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Thomas Fortmann: Lieder Zyklen

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Composer
Thomas Fortmann
Artist
Tino Brutsch, Trio Accademia Amiata, Nuria Richner, Malwina Sosnowski, Domitille Jordan, Talvi Hunt
Format
CD
Label
Metier
Released
Jul 17, 2026
Catalog #
MEX77214
UPC
809730721427

About

In July 2026 Metier is delighted to present Lieder Zyklen (Song Cycles) by contemporary Swiss composer Thomas Fortmann. Featuring settings for voice and piano trio of poetry and text by writers including Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Christian Haller, Prolitheus Pfenninger and Fortmann himself, these works demonstrate the composer's eclectic and unusual style that combines postmodern music, serial techniques, rock and jazz. The Swiss tenor Tino Bru¨tsch and Swiss soprano Nuria Richner perform alongside the Trio Accademia Amiata and a Trio of soloists Malwina Sosnowski, Donitille Jordan and Talvi Hunt. The album also includes Fortmann's Hommage to Schubert's Winterreise and his arrangement of this iconic song cycle for baritone and string quartet is given a powerful performance by Florian Prey, son of the great German baritone Hermann Prey alongside the Amar Quartet. Fortmann's setting of the intriguing poem Am Ende des Flurs (At the end of the hallway, 4th floor) by his close friend, Swiss Literary Prize Winner Christian Haller, is followed by The Hofmannsthal Verses. Composed in his early twenties as striking rock songs to poetry by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, who became the librettist to Richard Strauss, the lyrics are a collage of Hofmannsthal poems Fortmann found moving for their linguistic power and their social and political statements. Geschichten (Histories) are concise, short songs that intertwine the timeline of a love relationship with that of human history and dimensions of the cosmos. The Prolitheus Songs are based on e-mails from the extraordinary visual artist Prolitheus Pfenninger, complex and often laden with double meanings and wordplays. Schubert was the favourite composer of Fortmann's mother, a well-known soprano - she often sang his songs to him and his sisters, and the music's sensitive emotions resonate deeply. The Hommage an Schubert's Winterreise, Der Su¨sse Ton (the Sweet Tone) is Fortmann's setting of a text collage from Joachim Ringelnatz who often referred to Schubert in his poetry, passages of text from Eduard von Bauernfeld on Schubert's funeral and excerpts from poetry of Schubert himself. The Homage opens with a typical rock riff, reminiscent of how Schubert drew on popular rhythms of his time, and the work refers to the songs of Winterreise in various ways, some of them hidden in contrapuntal forms. Despite the different compositional techniques throughout Fortmann shows his musical-emotional kinship with Schubert. Recreating Winterreise for voice and string quartet was a delicate task of reassembling the work while trying to stay as faithful as possible to the original. Fortmann sought to recapture the mood of the songs, their simplicity and touching directness, and to achieve this with a string quartet some modifications were necessary including extra notes that do not appear in Schubert's original. In the 1970s Thomas Fortmann had a very successful career as a writer of rock music - and also as an international golfing star! At age 26 he abandoned this career to study formal composition which laid the foundation for an extensive body of work that includes chamber music, operas and musical theatre, orchestral, choral, and organ works, as well as several song cycles. Fortmann's distinctly personal style often unites different - and sometimes opposing - impulses of modern music. Lieder Zyklen marks the sixth release of his music on the Metier label.

