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1. SCHWANENGESANG, D. 957: NO. 4, STANDCHEN
2. DER HIRT AUF DEM FELSEN, D. 965
3. STANDCHEN, D. 920 ZOGERND LEISE
4. MYRTHEN, OP. 25: NO. 1, WIDMUNG
5. UNTERM FENSTER, OP.34, NO. 3: WER IST VOR MEINER KAMMERTUR?
6. AUF DEM WASSER ZU SINGEN, OP. 72, D. 774
7. DER ZWERG, D.771
8. 12 GESANGE, OP. 8: NO. 8. HEXENLIED, MWV K33
9. 4 GESANGE, OP. 70: NO. 2. LERCHENGESANG
10. 49 DEUTSCHE VOLKSLIEDER, WOO 33, VOL.1: NO. 6, DA UNTEN IM THALE
11. 5 LIEDER, OP. 105: NO.2, IMMER LEISER WIRD MEIN SCHLUMMER
12. 5 OPHELIA-LIEDER, WOO 22: NO. 4, SIE TRUGEN IHN AUF DER BAHRE BLOSS (ARR. REIMANN)
13. 5 OPHELIA-LIEDER, WOO 22: NO. 5, UND KOMMT ER NICHT MEHR ZURUCK? (ARR. REIMANN)
14. SPANISCHES LIEDERSPIEL, OP. 74: NO.4, IN DER NACHT |
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| Description: | Fatma Said's previous Warner Classics albums crossed cultures and fused musical genres. Now the soprano moves her focus to German-language songs of the Romantic era. At the age of 18 Fatma left her native Cairo to study at the Hanns Eisler Conservatory in Berlin. "Ever since then, the joy of singing lieder has been central to my musical life," she says. "I am very passionate about this wonderful combination of great German poetry and genius composers like Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Brahms."
A lieder recital generally involves one singer and one pianist. For this album, Fatma Said has taken a different approach. As she says, "I've always wanted to make music with friends,", and she calls on the talents of no fewer than three pianists (Malcolm Martineau, Joseph Middleton and Yonatan Cohen), harpist Anneleen Lenaerts, clarinettist Sabine Meyer (in Schubert's 'Der Hirt auf dem Felsen'), the string players of Quatuor Arod, male-voice ensemble Walhalla zum Seidlwirt, and another rising-star singer - baritone Huw Montague Rendall.
The programme combines much-loved lieder like Schubert's 'St?ndchen', Schumann's 'Widmung' and Brahms' 'Wie Melodien zieht es mir' with less familiar repertoire. Throughout the album, Fatma Said places a crucial emphasis on the poetic texts: "My priority was to convey the characterisation of the words most of all ... Differentiating between diverse kinds of expressive worlds is for me what lieder-singing is all about."
- Recording: X.?XII.2023, Andreaskirche, Berlin-Wannsee;
except tracks with Huw Montague Rendall, V.2024, St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico, London
Executive Producer: Alain Lanceron
Producer: Lukas Kowalski / Emil Berliner Studios
Vinyl cut and mastered by Sidney Claire Meyer
Photography: Simon Fowler
Layout & Editorial: WLP London Ltd
A Warner Classic Release,
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Art Song
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- Alt 13- Baritone 146- Bass 12- Countertenor 35- Mezzo-Soprano 91- Other Art Song 450- Soprano 394- Tenor 124Other Classic 3.446Symphonic Music 14.529
