DECADES: A CENTURY OF SONG (VOL. 1 1810-1820)

Michael Schade (tenor), Sylvia Schwartz (soprano), Lorna Anderson (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo), Florian Boesch (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Dit is het eerste deel van een groot project op het label Vivat. Wereldberoemde zangers zullen "een eeuw van zang" doorlopen, van 1810 tot 1910, decennium na decennium. Elke aflevering bevat repertoire dat representatief is voor die periode. De vocale solisten worden telkens begeleid door de initiatiefnemer van de hele reeks, de pianist Malcolm Martineau. In het uitvoerige boekje geeft de liederenexpert en adviseur van deze serie, Susan Youens, een informatieve inleiding over tijden en werken.

The first volume in a major new recording series across which a host of world-renowned singers draw listeners, decade by decade, through a century of song, from 1810 to 1910. Each volume features a perfectly planned, varied programme performed by household names, whilst the series overall creates a comprehensive survey of song right through the nineteenth century – an invaluable teaching asset, as well as a joy for listeners.

The opening volume, 1810-1820, includes songs from Austria, Bohemia, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, by Franz Schubert, Fernando Sor, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Fabry-Garat, Sophie Gail, Václav Tomášek, Giovanni Battista Viotti, and Carl Maria von Weber. Singers in this first volume include the distinguished Canadian tenor Michael Schade, sopranos Lorna Anderson and Sylvia Schwartz, mezzo Dame Ann Murray and bass Florian Boesch, accompanied by the series’ creator, pianist Malcolm Martineau. Singers for volumes 2 & 3 (released at 4-monthly intervals) include Sarah Connolly, John Mark Ainsley, Christina Gansch, Anush Hovhannisyan, Christopher Maltman and Angelika Kirchschlager, with further stars of today – and of the future – appearing in future volumes.

Extensive presentation includes 72-page booklet with authoritative liner note in three languages by renowned song expert and series consultant Prof Susan Youens, with full texts and translations, together with session photographs.

Beethoven:
 Wonne der Wehmut, Op. 83 No. 1
 Sehnsucht, Op. 83, 2
 Mit einem gemalten Band Op. 83, No. 3
 Abendlied unter'm gestirten Himmel, WoO 150
  Michael Schade (tenor)
 
Gail:
 Bolleros
  Lorna Anderson (soprano)
 
Garat, J:
 Plainte à Hortense
  Lorna Anderson (soprano)
 
Schubert:
 Der Blumenbrief D622 (Schreiber)
 Die Sommernacht, D289 (Klopstock)
 Taglich zu singen, D533 (Claudius)
 An den Mond, D193
 Das Heimweh, D456 (Winkler)
 Seligkeit D433 (Holty)
 Der Fischer, D225 (Goethe)
 Erster Verlust, D226 (Goethe)
 An den Mond, D259 (Goethe)
 Wandrers Nachtlied I 'Der du von dem Himmel bist', D224
 Rastlose Liebe, D138
 Ganymed, D544 (Goethe)
  Michael Schade (tenor)

 Freude der Kinderjahre D455 (Köpken)
 Wiegenlied D304 (Korner)
 Wer kauft Liebesgotter?, D261 (Goethe)
  Sylvia Schwartz (soprano)

 Das Grab D569 (Salis-Seewis)
  Florian Boesch (baritone)
 
Sor:
 De Amor en las Prisiones
 Las Mujeres y Cuerdas
 Mis Descuidados Ojos
  Sylvia Schwartz (soprano)
 
Tomásek:
 Nahe des Geliebten, Op. 53 No. 2
 An die Entfernte, Op. 55 No. 1
 Schafers Klagelied, Op. 56 No. 1
 Rastlose Liebe, Op. 58 No. 1
  Michael Schade (tenor)
 
Viotti:
 Stanco di pascolar
 Privez l'amour
  Ann Murray (mezzo)
 
Weber:
 Abschied vom Leben
   Michael Schade (tenor)

"Schade is always an involved, communicative singer, eagerly responsive to mood and verbal detail, and excelling in tenderness and intimacy…the diamond-bright Spanish-English soprano Sylvia Schwartz also makes her mark, finely sustaining the high tessitura of the rapt ‘Wiegenlied’…Malcolm Martineau’s luminous touch and rhythmic point are priceless assets throughout."
Gramophone Magazine - July 2016

"The start of a remarkable project, allowing the listener to roam a century of European song, intelligently curated and artfully performed"
Classical Music - August 2016 ****