Strauss, R. / Schubert / Gounod / Brahms: Songs for Baritone
8/31/1994, 16 Tracks, 52:30
Featuring
Håkan Hagegård
Thomas Schuback
Richard Strauss
Franz Schubert
Charles Gounod
Josef Bohuslav Foerster
Johannes Brahms
Reynaldo Hahn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Hugo Wolf
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Album & Artwork
The songs on this album cover a period of just over one hundred years, with most bearing the denomination 'Lied', but also including 'Aria' and 'Mélodie'.
Composer Biography
Josef von Spaun, a civil servant and music lover, frequently attended 'Schubertiads' and described how Schubert's soulful songs could move audiences to tears.
Historical Context
Schubert's songs were often performed in small, intimate gatherings called 'Schubertiads', where the audience surrounded the singer.
Interpretation
Håkan Hagegård, baritone, and Thomas Schuback, piano, chose 'dedication' as a guiding theme for their selection of songs on this album.
Composition History
Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem 'An Mignon' was considered 'modern' because it interpreted a sense of alienation from the world, which Goethe himself did not seem to appreciate.
Composer Biography
Johannes Brahms often composed songs as a form of relaxation from his symphonic works, but he approached them with a unique, unhurried creative process.
Composer Biography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's songs, though not considered 'Lieder' in the later 19th-century sense, express a connection to the world rather than longing for escape.
