Lieder by Max Kowalski

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Label
Bridge Records
Release Date
May 5, 2015
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      KOWALSKI, MAX
    • PERFORMER
      Wolfgang Holzmair
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 05, 2015
    • UPC
      090404943126
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BCD9431
    • LABEL
      Bridge Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. No. 1. Solange wir im Licht sind

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    2. No. 2. Bülbül singt im Rosengarten

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    3. No. 3. In meinen Schläfen jagt das Blut

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    4. No. 4. Mein Auge ist nur dazu da

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    5. No. 5. Allah lächelt mir

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    6. No. 6. Mein Wille ist so schwach

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    7. No. 7. Alles was geschieht

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    8. No. 8. Nun bin ich ohn Beschwerde

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    9. 6 Heine-Lieder: No. 3. Ein schöner Stern geht auf in meiner Nacht

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    10. 6 Lieder: No. 3. Der Frühling

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    11. 7 Lieder: Nachtgeräusche

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    12. 5 Lieder: Reifefreuden

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    13. No. 1. Gebet an Pierrot

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    14. No. 2. Raub

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    15. No. 3. Die Estrade

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    16. No. 4. Der Dandy

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    17. No. 5. Moquerie

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    18. No. 6. Sonnen Ende

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    19. No. 7. Nordpolfahrt

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    20. No. 8. Columbine

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    21. No. 9. Der Mondfleck

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    22. No. 10. Die Laterne

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    23. No. 11. Abend

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    24. No. 12. Heimfahrt

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    25. Ernste Stunde

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    26. Immer wieder

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    27. Der Panther

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist

    28. Liebeslied

      Composer: Max Kowalski

      Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair, Therese Lindquist


Max Kowalski, who lived and practiced law in Frankfurt am Main, was from 1913 till 1933 a well-known, much esteemed, and frequently performed composer. Kowalski was born in Poland (then Russia) on August 10th, 1882 and grew up in Germany, to which his parents emigrated when he was a year old. Kowalski's reputation rests on his production of more than two hundred art songs, which have been in the repertoire of many leading artists, including Heinrich Schlusnus, Maria Ivog�n, Paul Bender, Joseph Schwarz, Alexander Kipnis, Karen Branzell, and Hans Hotter. The present CD is drawn from a recital sung in 2011 in Munich by the great Austrian baritone, Wolfgang Holzmair. It offers two song cycles and songs composed to texts by some of Germany's leading poets. The CD includes Kowalski's best-known cycle, his Pierrot Lunaire, which appeared the same year (1913) as Arnold Schoenberg's settings.