Schubert: Schwanengesang - Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte / Williams, Burnside

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Chandos
Release Date
May 1, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN SCHUBERT
    • PERFORMER
      Williams, Burnside
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 01, 2020
    • UPC
      095115212622
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 20126
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Auf dem Hügel sitz' ich, spähend

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    2. No. 2. Wo die Berge so blau

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    3. No. 3. Leichte Segler in den Höhen

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    4. No. 4. Diese Wolken in den Höhen

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    5. No. 5. Es kehret der Maien

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    6. No. 6. Nimm sie hin denn diese Lieder

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    7. No. 1. Liebesbotschaft

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    8. No. 2. Kriegers Ahnung

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    9. No. 3. Frühlingssehnsucht

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    10. No. 4. Ständchen (Serenade)

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    11. No. 5. Aufenthalt

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    12. No. 6. In der Ferne

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    13. No. 7. Abschied

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    14. No. 8. Der Atlas

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    15. No. 9. Ihr Bild

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    16. No. 10. Das Fischermädchen

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    17. No. 11. Die Stadt

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    18. No. 12. Am Meer

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    19. No. 13. Der Doppelgänger

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    20. No. 14. Die Taubenpost

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside


Roderick Williams writes: “Although only twelve years separate the composition of Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte and Schubert’s Schwanengesang, the ethos and sound world of the two works are markedly different. Pairing them on the concert platform seemed an obvious choice on one hand, but I was reminded not to try to perform Beethoven in the way I perform Schubert. For one thing, the former still has the ring of the late classical, while the latter explores the darkness of the early romantic. For this reason, we decided to record the two works in slightly different soundscapes. In An die ferne Geliebte, the inventiveness of Beethoven is best expressed in the piano writing, while the vocal part is deliberately simple, strophic (the music is repeated for each stanza), and folk-like. ...the sixth song states that these songs are offered ‘ohne Kunstgepräng’. And so we have set the voice slightly more distantly in the balance, giving the piano due prominence; the effect is almost as if I were singing over Iain’s shoulder. Schwanengesang is recorded more traditionally: in these most extraordinary and progressive songs the vocal line is supported by the piano, in equal partnership. Roderick Williams.”