Russian Roots Katharina Konradi & Trio Gaspard

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): 23 Songs of Various Nationalities, WoO 158a:
• 1Beethoven: 23 Songs of Various Nationalities, WoO 158a: No. 15, Our girlfriends went01:05
• 2Beethoven: 23 Songs of Various Nationalities, WoO 158a: No. 13, Lots of gnats have hatched in the wood01:01
• 3Beethoven: 23 Songs of Various Nationalities, WoO 158a: No. 14, Oh, rivers, rivers01:53
• 4Beethoven: 23 Songs of Various Nationalities, WoO 158a: No. 16, Lovely Minka, I must away!03:39
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): Pastorale:
• 5Stravinsky: Pastorale01:57
• Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919 - 1996): Jewish Songs, Op. 13:
• 6Weinberg: Jewish Songs, Op. 13: I. Introduction01:28
• 7Weinberg: Jewish Songs, Op. 13: II. The Bread Roll01:08
• 8Weinberg: Jewish Songs, Op. 13: III. Lullaby02:05
• 9Weinberg: Jewish Songs, Op. 13: IV. The Huntsman01:49
• 10Weinberg: Jewish Songs, Op. 13: V. On a green hill01:52
• 11Weinberg: Jewish Songs, Op. 13: VI. Sorrow (or, The Orphan's Letter)04:49
• 12Weinberg: Jewish Songs, Op. 13: VII. Conclusion01:21
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 8:
• 13Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 8: Trio No. 1, Op. 812:20
• Sofia Gubaidulina (b.1931): Letter to the Poetess Rimma Dalos:
• 14Gubaidulina: Letter to the Poetess Rimma Dalos: I. Crotchet (120)01:59
• 15Gubaidulina: Letter to the Poetess Rimma Dalos: II. Crotchet (60)03:11
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943): Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14:
• 16Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 1406:30
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127:
• 17Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127: I. Song of Ophelia02:26
• 18Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127: II. The Prophetic Bird Gamayun03:44
• 19Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127: III. We were together02:55
• 20Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127: IV. The city sleeps02:49
• 21Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127: V. The storm02:02
• 22Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127: VI. Secret signs03:50
• 23Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127: VII. Music05:10
• Lera Auerbach (b.1973): Postscriptum:
• 24Auerbach: Postscriptum02:48
• Total Runtime01:13:51

Info for Russian Roots

Russian Roots is the début recording of Trio Gaspard for Chandos Records, for which the group is joined by the soprano Katharina Konradi in a diverse and rewarding programme that explores the Russian influence across almost 200 years of music. A selection of Russian folksongs set by Beethoven, Shostakovich’s First Piano Trio and Seven Romances on Poems by Blok, and Weinberg’s Jewish Songs form the backbone of the recital. These are complemented by vocalises (wordless songs) by Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, Gubaidulina, and Auerbach.

Katharina Konradi is the first soprano from Kyrgyzstan to have achieved an international career as a Lieder, concert, and opera singer. A BBC New Generation Artist, she won the Deutsche Musikwettbewerb in 2016 and became a member of Staatsoper Hamburg in 2018, where she sings the major soprano roles.

Founded in 2010, Trio Gaspard has become one of the most sought-after piano trios of its generation, whose members are praised for their unique and fresh approach to the score. The Trio is regularly invited to perform at leading concert halls throughout the world. It has an impressive history of international festival appearances, and each member also continues to pursue a successful solo career.

Katharina Konradi, soprano
Trio Gaspard

Katharina Konradi

She sings the major soprano roles and it was not long before other renowned opera houses offered her engagements, for instance as Zdenka in Arabella by Richard Strauss at the Semperoper in Dresden (2018/19), as the young shepherd in the production of Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival (2019 and 2021) and as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, directed by Barry Kosky at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich (2020/2021). Besides singing in productions at her home opera house, the Hamburg State Opera, Katharina Konradi returns to the Bavarian State Opera in the 2021/22 season, again to sing Sophie, as well as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro.

Katharina Konradi is also highly sought-after as a concert soloist in major concert halls. She has given concerts with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Symphony Orchestra of the MDR, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble. She sings in concerts conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock, Manfred Honeck, Paavo Järvi, Kent Nagano, Daniel Harding and Gustavo Dudamel.

In the season 2021/22 Katharina Konradi will sing in a performance of Ein Deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock in Neumarkt. She is also a soloist in Mozart’s Mass in C minor at the Cologne Philharmonie (Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Christoph Poppen) and in Mozart’s Requiem conducted by Michael Sanderling in Porto in November. She performs in the traditional ZDF Advent Concert together with the Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Petr Popelka in the Frauenkirche in Dresden, and in the concert Christmas in Vienna in the Konzerthaus in Vienna (broadcast on ORF Austrian TV). The year 2022 begins with a rousing programme for the New Year with the Czech Philharmonic in Prague (conducted by Manfred Honeck). The season closes as it began: in July 2022 with Ein Deutsches Requiem by Brahms in Madrid and Granada (conductor: David Afkham).

Lied interpretation is a special preoccupation for the young soprano. She regularly gives recitals at the Schubertiade in Vilabertran, the Schubertiade in Hohenems/Schwarzenberg and in the Wigmore Hall in London. She has given recitals at the Philharmonie in Cologne and in the Boulez Hall in Berlin. She will give concerts accompanied by Malcom Martineau in Madrid and in the Konzerthaus in Vienna. She enjoys an artistically fruitful association performing chamber music together with the Trio Gaspard and the Schumann Quartet.

She began her vocal training with Julie Kaufmann in Berlin and subsequently completed her Master’s Degree in lied interpretation with Christiane Iven and Donald Sulzen at the Munich Academy of Music and Theatre. She won the German Music Competition in 2016 and will be supported until the end of 2021 by the BBC in the context of the New Generation Artist programme.

In March 2021 her highly acclaimed CD Liebende on which she is accompanied by Danel Heide, was released by AVI Music and features songs by Strauss, Mozart and Schubert.

Booklet for Russian Roots