Georg Göhler (1874-1954)
Lieder and Duets
backAntje Perscholka Soprano
Henryk Böhm Baritone
Hendrik Bräunlich Piano
GEN 87089 EAN: 4260036250893
23.3.2007
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The pianist Hendrik Bräunlich invites us into a sunken realm with this new GENUIN CD, the first one ever to capture Lieder by Georg Göhler in a recording. The composer, chapel master and music pedagogue, born in Zwickau and active in Hamburg and Lübeck, left an extensive oeuvre of symphonies, chamber music, an opera and over 200 Lieder when he died in 1954. Antje Perscholka and Henryk Böhm sing 30 of these here, to our great delight: they are colourful, late-romantic and full of longing – completely in the tradition of the composer’s great models Brahms, Strauss and Wagner. There are musical miniatures, highly developed Lieder with piano and works approaching orchestral ballades. There is a great deal to discover, thanks to Hendrik Bräunlich. As Friedrich Rückert wrote: “O come to my garden!”
"Antje Perscholka reveals herself to be sensual and intoxicating, her slender and clear-as-a-bell soprano voice fitting the almost childlike naive miniatures wonderfully; effortlessly and playfully, she gives the lieder of Göhler an unmistakeable profile. The same is true of Henrik Böhm, whose warm, melodious baritone voice is especially convincing in the reserved, introverted lieder."
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Tracklist
- Georg Göhler (1874-1954)
Lieder 1930, 1934
Ein Geliebtes leiden lassen - Er ist gekommen
- Wer sich der Einsamkeit
- Der du von dem Himmel bist
- Georg Göhler
"Five Sesenheimer Lieder" by J.W. Goethe - Georg Göhler
Three Duets on Poems by Friedrich Rückert - Georg Göhler
Contemplations op. 1 (based on Alexei Kolzow) - Georg Göhler
from "Due canti populari" - Georg Göhler
from "Little Indian Songs" (Adolf Wilbrandt) - Georg Göhler
Two Duets for Soprano and Baritone with Piano
The pianist Hendrik Bräunlich invites us into a sunken realm with this new GENUIN CD, the first one ever to capture Lieder by Georg Göhler in a recording. The composer, chapel master and music pedagogue, born in Zwickau and active in Hamburg and Lübeck, left an extensive oeuvre of symphonies, chamber music, an opera and over 200 Lieder when he died in 1954. Antje Perscholka and Henryk Böhm sing 30 of these here, to our great delight: they are colourful, late-romantic and full of longing – completely in the tradition of the composer’s great models Brahms, Strauss and Wagner. There are musical miniatures, highly developed Lieder with piano and works approaching orchestral ballades. There is a great deal to discover, thanks to Hendrik Bräunlich. As Friedrich Rückert wrote: “O come to my garden!”
"Antje Perscholka reveals herself to be sensual and intoxicating, her slender and clear-as-a-bell soprano voice fitting the almost childlike naive miniatures wonderfully; effortlessly and playfully, she gives the lieder of Göhler an unmistakeable profile. The same is true of Henrik Böhm, whose warm, melodious baritone voice is especially convincing in the reserved, introverted lieder."
Deutschlandfunk, Die Neue Platte