Liebesleid

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Label
Bayer
Release Date
February 14, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johannes Brahms, Leonard Cohen, Hugo Distler, Johann Grabbe, Gordon Kampe, Fritz Kreisler, Tom Odell
    • PERFORMER
      Calmus Ensemble
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 14, 2025
    • UPC
      4011563104278
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BR100427
    • LABEL
      Bayer
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Hallelujah (arr. J.M.V. Garcia for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Leonard Cohen

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    2. Lasso, perché mi fuggi

      Composer: Johann Grabbe

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    3. Cor mio, deh, non languire

      Composer: Johann Grabbe

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    4. Alm'afflitta, chi ti darà più vita

      Composer: Johann Grabbe

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    5. Morike-Chorliederbuch, Op. 19: No. 2. Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag (An hour before dawn)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    6. 12 Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 35: No. 5. Da unten im Tale

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    7. 14 Deutsche Volkslieder, Book 1, WoO 34: No. 8. In stiller Nacht

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    8. No. 4. Verlorene Jugend

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    9. No. 5. Im Herbst

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    10. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (arr. G. Puerling for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Manning Sherwin

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    11. No. 1. The girl I left behind me

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    12. No. 2. O waly, waly

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    13. No. 3. The British Grenadiers

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    14. No. 4. Golden slumbers

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    15. No. 5. Dashing away with the smoothing iron

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    16. Another Love (arr. J.M.V. Garcia)

      Composer: Tom Odell

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    17. Je deviens fou …

      Composer: Gordon Kampe

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

    18. Liebesleid (arr. P. Lawson for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Fritz Kreisler

      Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble


Susanne Westenfelder, music theorist and music journalist, writes in the booklet for the latest addition to the Calmus CD library 'Liebesleid', among other things: 'In 2017, the two researchers Kazuma Mori and Makoto Iwanaga published a study. The result: songs that bring tears to our eyes seem to have a cathartic effect on us, calm us down and even make us feel good afterwards. A German newspaper concluded what we all already suspected: Music helps against lovesickness. Tear-jerking songs for tear-jerking eyelids. ' We have taken on this mission - as usual across styles and eras. We move between baroque (Johann Grabbe: Three Madrigals) and contemporary music (Gordon Kampe: 'Je deviens fou... ') and also make a stopover in the German Romantic period with works by Johannes Brahms and another with folk songs from the British Isles (John Rutter: 'Five Traditional Songs'). We have also been able to recruit outstanding arrangers to tailor some of the love song dramas to us. These include our house and court arranger Juan M. V. Garcia with 'Hallelujah' and 'Another Love' as well as ex-King's singer Philip Lawson with the eponymous arrangement of Fritz Kreisler's 'Liebesleid'. Because alongside all the heartache, there is always certainty at the end: 'And if you are ever sad, don't despair, because it will always be like today: love's sorrow is followed by love's joy. '