Wolfgang Holzmair - Wolfgang Holzmair: The Philips Recitals [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.From Haydn to Eisler: the collected Philips recordings of WOLFGANG HOLZMAIR, a supreme art-song interpreter, including many long-deleted albums. rrWolfgang Holzmair has long been recognised as one of todayu2019s most accomplished and intelligent Lieder singers. He brings a refinement and subtlety to his performances worthy of the great German Lieder baritones, but it is the silky elegance of his voice that has always seduced listeners and critics: the golden, tenorial top as well as his rich, soulful lower register. rr

In celebration of his 70th birthday, this set brings together his complete Philips recitals for the first time, as well as his 1995 recording for Koch of the Hollywood Songbook by Hanns Eisler. The box is ordered by musical chronology, beginning with the folksong-like simplicity of Haydnu2019s solo-vocal idiom, a quartet of exquisite Mozart Lieder and the Beethoven cycle u2013 An die ferne Geliebte u2013 that became the keystone for the Romantic artsong tradition. rr

Here and in the major cycles by Schubert and Schumann, Holzmair is partnered by Imogen Cooper, whose sensitivity to every turn of phrase and harmony places her in the pantheon of great Lieder pianists. Their partnership ranged beyond the acknowledged masterpieces of the tradition to include an imaginative recital of Eichendorff settings by Schumann, Hugo Wolf and Aribert Reimann, as well as a selection of Lieder by both Robert and Clara Schumann, including two songs u2013 Rose, Meer und Sonner and Aus den Ostlichen Rosen u2013 which were not included on the original Philips album.rr

For his Philips albums of repertoire outside the central Austro-German Romantic tradition, Holzmair found sympathetic partners in Gxe9rard Wyss and Maria Beloussova. These include two French albums and a pair of retrospectively tinted cycles by Ernst Krenek. In all cases, critics cherished Holzmairu2019s conversational confidence of phrasing, and a poetic understanding capable of creating mounting subtle effects that can unify the disparate elements of a song cycle around a subtle evolution of mood.rr

This original covers set concludes with the German Requiem of Brahms, recorded in San Francisco with Herbert Blomstedt and widely praised as among the most lyrically affecting of modern versions. The booklet includes an appreciation of Holzmairu2019s art by James Jolly and a memoir of their working partnership by Imogen Cooper. rr

u201cItu2019s the beauty of the voice itself that first grips the listener: a light baritone of moderate size and range, used with great skill and refinement. Within a relatively limited dynamic scale he displays a sensitive pointing of words and abundant coloristic variety.u201d Stereo Review, September 1995 (Schwanengesang)rr

u201cHis Dichterliebe strikes me as among the best ever recorded. Clearly Holzmair has a special affinity for Schumann. The very sound of his voice, his lightness of vocal touch, and what is clearly a deeply felt collaboration with Imogen Cooper all make for music-making of a surpassing naturalness, with not a wrong step along the way.' Fanfare, January 1996 (Schumann)rr

u201cThis exquisite recording of the principal song cycles of Robert Schumann, based upon poems of Heinrich Heine, is among [Holzmairu2019s] best to date u2026 captured with intimacy and warmth by the Philips engineers.u201d Stereo Review, January 1996rr

u201cHolzmairu2019s tone has a tenor-like lightness and he favours an undemonstrative manner u2026 yet he seems to lose nothing of the chilling, numb bleakness of either music or text, and lmogen Cooper shows probing psychological acuity in her handling of the piano part u2026 Highly recommended.' Irish Times, June 1996 (Winterreise)rr

u201cA most beautiful legato u2026 The beauty of Holzmairu2019s singing is in a different category altogether u2026 The work of the Trio Fontenay is a delight in itself.' Gramophone, August 1998 (Beethoven)rr

u201cA program that is not only coherent but imaginative u2026 Beethovenu2019s invention of the song cycle remains a masterpiece, with Holzmair doing it justice in his own way. Cooper is once again the ideal partner.u201d Fanfare, September 2000 (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven)rr

u201cAs ever, [Holzmair and Cooper] unified in musical thought, bring alert minds and alert musicality to everything from the relatively simple manner of Mendelssohn u2026 to the etiolated yet complex world of Reimann u2026 Clear, keenly balanced recording.u201d Gramophone, February 2003 (Eichendorff Lieder)rr

u201cThe program is traversed with great vocal skill and incisive word painting by Holzmair, and all the requisite keyboard colors and dramatic shifts are illuminated by Imogen Cooper u2026 A winner on all counts.u201d Fanfare, July 2003 (Eichendorff Lieder)

Beethoven: Adelaide, Op. 46

Beethoven Folk Songs: The Sweetest Lad Was Jamie

Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin D.795

Schubert: Winterreise D.911

Schubert: Schwanengesang, D.957

Robert Schumann: Lieder Auf Gedichte Von Heinrich Heine

Robert Schumann: Zwolf Gedichte Von Justinus Kerner, Op. 35

EICHENDORFF LIEDER - Mendelssohn: Das Waldschloss

Krenek: Reisebuch Aus Den Osterreichischen Alpen, Op. 62

Eisler: Hollywood Songbook

Faure: Shylock, Op. 57 (excerpts)

CHANSONS FRANCAISES - Berlioz: Les Nuits Du2019ete, Op. 7, H.81 (excerpts)

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

Mozart: Das Veilchen

Again, My Lyre

Pagenlied, Op. Posth.

