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Weber: Complete Songs for Voice & Guitar / Cigna, Sebastiani
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Weber: Complete Songs for Voice & Guitar / Cigna, Sebastiani

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Composer
WEBER, CARL MARIA VON
Artist
Sebastiani, Cigna
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Feb 23, 2018
Catalog #
BRI95323
UPC
5028421953236

About

The German tradition of Lieder accompanied by guitar is overlooked but surprisingly rich. Several of the great Lieder singers have recorded Schubert songs with guitar (Christoph Pregardien and Peter Schreier principal among them), and to highly expressive effect. In many ways the change of instrument draws back these songs to their medieval heritage, to the Minnesänger (minstrels, or troubadours) who fulfilled courtly functions, or at a more humble level travelled from town to town, lute slung over the back, entertaining nobles and commoners alike with tales of love and war.

It is this tradition that Patrizia Cigna and Adriano Sebastiani have tapped into with the first complete recording of the Lieder composed by Carl Maria von Weber for which he had a guitar in mind. In fact Weber, more than most of his native contemporaries, nurtured a great affection for the instrument while it was more celebrated abroad – notably in the Classical tradition by Mauro Giuliani, and we should not forget that the guitar was the first instrument of Hector Berlioz. Weber would accompany himself like a early-Romantic troubadour in his own songs, and he scored for the guitar in several of his stage-works such as Abu Hassan.

The Op.25 Lieder bring together these two strands, written as incidental music for August von Kotzebue’s one-act play Der arme Minnesänger (The Poor Minstrel). Some of the songs here such as the Op.13 set and the Op.29 Canzonettas were written with either keyboard or guitar accompaniment in mind, for obvious, commercially attractive reasons, but the standalone Mayenblümelein was only ever intended for the guitar, as was the lovely, polyphonic Sagt, woher stammt Liebeslust which calls for two sopranos, a three-voice female choir, and a guitar accompaniment. These, like several other songs on this recording, have no rivals in the current catalogue, making this a new recording an essential acquisition for all lovers of Romantic Lieder.

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REVIEW:

The songs are utterly charming, lyrical and dramatic, on a par with Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte and early Schubert songs. The guitar freely and independently interacts with the melodic lines, never being a mere accompaniment.

– Records International

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Die Schaferstunde, Op. 13, No. 1, J. 91 02:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    Die Schaferstunde, Op. 13, No. 1, J. 91
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  2. 2 Wiegenlied, Op. 13, No. 2, J. 96 02:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    Wiegenlied, Op. 13, No. 2, J. 96
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  3. 3 Maedel schau mir ins Gesicht, Op. 13, No. 3, J. 52 04:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    Maedel schau mir ins Gesicht, Op. 13, No. 3, J. 52
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  4. 4 An den Mond, Op. 13, No. 4, J. 72 01:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    An den Mond, Op. 13, No. 4, J. 72
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  5. 5 Die Zeit, Op. 13, No. 5, J. 97 02:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    Die Zeit, Op. 13, No. 5, J. 97
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  6. 6 Liebe-Gluhen, Op. 25, J. 140 03:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    Liebe-Gluhen, Op. 25, J. 140
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  7. 7 No. 2. Über die berge mit ungestüm, J. 110 02:05
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 2. Über die berge mit ungestüm, J. 110
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  8. 8 No. 3. Lass mich schlummern, Herzlein, schweige, J. 112 01:16
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 3. Lass mich schlummern, Herzlein, schweige, J. 112
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  9. 9 Bettlerlied, Op. 25, No. 4, J. 137 02:22
    Track
    9
    Title
    Bettlerlied, Op. 25, No. 4, J. 137
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  10. 10 4 Songs, Op. 25, J. 110-113: No. 4. Umringt von mutherfülltem Heere, J. 113 04:15
    Track
    10
    Title
    4 Songs, Op. 25, J. 110-113: No. 4. Umringt von mutherfülltem Heere, J. 113
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Dennis Chor Hang Lau, Paolo Leonardi, Adriano Sebastiani
  11. 11 Ah, dove siete, Op. 29, No. 1, J. 108 02:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    Ah, dove siete, Op. 29, No. 1, J. 108
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  12. 12 Ninfe se liete, Op. 29, No. 2, J. 124 02:29
    Track
    12
    Title
    Ninfe se liete, Op. 29, No. 2, J. 124
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  13. 13 Ch'io mai vi possa, Op. 29, No. 3, J. 120 02:22
    Track
    13
    Title
    Ch'io mai vi possa, Op. 29, No. 3, J. 120
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  14. 14 Maienblümlein, so schön, Op. 23, No. 3, J. 117 02:23
    Track
    14
    Title
    Maienblümlein, so schön, Op. 23, No. 3, J. 117
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  15. 15 Bach, Echo und Kuss, Op. 71, No. 2, J. 243 04:35
    Track
    15
    Title
    Bach, Echo und Kuss, Op. 71, No. 2, J. 243
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  16. 16 Auf die stürm'sche See hinaus, Op. 71, No. 6, J. 105 03:17
    Track
    16
    Title
    Auf die stürm'sche See hinaus, Op. 71, No. 6, J. 105
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  17. 17 Leise weht es, J. 223 02:11
    Track
    17
    Title
    Leise weht es, J. 223
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  18. 18 Sagt, woher stammt Liebeslust, J. 280 05:54
    Track
    18
    Title
    Sagt, woher stammt Liebeslust, J. 280
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  19. 19 Serenade, J. 65, "Horch, leise horch! Geliebte, horch!" 01:21
    Track
    19
    Title
    Serenade, J. 65, "Horch, leise horch! Geliebte, horch!"
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Paola Cigna, Lucia Paffi, Cristina Bonaca, Adriano Sebastiani
  20. 20 Ein Konig einst gefangen sass, Romanze, J. 195 03:19
    Track
    20
    Title
    Ein Konig einst gefangen sass, Romanze, J. 195
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani
  21. 21 4 Songs, Op. 25, J. 110-113: No. 2. Rase, Sturmwind, blase, J. 111 01:24
    Track
    21
    Title
    4 Songs, Op. 25, J. 110-113: No. 2. Rase, Sturmwind, blase, J. 111
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Patrizia Cigna, Adriano Sebastiani