Marine Fribourg, Flore Merlin - Forests of the Night (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 3 Balladen, Op. 2: No. 2, Herr Oluf
02. Lyric Pieces, Op. 12: No. 4, Alfedans
03. 6 Gesänge, Op. 19a: No. 4, Neue Liebe
04. 12 Gesänge, Op. 8: No. 8, Hexenlied
05. 3 Balladen, Op. 2: No. 3, Walpurgisnacht
06. 6 Gesänge, Op. 19a: No. 3, Winterlied
07. Lyric Pieces, Op. 71: No. 3, Småtroll
08. Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 3, Waldesgespräch
09. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 1, Eintritt
10. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 2, Jäger auf der Lauer
11. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 3, Einsame Blumen
12. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 4, Verrufene Stelle
13. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 5, Freundliche Landschaft
14. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 6, Herberge
15. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 7, Vogel als Prophet
16. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 8, Jagdlied
17. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 9, Abschied
18. 4 Gesänge, Op. 43: No. 2, Die Mainacht
19. 6 Gesänge, Op. 3: No. 1, Liebestreu
20. Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5, Mondnacht
21. Dämmrung senkte sich von obe
22. 3 Lieder, VWV 1131: No. 2, Nixe Binsefuss
23. Die Loreley, S. 273/2
24. Lorelei
25. 3 Balladen, Op. 1: No. 3, Erlkönig
26. Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 531
27. Lore Lay

Forests of the Night brings together German Romantic lieder performed by mezzo-soprano Marine Fribourg and pianist Flore Merlin (Streicher 1847 piano), about the more or less frightening creatures that can be encountered at night in a forest in Germanic mythology: elves, nymphs, witches celebrating the Sabbath, the Lorelei or the Alder King, but also Death himself. The poems are at times disturbing, even tragic, and at other times jubilant or mocking. Themes such as seduction, the contemplation of nature and the night, the danger of desire and love, and the strangeness of the unknown are all explored in a great symbolic journey.

The composers: Pauline Viardot-García, Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann-Wieck, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Carl Loewe, Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, Edvard Grieg, as well as Frenchman Benjamin Attahir, whose premiere closes the programme.

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