An Chloe

Waken Lords And Ladies Gay

Franz: Gute Nacht, Op. 5 No. 7

Prison, Op. 83 No. 1

Das Traumbild

Oh! Who, My Dear Dermot

Jagdlied, Op. 1 No. 9

En Sourdine, Op. 58 No. 2

Chausson: Le Colibri, Op. 2 No. 7

Die Betrogene Welt

The Elfin Fairies

Mendelssohn: Nachtlied, Op. 71 No. 6

Poeme Du2019un Jour, Op. 21

Les Papillons, Op. 2 No. 3

Haydn: Lob Der Faulheit

Faithfuu2019 Johnie

Wanderlied, Op. 57 No. 4

Serenade Italienne, Op. 2 No. 5

Gegenliebe

The Deserter

Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39

Ibert: Chanson A Dulcinee

Trost Unglucklicher Liebe

When Mortals All To Rest Retire

La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61

Ravel: Don Quichotte A Dulcinee, M.84

Die Zu Spate Ankunft Der Mutter

Come Fill, Fill, My Good Fellow

Mozart: Kleine Deutsche Kantate: Die Ihr Unermesslichen Weltalls Schopfer Ehrt

The Kiss, Dear Maid, Thy Lip Has Left

Haydn: O Tuneful Voice

When Far From The Home

Ibert: Chanson De La Mort De Don Quichotte

Sailoru2019s Song

Morning A Cruel Turmoiler Is

Debussy: Deux Romances Sur La Poesie De Paul Bourget, L.79

Sympathy

Sunset

Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1

The Spiritu2019s Song

Oh! Sweet Were The Hours

Clara Schumann: Die Stille Lotosblume, Op. 13 No. 6

Trois Chansons De France, L.102

Fidelity

Cupidu2019s Kindness

O Lust, O Lust, Op. 23 No. 6

Content

On The Massacre Of Glencoe

Robert Schumann: Der Himmel Hat Eine Trane Geweint, Op. 37 No. 1

Piercing Eyes

The Return To Ulster

Clara Schumann: Geheimes Flustern Hier Und Dort, Op. 23 No. 3

Mirages, Op. 113

Duparc: Phidyle

She Never Told Her Love

The Pulse Of An Irishman

Robert Schumann: Freisinn, Op. 25 No. 2

Lamento

Beethoven: An Die Ferne Geliebte, Op. 98

The Parting Kiss

Clara Schumann: Sie Liebten Sich Beide, Op. 13 No. 2

Reimann: Nachtstuck

La Vie Anterieure

Good Night

Robert Schumann: Venetianisches Lied I, Op. 25 No. 17

Anthiome: Deux Melodies

Venetianisches Lied II, Op. 25 No. 18

Fiedellieder Aus Dem u2018Liederbuch Dreier Freundeu2019, Op. 64

Duparc: Serenade

Der Nussbaum, Op. 25 No. 3

Chanson Triste

Faure: Les Berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1

Aus Dem Schenkenbuch Im Divan I, Op. 25 No. 5

Le Manoir De Rosemonde

Lu2019Horizon Chimerique, Op. 118

Aus Dem Schenkenbuch Im Divan II, Op. 25 No. 6

Wolff: Gedichte Von Joseph V. Eichendorff

Soupir

Clara Schumann: An Einem Lichten Morgen, Op. 23 No. 2

Extase

Robert Schumann: Ich Habu2019 In Mich Gesogen, Op. 37 No. 5

Lu2019invitation Au Voyage

Clara Schumann: Liebeszauber, Op. 13 No. 3

Ravel: Cinq Melodies Populaires Grecques

Liebst Du Um Schxf6nheit, Op. 12 No. 2

Robert Schumann: Aus Den u2018Ostlichen Rosenu2019, Op. 25 No. 25

Rose, Meer Und Sonne, Op. 37 No. 9

Zum Schluss, Op. 25 No. 26

Zemlinsky: Vor Der Stadt

Korngold: Nachtwanderer, Op. 9 No. 2

Pfitzner: Im Herbst, Op. 9 No. 3

Lockung, Op. 9 No. 4

Zum Abschied Meiner Tochter

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