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Hidden Treasure - Gal: Unpublished Lieder / Immler, Deutsch
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Hidden Treasure - Gal: Unpublished Lieder / Immler, Deutsch

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Details

Composer
GAL, HANS
Artist
Immler, Deutsch
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 08, 2021
Catalog #
BIS-2543
UPC
7318599925431

About

Growing up in Vienna, with its great Lied tradition, Hans Gál had written about 100 songs before leaving secondary school. He later destroyed them, along with all his other works composed prior to 1910, but between 1910 and 1921 he wrote many more. Except for the five songs of Op. 33, these were never published, and Gál himself would later refer to them as ‘laid aside’. Many of these songs were publicly performed at the time, however, often with the composer at the piano. Through the initiative of Christian Immler and Helmut Deutsch, 26 of the ‘laid-aside’ songs are now being made available to a modern audience. A labor of love for the performers, the project has had the support of the composer’s family – in fact the recording was produced by Hans Gál’s grandson, Simon Fox-Gál. The songs provide a missing link in Gál’s creative development, and show him engaging with a wide variety of poets, extending back from the twelfth-century (Walther von der Vogelweide) to contemporaries, such as Hermann Hesse and Richard Dehmel, by way of the classics (Heine, Mörike). Reflecting a taste for the exotic which was fashionable at the time, the selection also includes settings of poems by Rabindranath Tagore. The performers close their recital with the Op. 33 set, the only songs that Hans Gál did publish during his long career.

REVIEW:

This is a treasure-trove of songs in the tradition of Richard Strauss, melodically radiant and full of sensitivity to atmosphere. Immler is ideally suited to them, with expansive, radiant tone and splendid diction; Helmut Deutsch sets his peerless pianism at the disposal of composer and singer.

– BBC Music Magazine

Tracklist 31 tracks

  1. 1 Lady Rosa 01:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    Lady Rosa
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  2. 2 Nacht (Night) 02:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    Nacht (Night)
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  3. 3 Nachts in der Kajüte I (Night in the Cabin I) 02:26
    Track
    3
    Title
    Nachts in der Kajüte I (Night in the Cabin I)
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  4. 4 Nachts in der Kajüte II (Night in the Cabin II) 02:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    Nachts in der Kajüte II (Night in the Cabin II)
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  5. 5 Nachts in der Kajüte III (Night in the Cabin III) 02:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    Nachts in der Kajüte III (Night in the Cabin III)
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  6. 6 Sternenzwiesprach (Star Dialogue) 01:13
    Track
    6
    Title
    Sternenzwiesprach (Star Dialogue)
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  7. 7 Denk' es, o Seele (Think of This, O Soul) 01:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    Denk' es, o Seele (Think of This, O Soul)
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  8. 8 Maimond (May Moon) 02:38
    Track
    8
    Title
    Maimond (May Moon)
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  9. 9 Minnelied (Love Song) 01:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    Minnelied (Love Song)
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  10. 10 Morgengebet (Morning Prayer) 02:39
    Track
    10
    Title
    Morgengebet (Morning Prayer)
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  11. 11 Dämmerstunde (The Hour of Dusk) 02:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    Dämmerstunde (The Hour of Dusk)
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  12. 12 Glaube nur! (Just Believe!) 01:29
    Track
    12
    Title
    Glaube nur! (Just Believe!)
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  13. 13 Liebesmüde (Tired of Love) 02:50
    Track
    13
    Title
    Liebesmüde (Tired of Love)
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  14. 14 Eine gantz neu Schelmweys (A Completely New Rogues' Tune) 03:11
    Track
    14
    Title
    Eine gantz neu Schelmweys (A Completely New Rogues' Tune)
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  15. 15 Waldseligkeit (Woodland Bliss) 01:52
    Track
    15
    Title
    Waldseligkeit (Woodland Bliss)
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  16. 16 Der Wolkenbaum (The Cloud Tree) 02:05
    Track
    16
    Title
    Der Wolkenbaum (The Cloud Tree)
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  17. 17 Novembertag (November Day) 02:31
    Track
    17
    Title
    Novembertag (November Day)
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  18. 18 Welch ein Schweigen (What Silence) 02:58
    Track
    18
    Title
    Welch ein Schweigen (What Silence)
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  19. 19 Nachtstürme (Night Storms) 01:24
    Track
    19
    Title
    Nachtstürme (Night Storms)
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  20. 20 Blumenlied (Flower Song) 02:47
    Track
    20
    Title
    Blumenlied (Flower Song)
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  21. 21 Schäferlied (Shepherd's Song) 01:32
    Track
    21
    Title
    Schäferlied (Shepherd's Song)
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  22. 22 Abendlied (Evening Song) 02:21
    Track
    22
    Title
    Abendlied (Evening Song)
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  23. 23 Der böse Tag (The Evil Day) 01:26
    Track
    23
    Title
    Der böse Tag (The Evil Day)
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  24. 24 Frag nicht! (Don't Ask!) 02:18
    Track
    24
    Title
    Frag nicht! (Don't Ask!)
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  25. 25 Rücknahme (Retraction) 02:06
    Track
    25
    Title
    Rücknahme (Retraction)
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  26. 26 Abendgespräch (Evening Conversation) 01:41
    Track
    26
    Title
    Abendgespräch (Evening Conversation)
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  27. 27 No. 1. Vergängliches 02:23
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 1. Vergängliches
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  28. 28 No. 2. Der Wiesenbach 01:38
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 2. Der Wiesenbach
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  29. 29 No. 3. Vöglein Schwermut 03:50
    Track
    29
    Title
    No. 3. Vöglein Schwermut
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  30. 30 No. 4. Drei Prinzessinnen 02:50
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 4. Drei Prinzessinnen
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch
  31. 31 No. 5. Abend auf dem Fluss 02:13
    Track
    31
    Title
    No. 5. Abend auf dem Fluss
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch