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ROBERT SCHUMANN
(1810-1856)
1.
Mein schoner Stern!, Op. 101 No. 4
2:44
from Minnespiel aus Rückerts Liebesfrühling
Langsam
Gedichte der Konigin Maria Stuart, Op. 135
9:43
2.
[I]
Abschied von Frankreich. Ziemlich langsam
1:52
3.
[II]
Nach der Geburt ihres Sohnes. Langsam
1:35
4.
[III]
An die Königin Elisabeth. Leidenschaftlich
1:32
5.
[IV]
Abschied von der Welt. Langsam
2:59
6.
[V]
Gebet. [ ]
1:41
7.
Requiem, Op. 90 No. 7
4:07
(Altkatholisches Gedicht)
from Sechs Gedichte von Nikolaus Lenau und Requiem
Langsam - Nach und nach belebter - Erstes Tempo
Liederkreis, Op. 39
25:29
(Joseph von Eichendorff)
8.
I
In der Fremde. Nicht schnell
2:06
9.
II
Intermezzo. Langsam - Nach und nach schneller und schneller - [ ]
1:43
10.
III
Waldesgespräch. Ziemlich rasch
2:18
11.
IV
Die Stille. Nicht schnell, immer sehr leise - Etwas lebhafter - Erstes Tempo
1:33
12.
V
Mondnacht. Zart, heimliche
3:58
13.
VI
Schöne Fremde. Innig, bewegt
1:19
14.
VII
Auf einer Burg. Adagio
2:40
15.
VIII
In der Fremde. Zart, heimlich
1:21
16.
IX
Wehmut. Sehr langsam
2:41
17.
X
Zwielicht. Langsam
2:52
18.
XI
In Walde. Ziemlich lebendig
1:16
19.
XII
Frühlingsnacht. Ziemlich rasch
1:32
Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42
23:54
(Acht Lieder nach Adelbert von Chamisso)
Oswald Lorenz gewidmet
20.
I
Seit ich ihn gesehen. Larghetto
2:29
21.
II
Er, der Herrlichste von allen. Innig, lebhaft
3:57
22.
III
Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben. Mit Leidenschaft - Etwas langsamer - Adagio - [ ]
1:35
23.
IV
Du Ring an meinem Finger. Innig - Nach und nach rascher - [ ]
2:56
24.
V
Helft mir, ihr Schwestern. Ziemlich schnell
2:07
25.
VI
Süßer Freund, du blickest. Langsam, mit innigem Ausdruck - Lebhafter - Adagio
4:56
26.
VII
An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust. Fröhlich, innig - Schneller - Noch schneller - Langsamer
1:35
27.
VIII
Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan. Adagio - [ ] - Adagio. Tempo wie das erste Lied
4:14
65:58
Solo: Eugene Asti piano
12-14 December 2007
Notes
SARAH CONNOLLY SINGS SCHUMANN – SONGS OF LOVE AND LOSS
The British mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly here performs a collection of songs by Robert Schumann in a new album whose theme is ‘Songs of Love and Loss’. There are two song cycles from the extremely prolific year of 1840 along with several songs from the composer’s last years. In a joint booklet note with her accompanist, Eugene Asti, Sarah Connolly mentions that ‘at the heart of Schumann’s music lies a profound melancholy and a personal and completely honest, open-hearted empathy for the poetry, which is totally disarming’. Sarah Connolly and Eugene Asti will perform a selection of these songs in concerts in October and November. Sarah Connolly will make her debut at Covent Garden in March 2009.
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Sarah Connolly’s beautifully sung Frauenliebe und –leben often called to mind Janet Baker’s early recording with Martin Isepp. From the sad reverie of the opening song , Connolly, like Baker, gives the cycle a more melancholy introspective cast than most Connolly’s is a psychology convincing reading, abetted by the fastidious, if sometimes self-effacing, Eugene Asti Connolly also makes an eloquent case for some much-malinged late Schumann, singing the bleak, confessional Maria Stuart songs with the touching directness and intimacy of feeling that mark her whole recital.
Gramophone
Sarah Connolly reveals much of the composer’s fervent inwardness – something she and her accompanist, Eugene Asti, capture so well throughout. Connolly’s light, focussed mezzo brings a sense of emotional fragility to the Maria Stuart songs, too, withoutseeming over-ponderous. Connolly creates a special sense of intimacy here which also characterises her performance of Frauenliebe und-leben - warmly breathed and beautifully shaped.
BBC Music Magazine
Connolly has waited long for her due recognition – at least on disc – as one of the world’s most versatile mezzos, but with her Covent Garden debut later this season, and this exceptional new Schumann recital, one can justly claim that she has arrived… Connolly, in sumptuous voice, brings these songs and the two great cycles vividly to life.
The Sunday Times
Her assured phrasing and rich, warm voice breathe life into Schumann’s two great song cycles.
Observer
Deeply felt, meltingly phrased and probingly thoughtful accounts of some of the greatest songs ever written.
Classic FM Magazine
Schumann’s love songs play to the strengths of Sarah Connolly’s rich and characterful mezzo. There is much to enjoy here from both Connolly and the illuminating accompanist Asti.
The Times
Connolly’s warm, amber mezzo is a beautiful instrument and, in tandem with the discerning Eugene Asti, she gives deeply felt performances of all three.
The Telegraph
Another delight for a worthy recipient is Sarah Connolly’s CD of Schumann Leider - Songs of Love and Loss.
The Singer
Leiderkriess is superbly done - an unnerving voyage through a soured Romantic landscape, awash with intimations of the horrors that lurk unsuspected in the corners ofd the psyche. Asti is her breathtaking fine accompanist.
The Guardian
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