Mozart, R. Strauss: Lieder

by Sabine Devieilhe, Mathieu Pordoy

Overview

Neither Mozart nor Strauss is much known for songs, but their pairing here, nicely framing the golden age of the German lied, succeeds in showing the virtues of both as song composers. Soprano Sabine Devieilhe has often taken up Mozart's music. She is new to Strauss, but she catches his Classical, or neo-Classical, side in the selections on this album, wisely avoiding heavier material. The elegant little structures of Mozart's songs seem to bloom into Strauss' more elaborate treatments of similar structures, and when Strauss does open up his range, as in the wildly flowery Amor, Devieilhe, known for her interpretation of the Queen of the Night's "Der Hölle Rache" in Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, is ready. Mozart, in turn, is ennobled by this program, with small melodic details emerging nicely in the work of Devieilhe and the lively and timbrally varied accompanist Mathieu Pordoy. The whole project has the feel of small treasures known to performers who take pleasure in sharing them, an impression reinforced by the photos of the pair in the graphics and also by the acoustic environment of a small hall at the Paris Opera. A delightful song recital that rightly made classical best-seller charts in the spring of 2024. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	07/05/2024
Label:	Warner Bros Uk
UPC:	5054197948862
Rank:	213840

Tracks

1. Komm, liebe Zither, komm K.351
2. Die Nacht TrV 141/3
3. Das Kinderspiel K.598
4. Nichts TrV 141/2
5. Ständchen TrV 149/2
6. Waldseligkeit TrV 204/1
7. Meinem Kinde TrV 187/3
8. Morgen! TrV 170/4
9. An die Einsamkeit K.391
10. Oiseaux, si tous les ans K.307
11. Schlagende Herzen TrV 172/2
12. Amor TrV 235/5
13. Mädchenblumen TrV 153~Kornblumen
14. Mädchenblumen TrV 153~Mohnblumen
15. Mädchenblumen TrV 153~Epheu
16. Mädchenblumen TrV 153~Wasserrose
17. Das Veilchen K.476
18. An Chloe K.524
19. Allerseelen TrV 141/8
20. Lieder TrV 2022~Winterweihe
21. Lieder TrV 2022~Ich schwebe
22. Lieder TrV 2022~Kling!...
23. Das Traumbild K.530
24. Abendempfindung K.523

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sabine Devieilhe   Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal)
Mathieu Pordoy   Primary Artist,Piano
Vilde Frang   Violin,Featured Artist
Michel Pichon   Treble (Vocal)

Technical Credits

Clemens von Brentano   Text,Poetry
Pierre Mathe   Text Translation
Daniel Zalay   Recording Producer
Richard Stokes   Liner Notes,Text Translation
Joachim Heinrich Campe   Poetry,Text
John Henry Mackay   Text,Poetry
Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack   Text
Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hoelty   Text,Poetry
Hermann von Gilm   Text,Poetry
Antoine Ferrand   Text,Poetry
Richard Dehmel   Text
Karl Friedrich Henckell   Text,Poetry
Jacques Fournier   Text Translation
Christian Adolf Overbeck   Text,Poetry
Sabine Devieilhe   Liner Notes
Olivier Rosset   Engineer,Mastering Engineer
Guy Lafaille   Text Translation
Stefanie Schlatt   Liner Note Translation
Edouard Brane   Photography
Heide Wiesner   Text Translation
Sanna Hanssen   Liner Note Translation
Gustav Falke   Text
Alain Lanceron   Executive Producer
Otto Julius Bierbaum   Text,Poetry
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Composer
Richard Strauss   Composer
David Ylla-Somers   Liner Note Translation
Marco Borggreve   Photography
Jacques Lasserre   Text Translation
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe   Text,Poetry
Johann-Georg Jacobi   Text,Poetry
Johann Timotheus Hermes   Text,Poetry
Felix Dahn   Text
Robert Sargant   Liner Note Translation