. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Death
  22. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Eternity

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "the evidence of a great witness".......2007-01-19

These five volumes of Shostakovich's Complete Songs are simply astonishing. If admirers have with good reason found the private voice of the composer in his string quartets, there's another, perhaps more intimate voice to be found in his songs. Let this review stand for the entire collection - each disc yields generous returns. An entirely Russian production recorded in Russia, this is estimable treasure. If you love Shostakovich's music, the breadth of revelation found throughout these discs is overwhelming. Here is Shostakovich the man, genius, survivor, sufferer - but never victim. The works themselves are no less than a kind of eternal definition of art, an all-encompassing humanity borne by one man to our lasting benefit. The singing performances are uniformly excellent, as are the production values on every level, with fine sonics. Among the Russian singers who contribute, soprano Victoria Evtodieva, mezzo Liudmila Shkirtil, and the mighty bass Fyodor Kuznetsov stand out. Most of the songs are set for voice and piano. The cycles and a number of other songs use orchestration of varying details. Pianist Yuri Serov, besides distinguished playing, provides insightful commentary with each disc, ideal remarks full of detail - the title of this review is taken from his notes on 'The Anti-Formalist Raree Show', which he hails as '...a striking document of that bygone era, the evidence of a great witness.' What more fitting could be said of these amazing musical works and their composer? Full translation of every song text is included in each of the discs.
Mario Davidovsky: 3 Cycles on Biblical Texts
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    		Mario Davidovsky: 3 Cycles on Biblical Texts
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    Manufacturer: Bridge
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    ASIN: B000069JKL
    Release Date: 2002-07-30

    Tracks:

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    György Kurtág: Song Cycles (Messages of the Late Miss R.V Troussova, Op. 17; Scenes from a Novel, Op. 19) / ...Quasi una Fantasia..., Op. 27 - Ensemble Modern / Peter Eötvös
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • I prefer the Csengery performance of the soprano works, but what a piano concerto
    		 György Kurtág: Song Cycles (Messages of the Late Miss R.V Troussova, Op. 17; Scenes from a Novel, Op. 19) / ...Quasi una Fantasia..., Op. 27 - Ensemble Modern / Peter Eötvös
    Rosemary Hardy , Hermann Kretzschmar , Martha Fabian , Thomas Fichter , Mathias Tacke , Christine Whittlesey , and Ensemble Modern
    Manufacturer: Sony
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    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00000DSI6
    Release Date: 1993-09-21

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars I prefer the Csengery performance of the soprano works, but what a piano concerto.......2006-12-12

    Gyorgy Kurtag is a modern master of the musical miniature. How short can his pieces get? This 55-minute disc, containing three works, is split into forty tracks, leading to the frequent depiction of the composer as Bartok compressed to Webern-like conciseness. Kurtag's music was known only to a few fellow Hungarians before he finally came onto the international scene twenty-five years ago, with his popularity really skyrocketing in the last fifteen. This Sony disc, released in 1993, is one of the first major-label recordings of his works. Peter Eotvos conducts the Ensemble Modern.

    Two substantial vocal works have the spotlight. "Messages of the Late R.V. Trussova" op. 17, a setting of twenty-poems of Rimma Dalos for soprano and ensemble. When performed in Paris by the Ensemble Intercontemporain and Csengery conducted by Pierre Boulez in 1981, it finally brought Kurtag fame abroad. It's easy to see why the piece was so instantly likeable. Rimma Dalos, a Russian poet living in Hungary, writes in a tone as charming as a schoolgirl's, but with profound references to a woman's inner self. Dalos' sequence of little poems ranges from white-heat ("Loneliness") to burlesque (in the section "A Little Erotic") and Kurtag's music accompanies the text perfectly.

    Unfortunately, this performance is somewhat disappointing. The soprano Rosemary Hardy doesn't have the same grace as Adrienne Csengery in the Hungaroton recording. And Ensemble Modern performs the music in oddly detached and jaded fashion compared to the Budapest Chamber Ensemble in that same recording. In fact, that brings up a complication with Kurtag's music: the composer is so insistent on guiding players through a performance that any recording not supervised by Kurtag himself risks departing from the composer's vision.

