IDAGIO | Wolf: The Complete Songs, Vol. 10 – Goethe Lieder, Pt. 1 5060192780918

Featuring

Louise Alder
Fflur Wyn
Rowan Hellier
Katarina Karnéus
Adrian Thompson
Roderick Williams

Neal Davies
Sholto Kynoch
Hugo Wolf

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Composer Biography

Hugo Wolf served as a music critic for three years, writing pro-Wagnerian, anti-Brahmsian pieces for the Sunday journal Wiener Salonblatt.

Composer Biography

Hugo Wolf's mood swings and sporadic creativity were pronounced, and he often relied on friends for the tranquility and independence needed to compose.

Compositional Technique

In his setting of 'Frech und Froh I', Hugo Wolf wittily sets 'Dies goldne ABC' to the equivalent musical notes, with B in German meaning B flat.

Recording & Production

This album, featuring the complete songs of Hugo Wolf, was recorded live at Holywell Music Room in Oxford, U.K., in October 2013.

Composer Biography

Hugo Wolf contracted syphilis in 1878, which later led to his insanity and early death, coinciding with his first major burst of songwriting.

Composer Biography

Hugo Wolf, the composer, was dismissed from the conservatoire after only two years due to a fellow student sending a threatening letter signed with Wolf's name.