Schubert, Mozart, Dvorak, Mahler, Strauss: Lieder / Lucia Popp

Antonin Dvorak (Composer), Gustav Mahler (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Franz Schubert (Composer), Richard [1] Strauss (Composer), Geoffrey Parsons (Performer), Irwin Gage (Performer), Lucia Popp (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Geoffrey Parsons, Irwin Gage, Lucia Popp
• Composer: Antonin Dvorak, Gustav Mahler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Richard [1] Strauss
• Audio CD (September 21, 1999)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: BBC Legends
• ASIN: B00000K2FA
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #382,532 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ridente la calma, song for voice & piano, K. 152 (K. 210a) (spurious, by Myslivecek)

2. Als Luise die Briefe ('Erzeugt von heisser Phantasie'), song for voice & piano, K. 520

3. An Chloe ('Wenn die Lieb''), song for voice & piano, K. 524

4. Canzonen (4), for voice & piano, D. 688: Non t'accostar all'urna

5. Canzonen (4), for voice & piano, D. 688: Guarda, che bianca luna

6. Canzonen (4), for voice & piano, D. 688: Da quel sembiante appresi

7. Canzonen (4), for voice & piano, D. 688: Mio ben ricordati

8. Dass sie hier gewesen ('Dass der Ostwind...'), song for voice & piano, D. 775 (Op. 59/3)

9. Wonne der Wehmut ('Trocknet nicht'), song for voice & piano, D. 260 (Op. posth. 115/2)

10. Gesang ('Was ist Sylvia,...'), song for voice & piano, ('An Sylvia'), D. 891 (Op. 106/4)

11. Death reigns (V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest), song for voice & piano (Love Songs), B. 160/2 (Op. 83/2)

12. Cypresses (Cyprise), song cycle for voice and piano, B. 11: Mé srdce casto v bolesti

13. Cypresses (Cyprise), song cycle for voice and piano, B. 11: Ó byl to krásný zlatý sen

14. Rheinlegendchen, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in A major (Des Knaben Wunderhorn No. 7)

15. Ablösung im Sommer, song for voice & piano in D flat major (Aus der Jugendzeit Vol. 3, No. 2)

16. Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in D minor (Des Knaben Wunderhorn No. 9)

17. Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grünen Wald, song for voice & piano in D major (Aus der Jugendzeit Vol. 2, No. 2)

18. Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in F major (Des Knaben Wunderhorn No. 4)

19. Himmelsboten zu Liebchens Himmelbett ('Der Mondschein'), song for voice & piano, Op. 32/5 (TrV 174/5)

20. Ein Obdach gegen Sturm und Regen, song for voice & piano, Op. 46/1 (TrV 199/1)

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This is a recording to enchant both ear and heart. Lucia Popp's voice is bright but warm, pure, perfectly controlled; her intonation is impeccable, her phrasing poised, leisurely, elegant. Though a distinguished opera star, she brings to these songs a wonderful immediacy and simplicity, identifying with mood and character without overdramatizing or exaggerating, and inflects and colors her voice only for expression, never for effect. Her program, recorded live at two different recitals, is varied and imaginative and includes several unfamiliar songs, such as four "Canzonen" by Schubert, sung in Italian, and three songs by Dvorák, two of them from the cycle Cypresses, which he later arranged for string quartet, sung in Czech. Unfortunately, the producers apparently expect the listener to be equally multilingual and provide no texts or translations. However, Popp can put a smile, a tear, tenderness, love, ghostly dread, and ardent ecstasy into her voice, giving it an eloquence beyond words. Her pianists are admirable, though Gage's playing in the Mahler songs is too fussy, and in Strauss's "Morgen!" the violin obbligato is sadly missing. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another treasure from a much loved, much missed musician, October 7, 2000

By A Customer

The world lost a beautifully unique and uniquely beautiful voice when Lucia Popp passed away. Anyone who loves Popp simply must have this CD. She sings Lieder by composers associated with her -- Mozart, Strauss, and Mahler. Yet my favorite tracks are the three Dvorak songs, sung with such pain and intensity. My only reservations of this CD come from the fact that these are live recordings, meaning that there is audience noise (not too much), and (most annoyingly) applause after each set of songs. Also, the pianists are rather distantly balanced. But no matter -- I love this CD all the same, and anyone who loves Popp will also love this CD too.