Wolf: Goethe Lieder

Eros and Ganymede by Alfred Coke (fl1869-1893)
Victoria & Albert Museum, London / Bridgeman Art Library, London

CDA67130

Recording details: February 2000
St Paul's Church, New Southgate, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: May 2001
Total duration: 73 minutes 28 seconds

'I wept for joy, I wept with grief, I laughed until the tears fell down – a significant proportion of Wolf's greatest work has been radiantly re-created for the age of digital. Highest recommendation, or hochbeglückt in diese Schallplatte!' (Fanfare, USA)

'Hyperion's exemplary devotion to the art of the German Lied continues with this fine recording' (The Sunday Times)

'The single most welcome element in this recital is Johnson's setting of a pace for each song which perfectly reconciles the demands of Wolf's minutely specific instructions with the character of McGreevy’s soprano … Revelatory' (BBC Music Magazine)

Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

Goethe Lieder

Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

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				Lieder nach Gedichten von J W von Goethe
1	£0.75	£0.75	£0.75	Ganymed Wie im Morgenglanze [5'49]
2	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Frühling übers Jahr Das Beet, schon lockert [2'09]
3	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Der Schäfer Es war ein fauler Schäfer [2'11]
4	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Blumengruss Der Strauss, den ich gepflückt [1'36]
5	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Gleich und Gleich Ein Blumenglöckchen [0'59]
6	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Die Spröde An dem reinsten Frühlingsmorgen [2'06]
7	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Die Bekehrte Bei dem Glanz der Abendröte [3'05]
8	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Anakreons Grab Wo die Rose hier blüht [2'58]
9	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	St Nepomuks Vorabend Lichtlein schwimmen auf dem Strome [2'20]
10	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Mignon I Heiss mich nicht reden [3'14]
11	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Mignon II Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt [1'41]
12	£0.55	£0.55	£0.55	Mignon III So lasst mich scheinen [4'22]
13	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Philine Singet nicht in Trauertönen [3'17]
14	£0.85	£0.85	£0.85	Mignon Kennst du das Land? [6'53]
15	£0.70	£0.70	£0.70	Gutmann und Gutweib Und morgen fällt Sankt Martins Fest [5'25]
16	£0.60	£0.60	£0.60	Epiphanias Die heiligen drei König mit ihrem Stern [4'41]
17	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Dank des Paria Grosser Brahma! Nun erkenn ich [2'58]
18	£0.75	£0.75	£0.75	Gretchen vor dem Andachtsbild der Mater dolorosa Ach neige, du Schmerzenreiche [5'53]
				Lieder nach Gedichten von J W von Goethe
19	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte [1'41]
20	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	So lang man nüchtern ist [1'44]
21	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Nimmer will ich dich verlieren [1'11]
22	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Phänomen Wenn zu der Regenwand [2'15]
23	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Hoch beglückt in deiner Liebe [2'00]
				Sechs Gedichte von Scheffel, Mörike, Goethe und Justinus Kerner
24	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Wanderers Nachtlied Der du von dem Himmel bist [3'00]

Graham Johnson takes time off from Schumann and French song to give us this glowing disc of all of Hugo Wolf Goethe settings suitable for female voice, some of which have rarely been recorded. The remarkable soprano Geraldine McGreevy sings them for us in her first solo CD (she has taken part in some of the Schumann recordings with Graham).

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