Ian Partridge, Jennifer Partridge, Ernest Lush - Ian Partridge 85th Birthday Tribute - Stimme der Liebe (The Voice of Love) (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Im Fruhling
02. Erster Verlust
03. Dass sie hier gewesen
04. Der Einsame
05. Nachtviolen
06. An mein Herz
07. Die gefangenen Sanger
08. An den Mond, D.193
09. Der blinde Knabe
10. Uber Wildemann
11. Vor meiner Wiege
12. Bei dir allein!
13. Die Liebe hat gelogen
14. Nahe des Geliebten
15. Alinde
16. Ihr Bild
17. Das Fischermadchen
18. Nacht und Traume
19. Stimme der Liebe
20. Sei mir gegrusst

SOMM RECORDINGS is delighted to pay tribute to the British tenor Ian Partridge on his 85th birthday on June 12 with Stimme der Liebe (The Voice of Love), a collection of iconic songs by Schubert, on which he is joined by his pianist-sister Jennifer Partridge and pianist Ernest Lush.

The great German lyric baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau hailed Partridge’s Schubert interpretations as “a pure joy”, an accolade that these 20 performances of Lieder, taken from BBC Radio broadcasts between 1968 and 1972 – and available now for the first time on disc – readily illustrate.

They reveal Partridge’s unique, insightful affinity with the complexity and nuance of Schubert’s response to matters of the heart, a quality Fischer- Dieskau described – in a facsimile letter to the singer included in the booklet – as his “respect and love for the music”.

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