Lieder: Berg, Schumann, Wolf, Shostakovich, Brahms

by Matthias Goerne, Daniil Trifonov

Overview

An interesting feature of baritone Matthias Goerne's cycle of three Lieder recordings for the Deutsche Grammophon label is that all three have had different accompanists, all on the young side: Jan Lisiecki for Goerne's album of Beethoven songs, Seong-Jin Cho for Strauss, and now Daniil Trifonov in this ambitious recital of works by Berg, Schumann, Wolf, Shostakovich, and Brahms. All have been well matched to the repertory involved, but Trifonov turns out to be an exceptional accompanist, seizing control of the proceedings with Berg's dreamlike songs that push listeners into the realm of deeper thoughts. Goerne makes the claim that his program here is "metaphysical" rather than "historical." This is apparently because three of the cycles on the program deal with death, or four if one counts the coffin-oriented finale of Schumann's Dichterliebe, Op. 48. Yet the program is not lugbrious; it has more of a sense of wrestling with metaphysical issues, and the cycles by Wolf and Shostakovich on texts by Michelangelo have a great soberness. The transition from the Berg, with its somewhat disturbed atmosphere, to the Dichterliebe has an uncanny naturalness, almost inevitability, as if the poet were seeking love as an answer to questions of existential despair. This is, in short, a program that is heavy in the very best way. Goerne has never sounded better, and the lively, always shifting interaction between singer and pianist here makes one hope that Goerne and Trifonov will join forces again. They were rewarded with considerable commercial success here, so it could happen. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	07/01/2022
Label:	Deutsche Grammophon
UPC:	0028948624522
Rank:	115958

Tracks

1. Vier Ges¿¿nge Op. 2~1. Schlafen, schlafen, nichts als schlafen!
2. Vier Ges¿¿nge Op. 2~2. Schlafend tr¿¿gt man mich
3. Vier Ges¿¿nge Op. 2~3. Nun ich der Riesen St¿¿rksten ¿¿berwand
4. Vier Ges¿¿nge Op. 2~4. Warm die L¿¿fte
5. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~1. Im wundersch¿¿nen Monat Mai
6. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~2. Aus menen Tr¿¿nen sprie¿¿en
7. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~3. Die rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne
8. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~4. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh
9. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen
10. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~6. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome
11. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~7. Ich grolle nicht
12. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~8. Und w¿¿¿¿ten's die Blumen, die kleinen
13. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~9. Das ist ein Fl¿¿ten und Geigen
14. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~10. H¿¿r ich das Liedchen klingen
15. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~11. Ein J¿¿ngling liebt ein M¿¿dchen
16. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
17. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~13. Ich hab im Traum geweinet
18. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~14. Alln¿¿chtlich im Traume seh ich dich
19. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~15. Aus alten M¿¿rchen winkt es
20. Dichterliebe, Op. 48~16. Die alten, b¿¿sen Lieder
21. Michelangelo - Lieder: 1. Wohl denk ich oft an mein vergangnes Leben
22. Michelangelo - Lieder: 2. Alles endet, was entstehet
23. Michelangelo - Lieder: 3. F¿¿hlt meine Seele das ersehnte Licht
24. Suite on Verses of Michangelo Buonarroti, Op. 145 (Excerpts)~6. Dante
25. Suite on Verses of Michangelo Buonarroti, Op. 145 (Excerpts)~10. Death
26. Suite on Verses of Michangelo Buonarroti, Op. 145 (Excerpts)~9. Night
27. Vier Ernste Ges¿¿nge, Op. 121~1. Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh
28. Vier Ernste Ges¿¿nge, Op. 121~2. Ich wandte miche, und sahe an alle
29. Vier Ernste Ges¿¿nge, Op. 121~3. O Tod, wie bitter bist du
30. Vier Ernste Ges¿¿nge, Op. 121~4. Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelszungen redete

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Daniil Trifonov   Primary Artist,Piano
Matthias Goerne   Primary Artist,Baritone (Vocal)

Technical Credits

Hugo Wolf   Composer
Alban Berg   Composer
Dmitry Shostakovich   Composer
Ute Fesquet   Executive Producer
Friedrich Hebbel   Text
Alfred Mombert   Text
Rene Moeller   Editing,Engineer,Recording Producer
Fred Munzmaier   Design,Cover Illustration
Susannah Howe   Liner Note Translation
Dario Acosta   Photography
Eva Reisinger   Booklet Editor
Stewart Spencer   Text Translation
Walter Robert Tornow   Text Translation
Felix Schoen   Liner Note Translation
Christophe Ghristi   Liner Notes
A. Efros   Text Translation
Heinrich Heine   Text
Marie Staggat   Photography
Nicole Albring   Creative Producer
Philipp Zeidler   Product Manager
Jupp Wegner   Assistant Engineer
Natasha Ward   Text Translation
Robert Schumann   Composer
Johannes Brahms   Composer