The harp is often said to be the Romantic instrument par excellence, and for this recording the award-winning young harpist Pauline Haas takes the listener on a journey through the repertoire, from the melancholic balladry of John Thomas’s The Minstrel’s Adieu to his Native Land to the stunning virtuosity of Albert Zabel’s Fantasy. Alongside Smetana’s perennial favourite Die Moldau she presents her own arrangements, which include the apotheosis of romantic longing, the ‘Liebestod’ from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.
Tracklist
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Thomas, John
The Minstrel's Adieu to his Native Land
1 The Minstrel's Adieu to his Native Land 06:23
Smetana, Bedřich
Trneček, Hanuš - Arranger
Haas, Pauline - Arranger
Má vlast (My Fatherland): No. 2. Vltava (Die Moldau) (arr. H. Trneček and P. Haas for harp)
2 Má vlast (My Fatherland): No. 2. Vltava (Die Moldau) (arr. H. Trnecek and P. Haas for harp) 13:47
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Haas, Pauline - Arranger
Les saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37a (arr. P. Haas for harp) (excerpts)
3 VI. June: Barcarolle 06:02
4 X. October: Autumn Song 06:09
Zabel, Albert Heinrich
Fantasy on themes from Gounod's Faust, Op. 12
5 Fantasy on themes from Gounod's Faust, Op. 12 16:10
Mendelssohn, Felix
Haas, Pauline - Arranger
6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E Minor (arr. P. Haas for harp)
6 Prelude No. 1 in E Minor, MWV U116 03:59
7 Fugue No. 1 in E Minor, MWV U66 10:32
Liszt, Franz
Haas, Pauline - Arranger
Wagner - Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, S447/R280 (arr. P. Haas for harp)
8 Wagner - Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, S447/R280 (arr. P. Haas for harp) 09:17
Total Playing Time: 01:12:19
