Brahms: Lieder / A.L. Richter, Bushakevitz

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PENTATONE
Release Date
September 2, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johannes Brahms
    • PERFORMER
      Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 02, 2022
    • UPC
      827949098666
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PTC5186986
    • LABEL
      PENTATONE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. 5 Lieder, Op. 106: No. 1. Ständchen

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    2. 5 Lieder, Op. 94: No. 4. Sapphische Ode

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    3. 5 Gesänge, Op. 72: No. 4. Verzagen

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    4. 49 Deutsche Volkslieder, Book 5, WoO 33: No. 35. Soll sich der Mond nicht heller scheinen

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    5. 6 Gesänge, Op. 3: No. 1. Liebestreu

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    6. 5 Romanzen und Lieder, Op. 84: No. 4. Vergebliches Ständchen

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    7. 8 Lieder und Romanzen, Op. 14: No. 1. Vor dem Fenster

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    8. 6 Gesänge, Op. 7: No. 3. Anklänge

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    9. 6 Lieder, Op. 86: No. 2. Feldeinsamkeit

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    10. 8 Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 57: No. 8. Unbewegte laue Luft

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    11. 5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 4. Auf dem Kirchhofe

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    12. 4 Lieder, Op. 96: No. 1. Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    13. 9 Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 32: No. 1. Wie rafft ich mich auf in der Nacht

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    14. 5 Lieder, Op. 107: No. 5. Mädchenlied

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    15. 49 Deutsche Volkslieder, Book 5, WoO 33: No. 31. Dort in den Weiden steht ein Haus

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    16. No. 1. Von ewiger Liebe

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    17. No. 2. Die Mainacht

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    18. 5 Gesänge, Op. 71: No. 3. Geheimnis

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    19. 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4. Wiegenlied

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz

    20. 15 Volks-Kinderlieder, WoO 31: No. 4. Sandmännchen

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz


On her third Pentatone album Brahms Lieder, Anna Lucia Richter returns to the German lied, making her recording debut as a mezzo-soprano with a recital of Brahms songs, together with pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz. Brahms is particularly suitable for this recording debut as his songs fit the mezzo-soprano voice like a glove, and the pieces presented here range from love poetry and dark Romanticism to folk songs, including the world-famous Wiegenlied. Richter’s profound engagement and knowledge of the German lied is perceivable in each song she performs, as well as in her insightful liner notes text for the booklet, in which she links the project to the notion of twilight (Dämmerung). Bushakevitz’s poetic playing offers the perfect tone for both the gloomy and the idyllic pieces. Anna Lucia Richter belongs to the most exciting young singers of her generation. Brahms Lieder is the third fruit of her exclusive collaboration with Pentatone, after her Monteverdi portrait Il delirio della passione (2020) and her Schubert album Heimweh (2019). Ammiel Bushakevitz enjoys a flourishing career both as a solo pianist and lied accompanist, and makes his Pentatone debut.

REVIEW:

As a soprano her earlier Schubert album “Heimweh” was one of the most compelling song albums I’ve reviewed and I named it as one of my Critic’s Choice albums of 2020. I confess that I miss her lighter voice, but the change to mezzo allows her to use her middle range, where she is most at home. The choice of Brahms for her debut album as a mezzo confirms her decision.

I can name no album of Brahms songs I’ve enjoyed more than this. That is due partly to the selection of 20 of his best and most performed songs, including some of his folk song settings. Mostly it is because of Richter’s exemplary ability as a lieder singer. Pentatone’s sound quality is superlative.

-- American Record Guide (Robert A. Moore)