An album entirely devoted to world premiere recordings of songs! A team of top vocal soloists comes together for this GENUIN release of works by composer Alexander Wolf, who created his miniatures in close collaboration with poet Wolf Wiechert. Representing all vocal ranges, the singers breathe delicate life into these little treasures: on bats and stardust, pine trees, Mount Olympus, and the solar eclipse. Powerful word and sound images presented in an easily accessible, yet clearly contemporary musical language - a truly stand-out edition!

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The 46 songs that make up Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch show the composer at his most captivatingly individual; and history has proven that only singers of the utmost artistry can do them justice. Dame Janet Baker and John Shirley-Quirk are such singers, taking the listener from the depths of pathos through frissons of ecstasy with searching perception. Together with pianist Stuart Bedford, who also devised a new sequence for the songs, the singers performed the set at the 1977 Aldeburgh Festival, where the warmth and ambience of the performance was captured in this BBC stereo recording.

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WOLF, E.W.: 4 Symphonies