Hugo Wolf, unlike many other great Lieder composers, almost exclusively set verse by the finest poets of the past, largely ignoring contemporary poetry.
Composer Biography
Hugo Wolf, the composer, was dismissed from the Vienna conservatoire after a fellow student sent a threatening letter signed with Wolf's name.
Composition History
Hugo Wolf dedicated all his songs in the Spanisches Liederbuch to Melanie Köchert, with whom he had a passionate and adulterous attachment.
Recording & Production
This recording was made at the Holywell Music Room in Oxford, U.K., with a Steinway concert piano supplied by Steinway & Sons, London.
Composer Biography
Hugo Wolf contracted syphilis in 1878, which later led to his insanity and early death.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Wolf's turn to Spanish translations for his songs was driven by his lifelong interest in Spain and the South, rather than exhausting German verse.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Don Quijote, the famous Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes, was one of Hugo Wolf's favorite books and provided him comfort during bouts of depression.
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