    The quality of the performance gets better with "Scenes from a novel" op 19. is another setting of Dalos poems, but for the much simpler ensemble of violin, double bass, and cimbalom. The texts are generally melancholy. Kurtag twice makes reference to other composers, with hommages to Alfred Schnittke, Gustav Mahler, and Laszlo Kalmar. The central instrument accompanying the soprano is cimbalom, which lends a very exotic sheen to the music, and performed here by legendary instrumentalist Marta Fabian. The soprano here is Christine Whittlesey, who has just the balance of coquetry and shame that the piece demands.

    A wonderful surprise for me was "...quasi una fantasia..." op. 27 for piano and instrument groups, a concerto that shows immense range in its mere eight-minute breadth. The first movement starts the music off with the slowest, simplest soundss at a restrained dynamic. In the second, there's a furious cascade of pointillistic piano, alluding to Beethoven's Hammerklavier (and Boulez's Second Piano Sonata?). In the third, thundering percussion and harsh brass swallows up the piano completely. But in the fourth, the piano shows himself victorious, playing tones reminiscent of Part's tintinnabuli, with the most fragile and sympathetic orchestral accompaniment. It's one of the most elegant and inspiring dramatic arcs since Schnnitke's first cello concerto.

    It's a pity that this disc is now difficult to find. If you come across it for cheap, it is very much worth getting for the piano concerto and "Scenes from a Novel". At least one can still hear the vocal works on a widely distributed Hungaroton disc ("Works for soprano"), which has the benefit of being supervised by Kurtag himself.
    Shostakovich: Song Cycles for Bass Voice
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      ASIN: B000003HXW
      Release Date: 1995-07-18
      Song Cycles for Bass and Piano
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        		Song Cycles for Bass and Piano

        Manufacturer: Musiques Suisses
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        ASIN: B0000069J6
        Release Date: 2000-09-09

        Tracks:

        1. 'An Diesen Sonnigen Tagen...': An Diesen Sonnigen Tagen-Herbst-Vom Leben Der Baume...
        2. 'An Diesen Sonnigen Tagen...': Grab Des-Die Morgenfeier, *.Sept.. 1977-Fruh Und Mud
        3. 'An Diesen Sonnigen Tagen...': Die Toten-Der Schnitter-Die Seele
        4. 'An Diesen Sonnigen Tagen...': Tramway-Baumeister-Handwerk
        5. 'An Diesen Sonnigen Tagen...': Nachstuck, Mit Blumen-Duft-Victory-Wenn Tief Nach...
        6. Funf Romanzen, Op.121: Eigene Aussage
        7. Funf Romanzen, Op.121: Schwer Erfullbarer Wunsch
        8. Funf Romanzen, Op.121: Umsicht
        9. Funf Romanzen, Op.121: Irinka Und Der Hirt
        10. Funf Romanzen, Op.121: Ubertriebene Begeisterung
        11. Funf Romanzen, Op.121: Vorwort Zur Vollstandigen Sammiung Meiner Werke...
        12. Lieder Aus Wien, Op.82: Gima Dei Haund
        13. Lieder Aus Wien, Op.82: Hosd As Ned Kead
        14. Lieder Aus Wien, Op.82: En An Schbedn Heabst
        15. Lieder Aus Wien, Op.82: Frog Me Ned
        16. Lieder Aus Wien, Op.82: Wos Unguaz

        Music Track:

        1. Strauss Jr.: Waltzes
        2. Suite for Strings in a Op 1 / Holberg Suite in G
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        5. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Op71; Swan Lake Op20
        6. Telemann: Comical Overtures
        7. The Music of Eric Coates
        8. The Well-Tempered Horn
        9. Vienna Night
        10. Viola Da Gamba Sonatas

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