Various Artists - Brahms: Complete Duets & Quartets (2017)

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Title: Brahms: Complete Duets & Quartets
Year Of Release: 2019
Label: CPO
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 148:42 min
Total Size: 574 MB
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Tracklist:

CD1:

01. No. 1. Weg der Liebe I
02. No. 2. Weg der Liebe II
03. No. 3. Die Meere
04. No. 1. Die Nonne und der Ritter
05. No. 2. Vor der Tür
06. No. 3. Es rauschet das Wasser
07. No. 4. Der Jäger und sein Liebchen
08. No. 1. Wechsellied zum Tanze
09. No. 2. Neckereien
10. No. 3. Der Gang zum Liebchen
11. No. 1. Rede, Mädchen (Speak, maiden)
12. No. 2. Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut (The flood rushes beside rocks)
13. No. 3. O die Frauen (Oh, these women)
14. No. 4. Wie des Abends schöne Röte (Like evening's beautiful amber)
15. No. 5. Die grüne Hopfenranke (The green hop-tendril)
16. No. 6. Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel (The little, pretty bird)
17. No. 7. Wohl schön bewandt was es (Formerly it was well-ordered)
18. No. 8. Wenn so lind dein Auge (If your eye is mild)
19. No. 9. Am Donaustrande (On the Danube shore)
20. No. 10. O wie sanft die Quelle (Oh how gentle the well)
21. No. 11. Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen (No, one can't get along)
22. No. 12. Schlosser auf, und mache Schlösser (Locksmith get up and make locks)
23. No. 13. Vögelein durchrauscht die Luft (Little bird rushes through the air)
24. No. 14. Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar (Look, how clear the wave)
25. No. 15. Nachtigall, sie singt so schon (Nightingale, you sing so beautifully)
26. No. 16. Ein dunkler Schacht ist Liebe (Love is a dark shaft)
27. No. 17. Nicht wandle, mein Licht (My light, don't walk)
28. No. 18. Es bebet das Gesträuche (Bushes are trembling)

CD2:

01. No. 1. Die Schwestern
02. No. 2. Klosterfräulein
03. No. 3. Phänomen
04. No. 4. Die Boten der Liebe
05. No. 1. An die Heimat
06. No. 2. Der Abend
07. No. 3. Fragen
08. No. 1. Verzicht, o Herz
09. No. 2. Finstere Schatten der Nacht
10. No. 3. An jeder Hand die Finger
11. No. 4. Ihr schwarzen Augen
12. No. 5. Wahre, wahre deinen Sohn
13. No. 6. Rosen steckt mir an die Mutter
14. No. 7. Vom Gebirge
15. No. 8. Weiche Gräser im Revier
16. No. 9. Nagen am Herzen
17. No. 10. Ich küse süß mit der und der
18. No. 11. Alles, alles in den Wind
19. No. 12. Schwarzer Wald
20. No. 13. Nein, Geliebter
21. No. 14. Flammenauge
22. No. 15. Nun ihr Musen, genug!
23. No. 1. Klange I
24. No. 2. Klange II
25. No. 3. Am Strande
26. No. 4. Jagerlied
27. No. 5. Hüt du dich

CD3:

01. No. 1. Edward
02. No. 2. Guter Rat
03. No. 3. So laß uns wandern!
04. No. 4. Walpurgisnacht
05. No. 1. O schöne Nacht
06. No. 2. Spatherbst
07. No. 3. Abendlied
08. No. 4. Warum_
09. No. 1. He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten
10. No. 2. Hochgeturmte Rimaflut
11. No. 3. Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen
12. No. 4. Lieber Gott, du weisst
13. No. 5. Brauner Bursche fuhrt zum Tanze
14. No. 6. Röslein dreie in der Reihe
15. No. 7. Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn
16. No. 8. Horch, der Wind klagt in den Zweigen
17. No. 9. Weit und breit schaut niemand mich an
18. No. 10. Mond verhullt sein Angesicht
19. No. 11. Rote Abendwolken ziehn
20. No. 1. Sehnsucht
21. No. 2. Nachtens
22. No. 3. Himmel strahlt so helle
23. No. 4. Rote Rosenknospen kunden
24. No. 5. Brennessel steht an Weges Rand
25. No. 6. Liebe Schwalbe, kleine Schwalbe


This is the (presumably) last album in a remarkably fine series of recordings of Brahms's works for solo voices. First came nine albums of the solo songs, with soprano Juliane Banse and baritone Andreas Schmidt, beautifully sung and well thought out. This was followed by the complete folksong arrangements, with Schmidt and mezzo Iris Vermillion. Last came the present album of the complete duets and quartets, featuring the three earlier singers along with mezzo Ingeborg Danz and tenors Christoph Prégardien and Marcus Ullmann. The best known and most recorded works are the two sets of Liebeslieder Waltzes; these performances are beautifully sung and feature an uncommon attention to dynamics, phrasing, and subtle tempo variations. The other works are similarly well done. But perhaps the real hero of these albums is pianist Helmut Deutsch, who has quietly become one of the finest song accompanists around. His technical facility, beautiful sound, and thorough sympathy with his singers are outstanding. My only slight quibble is in the solo songs. Banse takes on the songs on female texts and Schmidt those on male texts. But many of the male songs were written for high voice, i.e., tenor, and downward transposition is often problematic in terms of piano texture. Deutsch does his best to keep the piano parts transparent, but Brahms often doesn't make it easy. But I strongly recommend all of these recordings. Thanks to Brahms's well-known self criticism, he almost never published a weak song, and there are innumerable unknown gems to be found. Full texts and translations, and good notes.