Der Herbstabend, Op 8 No 2 (Vesque von Püttlingen) - from CDJ33051/3 - Hyperion Records

Track(s) taken from CDJ33051/3

Like Lachner’s, Vesque's songs need re-appraisal; unlike the far more conservative Bavarian, Vesque was drawn to greater modernity of expression. It is curious that someone who had been so highly thought-of in Vienna should be completely unknown today. He was aware that it was not possible to bask in the technical certainties of the golden days of his youth. Some of his later music seems to be straining towards an acknowledgement of such composers as Wagner, without renouncing the relationship of words to music, and that of voice to accompaniment, that had been nurtured by Schubert.

comparative Schubert listening:
Der Herbstabend D405. April 1816

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Recording details: August 2001
All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Julian Millard
Release date: October 2005
Total duration: 3 minutes 44 seconds

Der Herbstabend, Op 8 No 2

First line:

Abendglockenhalle zittern

composer

Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803-1883)

author of text

Johann Gaudenz, Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762-1834)

Stella Doufexis (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)