Description
Title: Charmes
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Orchid Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5060189561544
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2021-04-02
Number of Discs: 1
Soprano Olena Tokar and pianist Igor Gryshyn present an exquisite recital of songs by Alma Mahler-Werfel, Clara Schumann, Pauline Viardot-García and Vítezslava Kaprálová. Alma Mahler-Werfel wrote over 50 songs relatively early in her life, and the selection performed on this album reveals her talent for expressive word-setting in a rich, atmospheric style. Clara Schumann was recognized as a child prodigy for her abilities both as a pianist and as a composer, and her songs, including the Op. 12 songs heard here, were co-published alongside those of her husband, Robert. Pauline Viardot-García was a polymath whose three-octave singing range inspired many composers. She wrote over 100 songs of her own in an array of styles; those chosen for this recital demonstrate the quality and variety of her output. Vítezslava Kaprálová produced a remarkable amount of music, much of it published during her short life, including songs that exude a perfumed impressionism. Olena Tokar has a growing reputation for her stunning performances in opera, in the concert hall and in recitals, while Igor Gryshyn shows similar versatility in his roles as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician.
Tracks:
1.1 Five Songs~Die stille StadtThe silent town
1.2 Five Songs~In meines Vaters GartenIn my father’s garden
1.3 Five Songs~Laue Sommernacht: Am HimmelMild summer night in the sky
1.4 Five Songs~Bei dir ist es trautI am at ease with you
1.5 Five Songs~Ich wandle unter BlumenI wander among the flowers
1.6 Liebst du um SchönheitIf you love for beauty
1.7 Er ist gekommenHe came in storm and rain (Op.12 No.2)
1.8 Warum willst du and’re fragenWhy will you question others (Op.12 No.11)
1.9 O Lust, o Lust, vom Berg ein LiedOh joy, oh joy (Op.23 No.6)
1.10 Geheimes Flüstern hier und dortSoft, secret whispers here and there (Op.23 No.3)
1.11 Nixe BinsefußThe mermaid Rushfoot
1.12 Hai luliI am sad, I am troubled
1.13 GärtnerThe gardener
1.14 Poems of Pushkin~On Georgian hills
1.15 Two roses
1.16 Golden glow of the mountain peaks
1.17 Do not sing, my beauty, to me
1.18 Op. 12~No. 1 NavždyForever
1.19 Potkali se vcera lidé dvaTwo people met yesterday
1.20 Až jednoho dne se budeš ptátOne day you will ask
1.21 Op. 12~No. 3 Ruce Hands
