A Portrait - Else Paaske

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Notes & Reviews:

Only a minor and short singing career can be properly represented on two CDs, whereas Else Paaske's career is both significant and extensive. This volume contains an overwhelming collection of star performances from the period 1967-1983, the central years in her career which began in 1955 with her first public performance at age 14 at a Christmas concert in Jutland and still continues today. Else Paaske's name may not be familiar to the casual vocal listener but she has developed a fervent following in Europe, and this comprehensive set definitely allows new listeners the pleasure of hearing this fine singer.



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Works Details

>Heise, Peter : Fair lady Beatrice
  • Performers: Else Paaske (Alto); Friedrich Gürtler (Piano)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1874-1875
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Peter E. Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926) : Genboens forste vise, Op 13 no 1
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Peter E. Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926) : Yderst i slæbet, det lette, Op 48 no 5
  • Performers: Else Paaske (Alto); Friedrich Gürtler (Piano)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Peter E. Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926) : Three Poems, Op. 4 :: no 2, Water-Lily
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1875
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Peter E. Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926) : Dybt i skumring, Op. 20 no 1
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 3 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Peter E. Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926) : Der sang en fager fugl
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Peter E. Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926) : Himlen ulmer svagt i flammerodt, Op. 19 no 1
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Debussy, Claude : Chansons (3) de Bilitis
  • Performers: Else Paaske (Alto); Friedrich Gürtler (Piano)
  • Running Time: 8 min. 18 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1897-1898
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Heise, Peter : Gudrun's grief
  • Performers: Else Paaske (Alto); Friedrich Gürtler (Piano)
  • Running Time: 14 min. 45 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: by 1871
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Brahms, Johannes : Songs (9) for voice & piano, Op. 63 :: no 8, Heimweh no 2 "O wüsst' ich doch den Weg zurück"
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1874
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Brahms, Johannes : Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 19 :: no 5, An eine Äolsharfe
  • Performers: Else Paaske (Alto); Friedrich Gürtler (Piano)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1858
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Brahms, Johannes : Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 106 :: no 1, Ständchen
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: ?1888
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Berg, Alban : Songs (4), Op. 2
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 7 min. 1 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: ?1909-10
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Reger, Max : Geistliche Lieder (2), Op. 105 :: no 1, Ich sehe dich
  • Performers: Else Paaske (Alto); Anders Riber (Organ)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1907
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Reger, Max : Geistliche Lieder (2), Op. 105 :: no 2, Meine Seele ist...
  • Performers: Else Paaske (Alto); Anders Riber (Organ)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1907
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Reger, Max : Wenn in bangen, trüben Stunden
  • Performers: Else Paaske (Alto); Anders Riber (Organ)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1900
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Reger, Max : Wohl denen, die ohne Tadel leben
  • Performers: Anders Riber (Organ); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1903
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Was frag ich nach der Welt, BWV 94 :: Betörte Welt, betörte Welt!
  • Performers: Peter-Lukas Graf (Flute); Martha Schuster (Organ); Else Paaske (Alto); Jürgen Wolf (Cello)
  • Conductor: Helmuth Rilling
  • Ensemble: Stuttgart Bach Collegium
  • Running Time: 5 min. 11 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1724
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Poulenc, Francis : La grenouillère
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Melodie
  • Written: 1938
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Poulenc, Francis : Mélodies 1956 (2)
  • Performers: Else Paaske (Alto); Friedrich Gürtler (Piano)
  • Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Melodie
  • Written: 1956
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Poulenc, Francis : Poèmes (4) d'Apollinaire :: Carte postale
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 2 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Melodie
  • Written: 1931
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Poulenc, Francis : Poèmes (4) d'Apollinaire :: 1904
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Melodie
  • Written: 1931
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Schumann, Robert : Liederkreis, Op. 39
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 23 min. 9 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1840
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Peter E. Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926) : Sulamite and Solomon Songs, Op. 1
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 11 min. 28 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: by 1874
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Brahms, Johannes : Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46 :: no 2, Die Mainacht
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1864
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Brahms, Johannes : Romances and Songs (5), Op. 84 :: no 4, Vergebliches Ständchen
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: ?1877-79
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Mahler, Gustav : Des Knaben Wunderhorn :: no 7, Rheinlegendchen
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1893
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Mahler, Gustav : Des Knaben Wunderhorn :: no 9, Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen
  • Performers: Else Paaske (Alto); Friedrich Gürtler (Piano)
  • Running Time: 5 min. 47 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1898
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Mahler, Gustav : Des Knaben Wunderhorn :: no 6, Des Antonius von Padua
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1893
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Norholm, Ib : Songs (3) for Alto and Piano, Op. 54
  • Performers: Friedrich Gürtler (Piano); Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Running Time: 7 min. 3 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Vocal
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 :: no 3, Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam
  • Performer: Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Conductor: John Gardiner
  • Ensemble: Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 1 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Christmas
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 :: no 4, Bereite dich, Zion
  • Performer: Else Paaske (Alto)
  • Conductor: John Gardiner
  • Ensemble: Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Christmas
  • Written: 1734-1735
  • Studio/Live: Live