Graciane Finzi's 'La lune à la fenêtre' combines two or more typically short Japanese haikus in some of its songs, such as 'Libellule rouge'.
Composer Biography
Graciane Finzi, a Moroccan-born French pianist and composer, worked for decades as a professor at the Paris Conservatoire, which contributed to vocal music being a focal point of her work.
Composition History
Richard Strauss's 'Acht Gedichte aus 'Letzte Blätter' op. 10' originally included a sixth song, 'Wer hat's getan', which was removed before publication but has been restored to its original place in this recording.
Compositional Technique
Anton Webern's song 'Gleich und gleich' features a short piano prelude of twelve different notes, which anticipates the twelve-tone technique later established by Schönberg and Hauer.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Olivier Messiaen, a Catholic composer, believed that any subject could be religious if viewed through the eyes of a believer, expressing a multifaceted view of God's presence.
Performer Biography
Soprano Monika Abel and pianist Kathrin Isabelle Klein were selected as one of three Lied duos for the Lied Academy at the 77th Summer Music Days in Hitzacker.
Performer Biography
Pianist Kathrin Isabelle Klein's stylistic range was recognized at the Orléans International Piano Competition in 2014 and with the Leonhard and Ida Wolf Memorial Prize of the City of Munich in 2017.
