Four last songs strauss, r four last songs etc are omitted 6 other strauss orchesterlieder, from this one wagner. A descendant of mathilde wesendonck simplified the spelling of the family name to wesendonk, and the song cycle is sometimes misspelled as such. Two originals robert schumann and bernd alois zimmermann. The performers here complement the cycle with a singlemovement piano sonata for frau wesendonck. Canadian soprano measha brueggergosman gives a sensitively inflected performance of the wesendonck lieder. Abstract of a doctoral essay at the university of miami. Richard wagner, felix mottl, mathilde wesendonck, iswcs. Wesendoncklieder, orchestral works sawallisch, philadelphia release date. This cd unifies the cores evidently in philips opinion of two or three, counting the original issue of strauss lieder other issues. Flagstad, unlike most sopranos, improved with age like a fine wine, with her postwar emi recordings being flagstads latest and considered her best. The songs, together with the siegfried idyll, are the two nonoperatic works by wagner.
The bbc work page for wesendoncklieder by richard wagner. The songs, together with the siegfried idyll, are the two non. This disc gathers several works that had been central to flagstads repertoire orchestral songs by grieg, and wagners wesendonk lieder and liebestod in performances very late in her career. Richard wagner wesendonklieder orchestrazione vieri tosatti 1972 1. The performers here complement the cycle with a single.
She was the wife of one of wagners patrons, otto wesendonck. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. In his arrangements he was aiming to evoke the pretristan. Charles hazlewood is joined by mezzo soprano, jane irwin and the bbc concert orchestra for a workshop session focussing on the five songs which wagner composed to poems by mathilde wesendonck. By richard wagner translated by william ashton ellis richard wagner to mathilde wesendonck pages 1 published in 1905 original title information richard wagner an mathilde wesendonk.
Wesendonck lieder, wwv 91, is the common name of a set of five songs for female voice and piano by richard wagner, funf gedichte fur eine frauenstimme five poems for a female voice. He had settled in switzerland with help from franz liszt, after escaping arrest in germany following his still uncertain role in uprisings in dresden. The meistersinger overture is very fastas fast as solti in chicagobut the rhythmic flow is gentler, and the dynamic more fluid and less incisive than solti, with a resulting greater success. Richard wagner, ed spanjaard, limburg symphony orchestra, charlotte margiono wagner. As if this werent enough, emi adds a considerable bonus in the form of one of the bestever performances of wagners wesendoncklieder, featuring the incomparable christa ludwig. These files are part of the orchestra parts project. Wesendoncklieder richard wagner concerts, introduction. Publication date 1904 topics wagner, richard, 181883. The recording of the grieg songs, in fact, comes from her farewell concert at royal albert hall, london, in 1957, when she was 62. In her performance of the wesendonck lieder, soprano measha. Wesendoncklieder, a sore by richard wagner, and alain bonardi. Wagner and the wesendoncks appear to have first met at a concert in zurich early in 1852.
Wagner wesendonck lieder recordings post by lance sun apr 27, 2008 8. Richard wagner wesendonck lieder bbc symphony orchestra jessye norman, soprano pierre boulez, conductor 26 july 1974 royal albert hall i. Elisabeth kulman and soloists of lucerne festival orchestra. Published in 1904 reading information this title contains 2801 words. This program is interesting, if somewhat misleadingly titled. But what is more important to our narrative is the introduction of mrs. In this paper, fifteen of richard wagners solo vocal songs have been researched and. One prime characteristic of cd which contributes much to this record is the total surrounding silence.
Wesendoncklieder by richard wagner 181883 score and. Richard wagner wwv 91 wesendonck lieder piano and voice time. Their lifetimes are separated by 100 years, yet a sort of recapitulation is suggested when the later of the pair like the earlier is constantly deprived of recognition by his contemporaries, when both seek a role in the formative events of their respective times only to withdraw in. Wagner was married, at the time, to minna, who died a few years later. When a heart fills with dread sorrow, shuns the world and disappears, when its wish to bleed in silence dissolves into a flood of tears, when its prayer at its most fervent begs for nothing but. Wagner wesendoncklieder brueggergosman download buy.
Richard wagners wesendonck lieder consists of five songs he wrote between 1857 and 1858 while having an affair with mathila wesendonck, herself married to the man who was wagners benefactor, otto wesendonck, a wealthy merchant. Wagner wesendoncklieder brueggergosman download buy now. Home composers performers instruments genres top 100 info links other help. Despite this, he deliberately set out to study wagners music. Mar 06, 20 jonas kaufmanns longawaited wagner album, recorded in berlin with the deutsche oper orchestra under donald runnicles, is a thrilling if at times troubling affair.