Tracklist 45 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Am ende des flurs, 4 Stock 08:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    Am ende des flurs, 4 Stock
    Duration
    08:02
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Tino Brutsch
    Ensemble
    Accademia Amiata
  3. 2 No. 1. Doch ein schatten fällt 04:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 1. Doch ein schatten fällt
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Nuria Richner, Malwina Sosnowski, Domitille Jordan, Talvi Hunt
  4. 3 No. 2. Wüsste ich 03:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 2. Wüsste ich
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Nuria Richner, Malwina Sosnowski, Domitille Jordan, Talvi Hunt
  5. 4 No. 3. Ein fetzen schuld 02:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 3. Ein fetzen schuld
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Nuria Richner, Malwina Sosnowski, Domitille Jordan, Talvi Hunt
  6. 5 No. 4. Seltsame kreise 03:32
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 4. Seltsame kreise
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Nuria Richner, Malwina Sosnowski, Domitille Jordan, Talvi Hunt
  7. 6 No. 5. Und psyche 03:37
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 5. Und psyche
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Nuria Richner, Malwina Sosnowski, Domitille Jordan, Talvi Hunt
  8. 7 No. 1. So fing es an 00:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 1. So fing es an
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Nuria Richner, Malwina Sosnowski, Domitille Jordan, Talvi Hunt
  9. 8 No. 2. Kiste zwei 02:56
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 2. Kiste zwei
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Nuria Richner, Malwina Sosnowski, Domitille Jordan, Talvi Hunt
  10. 9 No. 3. Vom Römer, Griechen und Etrusker 01:18
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 3. Vom Römer, Griechen und Etrusker
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Nuria Richner, Malwina Sosnowski, Domitille Jordan, Talvi Hunt
  11. 10 No. 4. Heute morgen gestern 01:23
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 4. Heute morgen gestern
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Nuria Richner, Malwina Sosnowski, Domitille Jordan, Talvi Hunt
  12. 11 No. 5. Der zerbrochene krug 01:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 5. Der zerbrochene krug
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Nuria Richner, Malwina Sosnowski, Domitille Jordan, Talvi Hunt
  13. 12 No. 6. Die ungeschichte 03:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 6. Die ungeschichte
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Nuria Richner, Malwina Sosnowski, Domitille Jordan, Talvi Hunt
  14. 13 No. 7. Ein schwarzes loch 01:38
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 7. Ein schwarzes loch
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Nuria Richner, Malwina Sosnowski, Domitille Jordan, Talvi Hunt
  15. 14 No. 8. Mir lieb 01:44
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 8. Mir lieb
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Nuria Richner, Malwina Sosnowski, Domitille Jordan, Talvi Hunt
  16. 15 No. 1. Es sprach Prolitheus 04:00
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 1. Es sprach Prolitheus
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Tino Brutsch
    Ensemble
    Accademia Amiata
  17. 16 No. 2. Herbst auf der Lenzburg 03:04
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 2. Herbst auf der Lenzburg
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Tino Brutsch
    Ensemble
    Accademia Amiata
  18. 17 No. 3. Der frühe vogel 03:31
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 3. Der frühe vogel
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Tino Brutsch
    Ensemble
    Accademia Amiata
  19. 18 No. 4. Nachruf auf einen vorwurf 03:10
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 4. Nachruf auf einen vorwurf
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Tino Brutsch
    Ensemble
    Accademia Amiata
  20. 19 No. 5. Massaker 05:35
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 5. Massaker
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Tino Brutsch
    Ensemble
    Accademia Amiata
  21. 20 No. 1. Erste abteilung 05:15
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 1. Erste abteilung
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  22. 21 No. 2. Zweite abteilung 08:01
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 2. Zweite abteilung
    Duration
    08:01
    Composer
    Thomas Fortmann
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  23. Disc 2
  24. 1 No. 1. Gute Nacht 05:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Gute Nacht
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  25. 2 No. 2. Die Wetterfahne 03:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Die Wetterfahne
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  26. 3 No. 3. Gefror'ne Tränen 03:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Gefror'ne Tränen
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  27. 4 No. 4. Erstarrung 02:29
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Erstarrung
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  28. 5 No. 5. Der Lindenbaum 02:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Der Lindenbaum
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  29. 6 No. 6. Wasserflut 03:08
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Wasserflut
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  30. 7 No. 7. Auf dem Flusse 01:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Auf dem Flusse
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  31. 8 No. 8. Rückblick 02:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Rückblick
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  32. 9 No. 9. Irrlicht 02:58
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. Irrlicht
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  33. 10 No. 10. Rast 00:52
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10. Rast
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  34. 11 No. 11. Frühlingstraum 01:28
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11. Frühlingstraum
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  35. 12 No. 12. Einsamkeit 01:50
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12. Einsamkeit
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  36. 13 No. 13. Die Post 04:07
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 13. Die Post
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  37. 14 No. 14. Der greise Kopf 04:12
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 14. Der greise Kopf
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  38. 15 No. 15. Die Krähe 01:23
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 15. Die Krähe
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  39. 16 No. 16. Letzte Hoffnung 02:44
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 16. Letzte Hoffnung
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  40. 17 No. 17. Im Dorfe 03:36
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 17. Im Dorfe
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  41. 18 No. 18. Der stürmische Morgen 02:28
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 18. Der stürmische Morgen
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  42. 19 No. 19. Täuschung 03:34
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 19. Täuschung
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  43. 20 No. 20. Der Wegweiser 04:51
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 20. Der Wegweiser
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  44. 21 No. 21. Das Wirtshaus 04:20
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 21. Das Wirtshaus
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  45. 22 No. 22. Mut 02:49
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 22. Mut
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  46. 23 No. 23. Die Nebensonnen 02:35
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 23. Die Nebensonnen
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet
  47. 24 No. 24. Der Leiermann 02:55
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 24. Der Leiermann
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Florian Prey
    Ensemble
    Amar Quartet