Romantic Music for Harp (THOMAS, J. / SMETANA, B. / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. / ZABEL, A. / WAGNER, R.) - Pauline Haas

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

 Artist details

Thomas, John

 The Minstrel's Adieu to his Native Land

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)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich

Haas, Pauline - Arranger

 Les saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37a (arr. P. Haas for harp) (excerpts)

Zabel, Albert Heinrich

 Fantasy on themes from Gounod's Faust, Op. 12

Mendelssohn, Felix

Haas, Pauline - Arranger

 6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E Minor (arr. P. Haas for harp)

Liszt, Franz

Haas, Pauline - Arranger

 Wagner - Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, S447/R280 (arr. P. Haas for harp)

Total Playing Time: 01:12:19