Of these, by far the best known are his settings of mathilde wesendonck. Full text of richard wagner to mathilde wesendonck see other formats. The five songs were written for voice and orchestra. A special treat will be mezzosoprano elisabeth kulman and pianist eduard kutrowatz interpreting the wesendonck songs in the original version for female voice and piano in the villas salon. Wesendonck lieder, wwv 91, is the common name of a set of five songs for female voice and piano by richard wagner, funf gedichte fur eine frauenstimme. Find upcoming concerts, watch performances, and learn more about the music. Richard wagners wesendonck lieder by matthew reese on prezi. Early in my days of childhood, angels, i oft heard it said, left the blissful joys of heaven for the light of earth instead. This and the siegfried idyll are his only two nonoperatic works that are still.
Les cinq lieder ont paru plus tard chez schott fils, a mayence, sur le desir du maitre luimeme. Wesendonklieder, liebestod norman, davis arkivmusic. A live concert recording of bleeding chunks of wagner, notable for the beautiful playing of the cleveland orchestra, conducted with crisp authority by franz welsermost. Wesendonck lieder richard wagner wesendonck lieder song titlescomp. Although he had a huge influence on the songwriters of his day and beyond, wagner himself wrote few songs. Wesendoncklieder siegfriedidyll, an album by richard wagner, nina stemme, swedish chamber orchestra, thomas dausgaard on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Her voice had lost only a little of the limpidity of youth.
These pieces were entered in steptime from a piano score and quasiorchestrated for the roland sound canvass using the cakewalk sequencer. This work is made up of five songs with texts by mathilde wesendonck, hence the name. The solo vocal songs of richard wagner scholarly repository. These songs to texts by mathilde wesendonck, wagners muse during the 1850s, are framed by two versions of the overture to the flying dutchman, the rarely heard 1841 original version and the composers final creation from 1860, with its new. Wilhelm richard wagner may 22, 18 february, 1883 was an influential german composer, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas. Mottl orchestrated all of the songs except the last traume, which was orchestrated by wagner.
Oct 19, 2011 although he had a huge influence on the songwriters of his day and beyond, wagner himself wrote few songs. When i compose songs, my principal goal is not to write. The songs, together with the siegfried idyll, are the two nonoperatic works by wagner most regularly performed. Sep 17, 2015 richard wagner wesendonck lieder librettist. Sun, you weep every evening till your eyes are red and sore as, submerging in the mirrored sea, you pass, too early, through deaths door. But, you rise again in former splendour, glorious in a world thats dark, newly wakened in the morning. There was no cause for complaint about the original surface, when i first heard the lp version in 1976, but times winged chariot can brush the best of surfaces with its passage, and there is a particular satisfaction in hearing those epochmaking phrases that open tristan breathe into our. The passionate if platonic friendship between richard wagner and mathilde wesendonck, the wife of the composers patron otto wesendonck, inspired the composer to set her poetry to music, producing what we know as the wesendonck lieder in 18578. Wesendoncklieder siegfriedidyll, an album by richard wagner, nina stemme, swedish chamber orchestra, thomas dausgaard on spotify.
Wesendonck, the young, pretty, and artistic wife of the merchant, who quickly fell under wagner s spell. Strauss, wagner jessye norman, gewandhausorchester leipzig, kurt masur, london symphony orchestra, sir colin davis vier letzte lieder wesendonklieder. The wesendonck lieder are a particular successalthough the voice seems to be in a slightly different acoustic, but this is not a major distraction. These songs to texts by mathilde wesendonck, wagners muse during the 1850s, are framed by two versions of the overture to the flying dutchman, the rarely heard 1841 original version and the composers final creation from 1860, with its new ending inspired by tristan, composed three years earlier. Enter otto wesendonck, a wealthy silk merchant who, in 1852 made wagner a generous loan. Mathilde wesendonck means in richard wagers life has always given her a golden background in my eyes, but this one moment by no means exhausts its value. Emi classics represents the work of norwegian soprano kirsten flagstad in its great artists of the century series through a collection entitled wagner. Franz welsermost and the cleveland orchestra have produced this popular compilation of wagner overtures and preludes. The words are presented best in onelinedeep lyricswindows for the original german and the linebyline english translation.
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