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Brahms/Tieck: The Fair Magelone | 
 enlarge | Creators: Johannes Brahms, Ludwig Tieck, Andreas Staier, Christoph Pregardien
Label: Elektra / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 441908
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 685738091621
EAN: 0685738091621
ASIN: B00004VVYB
Release Date: August 8, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Long years ago | | • | Nr. 1. Keinen hat es noch gereut | | • | The youth listened to the song | | • | Nr. 2. Traun! Bogen und Pfeil | | • | After travelling for many days | | • | Nr. 3 Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden | | • | The sound died away | | • | Nr. 4. Liebe kam aus fernen Landen | | • | Magelone was moved by this song | | • | Nr. 5. So willst Du des Armen | | • | The next morning | | • | Nr. 6. Wie soll ich die Freude | | • | When he woke | | • | Nr. 7. War es Dir, dem diese Lippen bebten | | • | Peter had visited his lady | | • | Nr. 8. Wir muessen uns trennen | | • | They fled under cover of darkness | | • | Nr. 9. Ruhe, Suessliebchen, im Schatten | | • | Peter looked up | | • | Nr. 10. So toenet denn, schaeumende Wellen | | • | Magelone awoke | | • | Nr. 11. Wie schnell verschwindet so Licht als Glanz | | • | Peter lay in the boat | | • | Nr. 12. Muss es eine Trennung geben | | • | After wandering for many days | | • | Nr. 13. Geliebter, wo zaudert dein irrender Fuss | | • | Peter was seized with dismay | | • | Nr. 14. Wie froh und frisch mein Sinn sich hebt | | • | Meanwhile in Provence | | • | Nr. 15. Treue Liebe dauert lange |
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| Customer Reviews:
The best possible case for a rarely performed work June 10, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Brahms composed his Magelone cycle for a baritone (Julius Stockhausen, a good friend of the composer), yet the tessitura is almost tenor-like in some of the songs. Christoph Pregardien is a tenor with a baritone-like boom in his voice (as well as all the required low notes), hence he is an ideal interpreter of this warmly romantic song-cycle, as is clearly demonstrated on this disc. He and fortepianist Andreas Staier encompass all the varied emotions of this cycle. Youthful impetuosness and ecstasy, pensive reflection, tenderness, warm contentedness, despair, confusion, doubt, and quiet joy are all projected with utmost vividness, flowing tempi, and great variety of articulation (helped by the fortepiano) and dynamics. The inclusion of Vanessa Redgrave as a narrator (what warmth her voice has!) helps to make sense out of these songs, which are (in essence) lyric reflections of a "missing" narrative (unlike Schubert's "Die schoene Muellerin" and "Winterreise" where the songs themselves tell the story). This is by far the best interpretation of this song-cycle I've encountered (surpassing even Peter Schreier's recording). Anyone interested in Brahms or Lieder (or both) should acquire this CD without delay!
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