Im Abendrot: Songs by Wagner, Pfitzner, Strauss Matthias Goerne & Seong - Jin Cho

• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883): Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91:
• 1 Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: I. Der Engel 02:41
• 2 Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: II. Stehe still 03:23
• 3 Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: III. Im Treibhaus 05:53
• 4 Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: IV. Schmerzen 02:21
• 5 Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: V. Träume 04:21
• Hans Pfitzner (1869 - 1949):
• 6 Pfitzner: Drei Lieder, Op. 10: I. Sehnsucht 03:24
• 7 Pfitzner: Sechs Lieder, Op. 6: VI. Wasserfahrt 01:31
• 8 Pfitzner: Vier Lieder, Op. 4: I. Es glänzt so schön die sinkende Sonne 02:56
• 9 Pfitzner: Sieben Lieder, Op. 2: II. Ist der Himmel darum im Lenz so blau 01:31
• 10 Pfitzner: Vier Lieder, Op.15: III. An die Mark 05:50
• 11 Pfitzner: Vier Lieder, Op. 24: IV. Abendrot 03:22
• 12 Pfitzner: Fünf Lieder, Op. 26: II. Nachts 03:41
• 13 Pfitzner: Zwei Lieder, Op. 19: I. Stimme der Sehnsucht 02:29
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949):
• 14 R. Strauss: Drei Lieder, Op. 29, TrV 172: I. Traum durch die Dämmerung 02:41
• 15 R. Strauss: Vier Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: IV. Morgen 03:56
• 16 R. Strauss: Vier Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: I. Ruhe meine Seele 03:52
• 17 R. Strauss: Fünf Lieder, Op. 48, TrV 202: I. Freundliche Vision 02:11
• 18 R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296: IV. Im Abendrot 07:47
• Total Runtime 01:03:50

Info for Im Abendrot: Songs by Wagner, Pfitzner, Strauss

After his critically-acclaimed & award-winning “Beethoven recording” with pianist Jan Lisiecki baritone Matthias Goerne continues with his next album on Deutsche Grammophon This time featuring DG exclusive artist Seong-Jin Cho. With Beethoven, Matthias Goerne and Jan Lisiecki considered the dawn of the Lied. Here, accompanied by Seong-Jin Cho, the baritone contemplates its twilight – an unending, almost century-long twilight.

Matthias Goerne, baritone
Seong-Jin Cho, piano

Matthias Goerne
is one of the most internationally sought-after vocalists and a frequent guest at renowned festivals and concert halls. He has collaborated with leading orchestras all over the world. Conductors of the first rank as well as eminent pianists are among his musical partners.

Since his opera début at the Salzburg Festival in 1997 (Papageno), Matthias Goerne has appeared on the world’s principal opera stages, including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Teatro Real, Madrid; Paris National Opera; Vienna State Opera; and the Metropolitan Opera, New York. His carefully chosen roles range from Wolfram, Amfortas, Kurwenal and Orest right up to the title roles in Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, Paul Hindemithʼs Mathis der Maler and Aribert Reimann’s Lear. Goerne’s artistry has been documented on numerous recordings, many of which have received prestigious awards. He is currently recording a series of selected Schubert songs (The Goerne/Schubert Edition – 11 CDs) for Harmonia Mundi.

From 2001 through 2005 Matthias Goerne taught as an honorary professor of song interpretation at the Robert Schumann Academy of Music in Düsseldorf. In 2001, he was appointed an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in London. Born in Weimar, he studied with Hans-Joachim Beyer in Leipzig, and with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

Highlights of the 2011/12 season included a tour with the Vienna Philharmonic, appearances at the Vienna State Opera and the Saito Kinen Festival (Bluebeard with Seiji Ozawa) and song recitals with Christoph Eschenbach and Leif Ove Andsnes in Paris, Vienna and New York (Carnegie Hall).

In 2012/13, Matthias Goerne sings Wolfram at the Bavarian State Opera and Amfortas in concert with the Teatro Real in Madrid. Concert highlights include appearances with the Orchestre de Paris (Bluebeard), Berlin Philharmonic (War Requiem), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony), Filarmonica del Teatro alla Scala (Mahler Lieder) and San Francisco Symphony (Wagner arias) as well as song recitals with Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Schubert cycles with Christoph Eschenbach at the Vienna Musikverein.

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