Strauss: The Complete Songs, Vol. 1 [IMPORT]

Richard [1] Strauss (Composer), Roger Vignoles (Performer), Christine Brewer (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Roger Vignoles, Christine Brewer
• Composer: Richard [1] Strauss
• Audio CD (June 14, 2005)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B0008F1088
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #178,093 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Zueignung ('Ja, du weisst es, teur Seele'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 10/1 (TrV 141/1)

2. Die Georgine ('Warum so spät erst, Georgine?'), song for voice & piano, Op. 10/4 (TrV 141/4)

3. Breit' uber mein Haupt dien schwarzes Haar, song for voice & piano, Op. 19/2 (TrV 152/2)

4. Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten, song for voice & piano, Op. 19/4 (TrV 152/4)

5. Glückes genug ('Wenn sanft du mir im Arme schliefst'), song for voice & piano, Op. 37/1 (TrV 187/1)

6. Ich liebe dich ('Vier adlige Rosse voran unserm Wagen'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 37/2 (TrV 187/2)

7. Hochzeitlich Lied ('Lass Akaziendüfte schaukeln'), song for voice & piano, Op. 37/6 (TrV 187/6)

8. Leises Lied ('In einem stillen Garten'), song for voice & piano, Op. 39/1 (TrV 189/1)

9. Befreit ('Du wirst nicht weinen'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 39/4 (TrV 189/4)

10. Wiegenlied ('Träume, träume, du mein süsses Leben'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 41/1 (TrV 195/1)

11. In der Campagna ('Ich grüsse die Sonne'), song for voice & piano, Op. 41/2 (TrV 195/2)

12. Frühlingsfeier ('Das ist des Frühlings traurige Lust!'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 56/5 (TrV 220/5)

13. Die heil'gen drei Kön'ge aus Morgenland, song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 56/6 (TrV 220/6)

14. Songs of the Orient (Gesänge des Orients), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 77 (TrV 257): Ihre Augen

15. Songs of the Orient (Gesänge des Orients), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 77 (TrV 257): Schwung

16. Songs of the Orient (Gesänge des Orients), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 77 (TrV 257): Liebesgeschenke

17. Songs of the Orient (Gesänge des Orients), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 77 (TrV 257): Die Allmächtige

18. Songs of the Orient (Gesänge des Orients), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 77 (TrV 257): Huldigung

19. Allerseelen ('Stell' auf den Tisch die duftenden Reseden'), song for voice & piano, Op. 10/8 (TrV 141/8)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Compleat Strauss Begins - with a Brilliant Christine Brewer, August 21, 2005

By	Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Richard Strauss wrote over 200 songs for voice and piano/orchestra and the fine Hyperion label has committed to recording the Complete Songs in eight CDs. If all eight rise to the brilliance of this first installment, we are indeed in for a luxurious treat!

Volume I, now released, contains eighteen songs written from 1882 to 1928, not all of them are outstanding but each of these songs is historically significant. Strauss understood the female voice range from mezzo to coloratura and wrote some of the most hauntingly beautiful songs in the repertoire. Opening with the 'Zueignung' (still one of his most often performed songs) and proceeding in chronological order of writing, this recital continues with unknown songs along with familiar ones. It is a feast!

Making this recital consummate is the gifted young singer Christine Brewer, a musician with a near faultless, gorgeous vocal technique and interpretative ability to probe the poetry as well as the musical line as well as any singer living. Having experienced her live in the infamous Los Angeles Philharmonic production of 'Tristan und Isolde' makes it easy to attest to her stage demeanor and communicative powers. She is a rising giant. Her capable collaborator on this disc is pianist Roger Vignoles who not only matches Brewer's quality, he also enhances the intellectual aspect of this recording venture with exception Program Notes.

Be advised that this series has begun and if all of the subsequent installments are of the standard of this Volume I, the Strauss lovers should plan to collect them all. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, August 05

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful recital from a wonderful artist, June 24, 2005

By	C. EGBUNIWE "chukwu" (West Hollywood, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Finally a truly great Strauss recital disk! Of course, there have been great Strauss recitals in the past but none in quite a while. Of the recent recordings, Renee Fleming is too in love with her voice, Karita Mattila sounds uninvolved (which is weird since she's almost always incredibly expressive), Felicity Lott is impassioned but her voice isn't always pristine, Soile Isokoski sounds a little light. Then comes Brewer with the total package: intelligence, involvement, musicality, and a big gorgeous gorgeous voice. This is an artist! Each selection is sung with care without becoming fussy and overdone. There could be a tad more weary sorrow in "Befreit" (Debbie Voigt shattered me in her Carnegie Hall performance) but her voice is so naturally expressive that it doesn't really matter. The ever popular "Zueignung" sounds fresh and original. I highly recommend this disk!

4.0 out of 5 stars The Divine Miss B!, April 20, 2009

By	Darby G. Fegan - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Is there another voice out there today like Christine Brewer's? I think not. To hear Brewer live is a thrill one doesn't soon forget. The voice is glorious in color, even from top to bottom, and of a magnificent size one rarely hears, with Brewer always in command of dynamics, never forcing, and singing with an exquisite palette of vocal shadings. She is radiantly feminine as well. I have been lucky to hear her sing Strauss in The Egyptian Helen, Ariadne, Dyer's Wife and Chrysotemis. I will likely not ever hear these roles sung as well in my lifetime. This recording of Strauss lieder is superb, with winning performances by Brewer and the brilliant pianist Roger Vignoles. Struass loved the soprano voice like none other and these lieder exemplify his superb melodic gift, and the heroic forces needed to perform them well. Brewer has the voice in abundance to render them magnificantly. Other singers may be more attentive to the text, Schwarzkopf, Lott, Ludwig, etc., but few if any singers past and present have Brewer's sheer vocal gifts. I compared this CD with another fairly recent recording of Strauss lieder by Violetta Urmana, another soprano with a formidable voice. Urmana's voice has a cutting edge and brilliance that Brewer's doesn't, but Brewer's is always the warmer and more feminine voice. If these two powerhouses should ever sing in Elektra together, I'll be in the front row!