Äneas Humm & Judit Polgar - Awakening (2017)

Tracklist
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01. Ferne Lieder
02. Geliebte Schöne
03. Traum
04. Tiefe Sehnsucht
05. Sehnsucht I
06. Er klagt daß der Frühling so kortz blüht
07. Das stille Königreich
08. An (O wag' es nicht)
09. Traurige Wege (Bin mit dir im Wald gegangen)
10. Ernst ist der Frühling
11. Du bist wie eine Blume
12. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh
13. 8 Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter", Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 1, Zueignung
14. 8 Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter", Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 3, Die Nacht
15. 8 Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter", Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 4, Die Georgine
16. 6 Lieder aus Lotosblätter, Op. 19, TrV 152: No. 1, Wozu noch, Mädchen
17. 3 Lieder, Op. 29, TrV 172: No. 1, Traum durch die Dämmerung
18. Liederbuch des Hafis, Op. 30: No. 1, Vorausbestimmung
19. Liederbuch des Hafis, Op. 30: No. 2, Betrunken
20. Liederbuch des Hafis, Op. 30: No. 3, Unwiderstehliche Schönheit
21. Liederbuch des Hafis, Op. 30: No. 4, Lob des Weines


The documentary ‘Ein Wunderkind wird erwachsen – Äneas Humm auf dem Weg zu einer Weltkarriere’ (‘A “Wunderkind” Comes of Age – Äneas Humm’s Pathway to an International Career’) was broadcast on Swiss television in 2014 and generated a wave of international interest. These days, the aspiring singer is still very young and regularly appears in operas, operettas, and countless Lied recitals across Europe and America. With this disc, the young baritone releases his recording debut. Joined by the pianist Judit Polgar, Humm performs songs by Richard Strauss, Hugo Wolf, Alban Berg, and Viktor Ullmann, all of which shed light on moments of initiation and awakening. In their early works, Strauss, Wolf, and Berg address the great issues of coming-of-age with carefree spirit and youthful curiosity: an attitude that can be rendered in heartfelt, touching manner only by a singer of the same age. The music of Viktor Ullmann, in contrast, opens a doorway to a new musical language. Framed by atonal phraseology and percussive effects on the piano, the composer (who was killed in Auschwitz in 1944) tells the story of Hafis: a drunkard who rejects everything that had once been meaningful to him for the sake of his love of an irresistibly beautiful woman. The title ‘Awakening’ captures not only the spirit of these songs, but the fact that this is the debut album of a stunning artist who is sure to enrapture audiences across the globe.

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