Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss wrote Lieder of lyrical sweep and romantic intensity: songs that bloom with wide vocal lines, shifting moods and the glow of late-Romantic harmony. His pages ask for firm shape, fine tonal control and real expressive colour.
On disc the range runs from the rapt stillness of Die Nacht and Morgen to the open-hearted surge of Zueignung and Cäcilie, through Allerseelen, the Drei Ophelia-Lieder and the lighter Op. 69 set. Love, night, memory and weather move through them with differing dynamics and a vocal span that rewards a singer who can stay lyrical under pressure. Even filtered through Grainger’s piano ramble on the last love-duet from Der Rosenkavalier, the melodic generosity stays unmistakable: music made for the voice to lean into, and for the listener to follow right through.
Richard Strauss is featured on the following titles
Louise Page sings Richard Strauss
Soprano Louise Page, with pianist Phillipa Candy, sings lyrical and romantic Strauss lieder spanning early Op. 10 songs, the Op. 48 cycle, the Ophelia songs and the late Fünf kleine Lieder. Winner of the 1995 City of Melbourne Song Recital Award.
Compositions by Richard Strauss also appear on
Hymne à l’amour
Hymne à l’amour is an exquisite collection of art songs from soprano Siobhán Stagg and pianist Amir Farid. The programme traces the frailty of the human condition through flirtation, deep love and heartbreaking truths.
Lotus Dreams
Soprano Shu-Cheen Yu and pianist Katherine Day present eighteen favourite songs and ballads, from Brahms and Schubert to Chinese and Irish folk airs, a personal path through Lieder and art song.