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舒伯特:(天鵝之歌)聯篇歌曲/貝多芬:(致遠方的愛人)聯篇歌曲
羅德利克．威廉斯, 男中音/伯恩賽德 鋼琴
Although only twelve years separate the composition of Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte and Schubert's Schwanengesang, the ethos and sound world of the two works are markedly different. Pairing them on the concert platform seemed an obvious choice on one hand, but I was reminded not to try to perform Beethoven in the way I perform Schubert. For one thing, the former still has the ring of the late classical, while the latter explores the darkness of the early romantic. For this reason, we decided to record the two works in slightly different soundscapes. In An die ferne Geliebte, the inventiveness of Beethoven is best expressed in the piano writing, while the vocal part is deliberately simple, strophic (the music is repeated for each stanza), and folk-like. ...the sixth song states that these songs are offered 'ohne Kunstgeprang'. And so we have set the voice slightly more distantly in the balance, giving the piano due prominence; the effect is almost as if I were singing over Iain's shoulder. Schwanengesang is recorded more traditionally: in these most extraordinary and progressive songs the vocal line is supported by the piano, in equal partnership.
Roderick Williams
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
An die ferne Geliebte, Op.98 (1816) 13:42
1.IAuf dem Hugel sitz' ich, spahend (I sit on the hill peering). 2:42
2.IIWo die Berge so blau (Where the mountains so blue).1:41
3.IIILeichte Segler in den Hohen (Light clouds drifting on high). Allegro assai - 1:35
4.IVDiese Wolken in den Hohen (These clouds in the heights). 0:56
5.VEs kehret der Maien, es bluhet die Au (May returns, the meadow blooms).2 :39
6.Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder (Take them, then, these songs). 4:08
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schwanengesang, D 957 (1827-28) 51:26
7.1 Liebesbotschaft (Love's Message). Ziemlich langsam 3:06
8.2 Kriegers Ahnung (Warrior's Foreboding). Nicht zu langsam - 5:06
9.3 Fruhlingssehnsucht (Spring Longing). Geschwind 3:43
10.4 Standchen (Serenade). MaBig 4:00
11.5 Aufenthalt (Resting Place). Nicht zu geschwind, doch kraftig 2:55
12.6 In der Ferne (Far Away). Ziemlich langsam6:06
13.7 Abschied (Farewell). MaBig geschwind 4:43
14.8 Der Atlas (Atlas) Etwas geschwind 2:26
15.9 Ihr Bild (Her Portrait). Langsam 2:33
16.10 Das Fischermadchen (The Fisher Maiden). Etwas geschwind 2:05
17.11 Die Stadt (The Town). MaBig geschwind 2:45
18.12 Am Meer (By the Sea). Sehr langsam 4:02
19.13 Der Doppelganger (The Wraith). Sehr langsam 3:37
20.14 Die Taubenpost (Pigeon Post). Ziemlich langsam 4:08
Total time: 64:56
Roderick Williams baritone
Iain Burnside piano |
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