Mahler & Wagner: Transcriptions for Soprano and String Quartet

Featuring

Dame Felicity Lott
Tedi Papavrami
Christoph Schiller
François Guye
Christian Favre
Quatuor Schumann

Gustav Mahler
Richard Wagner

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Performer Biography

Dame Felicity Lott has received numerous honors, including being made a Dame Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1996 and an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.

Performer Biography

Dame Felicity Lott, the soprano on this recording, has an extensive operatic repertoire and is particularly renowned for her interpretations of Mozart and Strauss roles.

Recording & Production

The transcriptions on this album were made by composer and pianist Christian Favre, who also performs as the pianist in the Quatuor Schumann.

Performer Biography

The Quatuor Schumann, featuring pianist Christian Favre, quickly became recognized as one of the finest ensembles of its kind, receiving enthusiastic critical acclaim for its debut album.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Christian Favre's transcriptions aim to broaden the timbral palette of the works, similar to the approaches of Mahler and Wagner themselves.

Compositional Technique

The transcriptions for string quartet offer a fuller and more colorful accompaniment than a solo piano, while maintaining transparency and clarity, especially for the complex polyphony of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde excerpts.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in June 2007 at L'Heure bleue, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, with Jean-Martial Golaz handling artistic supervision, sound recording, and editing.