Liszt: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2 - ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGER, JULIUS DRAKE

This second volume of Hyperion’s newest Lieder series features the great dramatic and musical gifts of mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager. Internationally renowned on the opera stage, the concert hall and the recording studio, Kirchschlager is an ideal performer of these most varied, complex and emotionally charged songs. She is accompanied by the multi-Gramophone Award-winning Julius Drake, who curates the series.

The songs recorded here encompass thirty years of Liszt’s life, with texts in German, French and Italian, and contain many examples of the hidden beauties of this undervalued and little-known strand of the composer’s works.

Detailed and informative notes by Susan Youens and a beautifully intimate recorded sound complete a volume which will be indispensable to any lovers of Lieder.

1 Der du von dem Himmel bist S279 First version[4'41]
2 Ihr Glocken von Marling S328[2'35]
3 Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam S309 First setting, first version[2'35]
4 Vergiftet sind meine Lieder S289 Third version[1'16]
5 Freudvoll und leidvoll S280 First setting, second version[3'02]
6 Die drei Zigeuner S320 First version  Drei Zigeuner fand ich einmal[6'08]
7 Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh' S306 Third version[3'32]
8 J'ai perdu ma force et ma vie S327[3'55]
9 Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher S293 Third version  Mon Dieu! J'étais une bergère, quand[7'37]
10 Es war ein König in Thule S278 Second version[3'19]

Muttergottes-Sträusslein zum Mai-Monate S316[6'18]
11 Das Veilchen  Spende, Veilchen, deine Düfte[3'49]
12 Die Schlüsselblumen  Dort am grünen Hügel glänzen[2'29]
13 Und sprich S329  Sieh auf dem Meer den Glanz[2'47]
14 Ihr Auge S310 Second version  Nimm einen Strahl der Sonne[0'47]
15 Im Rhein, im schönen Strome S272 Second version[3'17]
16 Es muss ein Wunderbares sein S314[1'48]
17 La perla S326 Second version  Sono del mare bianca la figlia[4'54]
18 Der du von dem Himmel bist S279 Third version[4'03]