Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch / Clayton, Sampson, Middleton

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Hugo Wolf
    • PERFORMER
      Carolyn Sampson, Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 01, 2022
    • UPC
      7318599925530
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2553
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Auch kleine Dinge

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    2. No. 2. Mir ward gesagt

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    3. No. 3. Ihr seid die Allerschönste

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    4. No. 4. Gesegnet sei, durch den die Welt

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    5. No. 5. Selig ihr Blinden

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    6. No. 6. Wer rief dich denn

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    7. No. 7. Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag' erhoben

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    8. No. 8. Nun lass uns Frieden schliessen

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    9. No. 9. Dass doch gemalt

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    10. No. 10. Du denkst mit einem Fädchen

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    11. No. 11. Wie lange schon

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    12. No. 12. Nein, junger Herr

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    13. No. 13. Hoffärtig seid Ihr, schönes Kind

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    14. No. 14. Geselle, woll'n wir uns in Kutten hüllen

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    15. No. 15. Mein Liebster ist so klein

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    16. No. 16. Ihr jungen Leute

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    17. No. 17. Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    18. No. 18. Heb' auf dein blondes Haupt

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    19. No. 19. Wir haben beide lange Zeit geschwiegen

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    20. No. 20. Mein Liebster singt am Haus

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    21. No. 21. Man sagt mir, deine Mutter

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    22. No. 22. Ein Ständchen Euch zu bringen

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    23. No. 23. Was für ein Lied soll dir gesungen werden

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    24. No. 24. Ich esse nun mein Brot

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    25. No. 25. Mein Liebster hat zu Tische

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    26. No. 26. Ich liess mir sagen

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    27. No. 27. Schon streckt' ich aus im Bett

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    28. No. 28. Du sagst mir, dass ich keine Fürstin

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    29. No. 29. Wohl kenn' ich Euren Stand

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    30. No. 30. Lass sie nur gehn

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    31. No. 31. Wie soll ich fröhlich sein

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    32. No. 32. Was soll der Zorn, mein Schatz

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    33. No. 33. Sterb' ich, so hüllt in Blumen

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    34. No. 34. Und steht Ihr früh am Morgen auf

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    35. No. 35. Benedeit die sel'ge Mutter

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    36. No. 36. Wenn du, mein Liebster

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    37. No. 37. Wie viele Zeit verlor ich

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    38. No. 38. Wenn du mich mit den Augen

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    39. No. 39. Gesegnet sei das Grün

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    40. No. 40. O wär' dein Haus

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    41. No. 41. Heut Nacht erhob ich mich

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    42. No. 42. Nicht länger kann ich singen

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    43. No. 43. Schweig' einmal still

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    44. No. 44. O wüsstest du, wie viel ich deinetwegen

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton

    45. No. 45. Verschling' der Abgrund

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

    46. No. 46. Ich hab' in Penna einen Liebsten

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton


Composed in feverish bouts interrupted by long periods of inaction, Hugo Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch was brought to completion in 1896. The 46 songs are settings of poems in German by Paul Heyse, after Italian folk songs – miniatures with a duration of less than 2 minutes in most cases. Heyse’s collection numbered more than 350 poems, but Wolf ignored the ballads and laments, and concentrated almost exclusively on the rispetti. These are short love poems which chart, against a Tuscan landscape, the everyday jealousies, flirtations, joys and despairs of men and women in love. Heyse’s translations often intensify the simple Italian of the original poems, and in their turn, Wolf’s settings represent a further heightening of emotion. Miniatures they may be, but many of the songs strike unforgettably at the heart. When Wolf’s songbook is performed in its entirety, it is usually done by a male and a female singer, although this is not specified in the score. It is not uncommon for them to be transposed, but the songs are written for high voices, and are here performed by a soprano and a tenor – Carolyn Sampson and Alan Clayton – with Joseph Middleton at the piano. The performers have chosen to present the songs in the order they appear in the printed collection, dividing them between themselves.

REVIEWS:

The Italian Songbook consists of two groups of songs. The first group, consisting of 22 songs, was set in 1890 – 1891 and the second group with 24 songs in 1896. Strictly speaking it isn’t a cycle, and in some recordings the interpreters have opted for their personal order of the songs, but many stick to the order in which Wolf published them, and this is also the case with the present issue. The two singers are well-matched. Carolyn Sampson has been an avid advocate for baroque music for many years, but she has also ventured into art songs...Tenor Allan Clayton‘s career has focused on opera – his Peter Grimes at Covent Garden recently was a resounding triumph – but he has also frequently given song recitals...So, I had high expectations when I set to work with this disc.

The first thing I observed was the sensitive playing of Joseph Middleton, pliable and perceptive. Secondly I noted Carolyn Sampson’s girlish tone in Auch kleine Dinge, and her soft and inward reading. This was a recurrent feature throughout the programme.

When Allan Clayton made his entrance, he at once convinced me: here he displayed his armoury of nuances that had enthralled me on the Liszt disc, his beautiful pianissimo – listen to the end of Gesegnet sei (tr. 4) or the mastery half-voice in Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag’ erhoben – but on the reverse side of the coin his dramatic capacity was just as telling: Wenn du mich mit den Augen streifst und lachst (tr. 38) is just one instance. And Carolyn Sampson has the same sense for drama: so agitated and energetic in Wer rief dich denn? (tr. 6). Looking back on my notes, I see that the pad is littered with positive remarks and exclamation marks, but printing them here would surely be rather tiresome reading – and I rather leave it to those who buy the disc to find all the felicities these two well-endowed Liedersänger indulge in. The prestige word for all singing of Lieder is nuances, and from the above I believe that readers have understood that Carolyn Sampson and Allan Clayton are masterly in that respect.

How do they stand up against the competition from other recordings? Very well, I would say...Sampson and Clayton are certainly among the top contenders.

-- MusicWeb International