Song's First Cycle Robin Tritschler & Malcolm Martineau

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): 3 Songs from Sophiens Reise:
• 1 3 Songs from Sophiens Reise: Verdankt sei es dem Glanz der Großen, K.392 / K⁶340a 03:16
• 2 3 Songs from Sophiens Reise: An die Einsamkeit K.391 / K⁶340b 03:32
• 3 3 Songs from Sophiens Reise: Ich würd‘ auf meinem Pfad K.390 / K⁶340c 03:14
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Lieder aus der ‘Selam':
• 4 Lieder aus der ‘Selam': Labetrank der Liebe D.302 02:55
• 5 Lieder aus der ‘Selam': An die Geliebte D.303 01:53
• 6 Lieder aus der ‘Selam': Wiegenlied D.304 06:54
• 7 Lieder aus der ‘Selam': Mein Gruss an dem Mai D.305 05:39
• 8 Lieder aus der ‘Selam': Skolie D.306 00:53
• 9 Lieder aus der ‘Selam': Die Sternenwelten D.307 03:56
• 10 Lieder aus der ‘Selam': Die Macht der Liebe D.308 01:50
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98:
• 11 An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: I. Auf dem Hügel sitz’ ich, spähend 03:03
• 12 An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: II. Wo die Berge so blau 01:58
• 13 An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: III. Leichter Segler in den Höhen 01:53
• 14 An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: IV. Diese Wolken in den Höhen 00:57
• 15 An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: V. Es kehret der Maien 02:48
• 16 An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: VI. Nimm die hin denn, diese Lieder 03:58
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826): Die vier Temperamente bei dem Verlust der Geliebten, Op. 46:
• 17 Die vier Temperamente bei dem Verlust der Geliebten, Op. 46: I. Der Leichtmüthige 03:56
• 18 Die vier Temperamente bei dem Verlust der Geliebten, Op. 46: II. Der Schwermüthige 03:09
• 19 Die vier Temperamente bei dem Verlust der Geliebten, Op. 46: III. Der Liebewüthige 03:24
• 20 Die vier Temperamente bei dem Verlust der Geliebten, Op. 46: IV. Der Gleichmüthige 02:58
• Franz Schubert:
• 21 Ensamkeit, D.620 20:09
• Total Runtime 01:22:15

Info zu Song's First Cycle

The creation of the ‘song cycle’ as a new art form in the early 19th Century was paved with musical experiments and innovations. On this disc, Tritschler and Martineau illustrate the progress made by the great Lied composers of the day toward the cyclical perfection finally achieved by Beethoven and Schubert and since emulated by Schumann, Loewe, Wolf, Fauré, Britten, Shostakovich and so many others.

A song cycle is distinguishable from a collection of songs or a Liederspiel by some type of interior cohesion: a unifying theme, text from a single source, a narrative; Tristchler and Martineau received critical acclaim for their first record of songs released on Signum, ‘No Exceptions. No Exemptions’. It could be a musical connection: recurring devices and motifs, key relationships between songs, or perhaps a fixed performance order. Usually, a combination of these criteria is necessary to bestow on any song collection the title of song cycle.

"These polished and moderate accounts suit the Mozart beautifully, but leave me wanting greater emotional rawness in the Beethoven, more humour and vulgarity in the Weber and more drama in the Schubert. But despite lacking a little bite and clarity in his consonants, Robin Tritschler’s sweet-toned voice is a continual delight, as is Malcolm Martineau’s sparkling, pearly, luminous piano sound." (BBC Music Magazine)

"Tritschler sings his programme as eloquently as he writes about it. Pride of place inevitably goes to the Beethoven, where he combines something of Fritz Wunderlich’s warmth with Christian Gerhaher’s altogether darker introspection, and is beautifully alert to the cycle’s constant shifts of emotion and mood...He and Martineau, meanwhile, very much form an equal partnership, and you get a real sense of almost instinctive give and take between them." (Gramophone Magazine)

Robin Tritschler, tenor
Malcolm Martineau, piano

Robin Tritschler
Since graduating from the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, London, Robin Tritschler's numerous awards have included the song prizes at the 2nd China International Singing Competition, the Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2006 and the 2007 Wigmore Hall International Song Competition, as well as the lieder prize at the Internationaal Vocalisten Concours in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Robin is a BBC New Generation Artist until the end of 2014, recording and performing across the BBC.

Robin made his debut with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in Wozzeck, and was a principal artist of the Welsh National Opera in the 2008/09 season. For WNO he sang Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Narraboth (Salome), Marzio (Mitridate), Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) and Ananda (Jonathan Harvey's Wagner Dream). An acclaimed recitalist, Robin appears regularly at the Wigmore Hall, and performs with Graham Johnson, Malcolm Martineau, Roger Vignoles, Simon Lepper and James Baillieu. He has also appeared in recital at the KlavierFest Ruhr, the Cologne Philharmonie, the Orivesi Music Festival, Finland, the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Dublin Hugo Wolf Festival, the Aldeburgh Festival and the Kennedy Center, Washington.

Robin’s many concerts this season include Pulcinella with the Ulster Orchestra (Jac van Steen), Schubert and Mozart masses at the Teatro Petruzelli in Bari, a tour of the St John Passion with Philippe Herreweghe, and a solo evening recital with Graham Johnson at the Wigmore Hall. Robin will make his debut with the Garsington Opera as Ferrando.

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