Roderick Williams / Andrew West -Birdsong -SOMM CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Lieder op. 46 Nr. 1-4 (Auszug)

01. "Nr. 4 An die Nachtigall"
Lieder op. 107 Nr. 1-5 (Auszug)

02. "Nr. 5 M?dchenlied"
Lieder op. 95 Nr. 1-7 (Auszug)

03. "Nr. 1 Das M?dchen"
Lieder op. 12 (nach Friedrich Rückert) (Auszug)

04. "Nr. 2 Liebst du um Sch?nheit"
Lieder op. 107 Nr. 1-5 (Auszug)

05. "Nr. 3 Das M?dchen spricht"

06. "Nr. 2 Salamander"
Lieder op. 97 Nr. 1-6 (Auszug)

07. "Nr. 1 Nachtigall"
Four Songs from Hafez

08. "Nr. 1 Nightingale"

09. "Nr. 2 Peacock"

10. "Nr. 3 Fish"

11. "Nr. 4 Hoopoe"
Lieder op. 84 Nr. 1-5 (Romanzen und Lieder) (Auszug)

12. "Nr. 4 Vergebliches St?ndchen"
Lieder op. 94 Nr. 1-5 (Auszug)

13. "Nr. 4 Sapphische Ode"
Lieder op. 43 Nr. 1-4 (Auszug)

14. "Nr. 1 Von ewiger Liebe"
Frauenliebe und -leben op. 42 (Liederzyklus nach Gedichten von Adelbert von Chamisso)

15. "Nr. 1 Seit ich ihn gesehen"

16. "Nr. 2 Er, der Herrlichste von allen"

17. "Nr. 3 Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben"

18. "Nr. 4 Du Ring an meinem Finger"

19. "Nr. 5 Helft mir, ihr Schwestern"

20. "Nr. 6 Süßer Freund"

21. "Nr. 7 An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust"

22. "Nr. 8 Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan"

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Birdsong.. / W/ Andrew West

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Birdsong is an album by Roderick Williams, released in 2021. The album is a classical CD. - BIRDSONG.. / W/ ANDREW WEST

SOMM Recordings is pleased to announce Birdsong, a fascinating cross-gender exploration of art songs associated with the female voice by baritone Roderick Williams, accompanied by pianist Andrew West. The recital features signature songs from the height of Romanticism by Brahms and Clara and Robert Schumann alongside a more recent quartet of sensuous songs by Sally Beamish. In his revealing foreword, Williams recalls having his choice of Brahms's Sapphische Ode refused by competition organizers because it was "a woman's song". Returning recently to the work prompted him to question why some songs are considered gender specific. Birdsong is his response. In his informative booklet notes, Richard Stokes notes that Brahms's songs "betrays his own essentially melancholic nature" and his difficulty in "sustaining emotional relationships with the women in his life". His nine songs here include the bittersweet An die Nachtigall, the moving innocent ardency of Das Mädchen spricht and the quiet, earnest longing of Sapphische Ode. Clara Schumann's Liebst du um Schönheit provides an authentic female perspective on courtship, as does Sally Beamish's Four Songs from Hafez (for which she provides her own notes), taking inspiration from the Iranian-born, Glasgow-based Jila Peacock's evocative translations and artistic rendering of the 14th-century Persian Sufi poet's texts. An intimate exploration of a young woman's feelings towards an older man of higher birth, Robert Schumann's Frauenliebe und-leben acquires new facets when heard in Williams' characterful baritone.

Recorded between September 30-October 1, 2020

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SOMMCD0633

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