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Liszt: Songs for Bass Voice and Piano / Schwartz, Dibbern
Toccata

Liszt: Songs for Bass Voice and Piano / Schwartz, Dibbern

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Composer
LISZT, FRANZ
Artist
Schwartz, Dibbern
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Oct 06, 2017
Catalog #
TOCC0441
UPC
5060113444417

About

Throughout his long career Liszt’s songs – perhaps the most neglected part of his enormous output – took a radical approach to form: he eschewed convention in his search for a sincere musical response to each text. His free-spirited creativity meant that a single song would often call on a range of stylistic devices, among them bel canto vocal lines, unaccompanied recitative, orchestrally conceived piano textures and audacious harmonic procedures. This first recording of his songs by a bass voice brings out both the power and poetry of Liszt’s remarkable imagination. The American bass Jared Schwartz was born in Berne, Indiana, where he began piano lessons at the age of three, violin at seven and French horn at ten. He began a double major in pre-med and music at Bethel College, Indiana, then studied piano with Alexander Toradze and voice with Victoria Garrett, earning a graduate degree from the Eastman School of Music. For Toccata Classics he has already recorded albums of songs by Faure and Flegier.

REVIEW:

Schwartz's forte singing is most impressive, and his voice remains lustrously smooth and elegant in all registers. His vocal coloring, use of contrasting dynamics, and feeling for the text combine to make his readings thoroughly engaging. When he sings with gentleness and lyricism he weaves a magic spell, as in ‘Des Tages Laute Stimmen Schweigen’, which ends sublimely as he delivers the final line of the text (“As night embraces you with gentle silence”). It is stunning.

Mary Dibbern, who collaborated with him in his Flegier album and in preparing his Fauré album, does a superb job with Liszt’s often challenging accompaniment. She also wrote the comprehensive and informative notes for the release.

I learned to enjoy Liszt through his songs, especially his early high-flying Schiller and Petrarch settings, sung by tenors. I am now enjoying a voice that plumbs the sonic and textual depths of the songs.

-- American Record Guide

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 Weimars Volkslied, S313/R597 06:49
    Track
    1
    Title
    Weimars Volkslied, S313/R597
    Duration
    06:49
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Jared Schwartz, Mary Dibbern
  2. 2 3 Sonetti di Petrarca, S270/2/R578b (2nd version): No. 2. Pace non trovo (Sonnet No. 104) 05:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    3 Sonetti di Petrarca, S270/2/R578b (2nd version): No. 2. Pace non trovo (Sonnet No. 104)
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Jared Schwartz, Mary Dibbern
  3. 3 Des Tages laute Stimmen schweigen, S337/R633 04:06
    Track
    3
    Title
    Des Tages laute Stimmen schweigen, S337/R633
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Jared Schwartz, Mary Dibbern
  4. 4 J'ai perdu ma force et ma vie, S327, "Tristesse" 04:07
    Track
    4
    Title
    J'ai perdu ma force et ma vie, S327, "Tristesse"
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Jared Schwartz, Mary Dibbern
  5. 5 Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, S373/R646 08:48
    Track
    5
    Title
    Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, S373/R646
    Duration
    08:48
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Jared Schwartz, Mary Dibbern
  6. 6 Sei still (Ach, was ist Leben), S330/R624 03:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    Sei still (Ach, was ist Leben), S330/R624
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Jared Schwartz, Mary Dibbern
  7. 7 Le juif errant, S300/R585 12:24
    Track
    7
    Title
    Le juif errant, S300/R585
    Duration
    12:24
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Jared Schwartz, Mary Dibbern
  8. 8 Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh, S306/1/R610a 03:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh, S306/1/R610a
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Jared Schwartz, Mary Dibbern
  9. 9 Liebestraume: No. 3. O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst, S298/R589 06:16
    Track
    9
    Title
    Liebestraume: No. 3. O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst, S298/R589
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Jared Schwartz, Mary Dibbern
  10. 10 Du bist wie eine Blume (Thou art like a flower), S287/R607 02:34
    Track
    10
    Title
    Du bist wie eine Blume (Thou art like a flower), S287/R607
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Jared Schwartz, Mary Dibbern
  11. 11 Go not, happy day, S335/R626 03:46
    Track
    11
    Title
    Go not, happy day, S335/R626
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Jared Schwartz, Mary Dibbern
  12. 12 Weimars Toten, S303/R584 06:41
    Track
    12
    Title
    Weimars Toten, S303/R584
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Jared Schwartz, Mary Dibbern