Christoph Prégardien, Michael Gees & Olivier Darbellay - A Matter of Heart: Trios for Tenor, Horn and Piano (2017)

Tracklist

01. The Heart of the Matter Prologue
02. The Heart of the Matter Reading. The Earth of My Heart Was Broken and Gaped Low
03. The Heart of the Matter Fanfare. Where Are the Seeds of the Universal Fire
04. The Heart of the Matter Reading. In the Hour When the Sapphire of the Bone
05. The Heart of the Matter Song We Are the Darkness in the Heat of the Day
06. The Heart of the Matter Reading. In Such a Heat of the Earth
07. The Heart of the Matter Canticle III, Op. 55 Still Falls the Rain
08. The Heart of the Matter Reading. I See Christ’s Wounds Weep in the Rose on the Wall
09. The Heart of the Matter Epilogue
10. Die Seejungfern
11. Das Muehlrad
12. 3 Lieder, Op. 30 I. Herbst
13. Das Standchen
14. Sehnsucht
15. Du schones Fischermadchen
16. Jagers Abschied
17. Auf dem Strom in E Major, D. 943


Challenge Classics is delighted to present this unique disc of songs for tenor, horn and piano with works by Britten, Kossmaly, Lachner, Schubert, Pierson and Kreutzer. The album showcases three outstanding musicians, Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Olivier Darbellay (horn) and Michael Gees (piano) performing rare repertoire with panache and refi nement. In 1956, Benjamin Britten created, in collaborati on with the poet Edith Sitwell, a musico-literary programme for the Aldeburgh Festival. This programme, entitled “The Heart of the Matt er” centred around Canticle III, a work for Tenor, Horn and Piano. In 1983, Peter Pears revised and revived the work, and it is in this version that “The Heart of the Matt er” has been performed since and can be found on this album.

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