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Track(s) taken from CDA66659

Lass ruhn die Toten, TrV50

First line:
Es steht ein altes Gemäuer
composer
1877; WoO35
author of text

Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
Recording details: April 1993
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: April 1995
Total duration: 3 minutes 39 seconds

Cover artwork: Photograph of Marie McLaughlin. Christian Steiner
 

Other recordings available for download

Günter Haumer (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)

Reviews

‘A musical treat’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Gorgeous singing’ (The Sunday Telegraph)

‘Bring[s] a bright, wide-eyed wonder to songs of both night and of brilliant morning and a beguiling sense of dream-spinning in Strauss's cradle songs’ (The Times)
In songs of this period Strauss seems to alternate between relatively naïve, folk-song-like settings and attempts at greater depth and atmosphere. Lass ruhn die Toten is an example of the latter, successfully invoking time and place, especially in the broken, silence-filled gestures of the piano introduction.

from notes by Roger Vignoles © 2015

Dans les lieder de cette période, Strauss paraît osciller entre une naïveté, façon Volkslied, et une recherche d’atmosphère et de profondeur accrues. Lass ruhn die Toten illustre la seconde en parvenant à évoquer le temps et le lieu, surtout dans les gestes brisés, gorgés de silence, de l’introduction pianistique.

extrait des notes rédigées par Roger Vignoles © 2015
Français: Hypérion

In anderen Liedern dieser Zeit scheint Strauss zwischen relativ naiven, volksliedartigen Vertonungen und tiefer gehenden, atmosphärischen Werken geschwankt zu haben. Lass ruhn die Toten hingegen entspricht dem letzteren Typus, wobei Zeit und Ort sehr erfolgreich dargestellt werden, insbesondere in den gebrochenen, von Stille markierten Gesten der Klaviereinleitung.

aus dem Begleittext von Roger Vignoles © 2015
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel

Other albums featuring this work

Strauss (R): The Complete Songs, Vol. 7 - Günter Haumer & Ruby Hughes
Studio Master: CDA68074CD temporarily out of stockStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
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