Brahms/Tieck: The Fair Magelone

Johannes Brahms (Composer), Ludwig Tieck (Composer), Andreas Staier (Performer), Christoph Prégardien (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Andreas Staier, Christoph Prégardien
• Composer: Johannes Brahms, Ludwig Tieck
• Audio CD (August 8, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B00004VVYB
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,905 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Story Of The Love Between The Fair Magelone And Count Peter Of Provence: 'Long Years Ago'

2. 15 Romances: Nr. 1 'Keinen Hat Es Noch Gereut'

3. Story Of The Love Between The Fair Magelone And Count Peter Of Provence: 'The Youth Listened To The Song'

4. 15 Romances: Nr. 2 'Traun ! Bogen And Pfeil'

5. Story Of The Love Between The Fair Magelone And Count Peter Of Provence: 'After Travelling For Many Days'

6. 15 Romances: Nr. 3 'Sind Es Schmerzen, Sind Es Freuden'

7. Story Of The Love Between The Fair Magelone And Count Peter Of Provence: 'The Sound Died Away'

8. 15 Romances: Nr. 4 'Liebe Kam Aus Fernen Landen'

9. Story Of The Love Between The Fair Magelone And Count Peter Of Provence: 'Magelone Was Moved By This Song'

10. 15 Romances: Nr. 5 'So Willst Du Des Armen'

11. Story Of The Love Between The Fair Magelone And Count Peter Of Provence: 'The Next Morning'

12. 15 Romances: Nr. 6 'Wie Soll Ich Die Freude'

13. Story Of The Love Between The Fair Magelone And Count Peter Of Provence: 'When He Woke'

14. 15 Romances: Nr. 7 'War Es Dir, Dem Diese Lippen Bebten'

15. Story Of The Love Between The Fair Magelone And Count Peter Of Provence: 'Peter Had Visited His Lady'

16. 15 Romances: Nr. 8 'Wir Mussen Uns Trennen'

17. Story Of The Love Between The Fair Magelone And Count Peter Of Provence: 'They Fled Under Cover Of Darkness'

18. 15 Romances: Nr. 9 'Ruhe, Sussliebchen, Im Schatten'

19. Story Of The Love Between The Fair Magelone And Count Peter Of Provence: 'Peter Looked Up'

20. 15 Romances: Nr. 10 'So Tonet Denn, Schaumende Wellen'

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best possible case for a rarely performed work, June 10, 2001

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This review is from: Brahms/Tieck: The Fair Magelone (Audio CD)

Brahms composed his Magelone cycle for a baritone (Julius Stockhausen, a good friend of the composer), yet the tessitura is almost tenor-like in some of the songs. Christoph Pregardien is a tenor with a baritone-like boom in his voice (as well as all the required low notes), hence he is an ideal interpreter of this warmly romantic song-cycle, as is clearly demonstrated on this disc. He and fortepianist Andreas Staier encompass all the varied emotions of this cycle. Youthful impetuosness and ecstasy, pensive reflection, tenderness, warm contentedness, despair, confusion, doubt, and quiet joy are all projected with utmost vividness, flowing tempi, and great variety of articulation (helped by the fortepiano) and dynamics. The inclusion of Vanessa Redgrave as a narrator (what warmth her voice has!) helps to make sense out of these songs, which are (in essence) lyric reflections of a "missing" narrative (unlike Schubert's "Die schöne Müllerin" and "Winterreise" where the songs themselves tell the story). This is by far the best interpretation of this song-cycle I've encountered (surpassing even Peter Schreier's recording). Anyone interested in Brahms or Lieder (or both) should acquire this CD without delay!