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Notes
The baritone Georg Nigl is fascinated by ballads, which unfold in him "dream images". Schubert's long and little-known lied Viola, based on a poem by Franz von Schober, or the great ballads based on texts by Goethe "opened up a world that has always accompanied me, that of the storyteller (...) stories of frightening beauty, with as many colours as possible...". The magnificent pianos on this recording - a Christoph Kern fortepiano after Conrad Graf (Vienna, 1826) and a Steinway & Sons concert grand piano (New York, 1875) - beautifully played by Olga Pashchenko, with whom Georg now forms an intimate and inspired duo, allow us to hear "unknown sounds and sometimes unheard-of colours"...
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Reviews
“… It would be hard to find any recording that makes a stronger case for Loewe’s ballads than this. Spatially the recording gives a sense of intimacy with the performers without feeling too close…”
Robert A Moore – American Record Guide – November/December 2023
Choc du Classica
Olivier Brunel – Classica magazine (France) – September 2023
“… I must admit that the special sounds of the instruments wasn’t the first thing that struck me when I listened to the recording – even though I enjoyed the playing of Olga Pashchenko very much – but the masterly singing and storytelling of Georg Nigl and the interplay between the two musicians… Don’t miss this disc!”
Göran Forsling – MusicwebInternational.com – 25 May 2023
*****
Manuel Brug – Rondo magazine (Germany) – March 2023
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