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Tag: Lieder

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Mahler: Three Lieder

March 13, 2018January 27, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by Thomas Hampson and David Lutz, piano (cover image by Joanna Kosinska) These three songs are Mahler’s earliest surviving works, dating from 1880. They were originally to be part of a set of five songs, but work on this … Continue reading Mahler: Three Lieder

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Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

March 1, 2018February 3, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by Jessye Norman and the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Colin Davis (cover image by Eberhard Grossgasteiger) Can you believe this is (sort of) the first formal appearance of Richard Wagner on the blog(ner)? It is. I’ve reviewed two of … Continue reading Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

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Schumann: Liederkreis, op. 39

February 14, 2017February 10, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Alfred Brendel, piano, or below with Günther Weissenborn as pianist (not to be confused with the earlier op. 24 of the same name) …my most romantic music ever, with much of you in it, dearest Clara The voice … Continue reading Schumann: Liederkreis, op. 39

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Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795

February 9, 2017January 21, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by Fritz Wunderlich, tenor; Hubert Giesen, piano While we’ve addressed Schubert as the composer of symphonies and some solo piano works, his real fame and the bulk of his output comes from Lieder, songs for voice, and our piece today is one … Continue reading Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795

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Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, op. 98

February 7, 2017January 7, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by Peter Schreier and Andras Schiff, or below with Schreier and Walter Olbertz as pianist Here we are, jumping ahead to the latest of Beethoven’s works on the blog so far, after seven piano trios, eleven string quartets, ten … Continue reading Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, op. 98

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The Human Voice

February 6, 2017February 6, 2017 Fugue for Thought

In the past, we’ve done series about different instruments (and another one is queued up), and I’ve spoken before about the difficulty of warming up to and appreciating opera the way I am currently used to listening to music, but … Continue reading The Human Voice

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Hans Abrahamsen: let me tell you

December 30, 2016December 27, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by Barbara Hannigan and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons, or below with Hannigan and the Gothenburg Symphony under Kent Nagano Abrahamsen – let me tell you from Göteborgs Symfoniker on Vimeo. Hans Abrahamsen was born on … Continue reading Hans Abrahamsen: let me tell you

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Mahler: Kindertotenlieder

June 21, 2016June 4, 2016 Fugue for Thought

(Songs on the Death of Children) performed by Anne Sofie von Otter and the Vienna Philharmonic under Pierre Boulez Rückert’s 428 poems on the death of children became singular, almost manic documents of the psychological endeavor to cope with such … Continue reading Mahler: Kindertotenlieder

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Leap Day: Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder

February 29, 2016February 29, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Vienna Philharmonic and Violeta Urmana under Pierre Boulez, or in full here with Anna Larsson. Below is a recording of Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen with Magdalena Kožena and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under Claudio Abbado So it’s a leap … Continue reading Leap Day: Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder

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Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

October 29, 2014January 15, 2016 Fugue for Thought

Music You Can Understand: Part 4 (I use this title not condescendingly, but to suggest that the featured piece is not one obscured by highbrow classical ideas or too difficult to grasp. It is easy to understand and enjoy.) performed … Continue reading Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

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