Schumann, Robert > Countertenor

Lunacy: Songs of Madness and the Moon: Dowland, Purcell, Howells, Burgon / Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor; Shizuko Noiri, lute

1 CD / Evil Penguin Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Herbert Howells: Full Moon; Henry Purcell: Don Quixote, Z 578; I'll sail upon the Dog Star; Thomas Campion: The sypres curten of the night is spread; Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger: Toccata for lute ...
Performers: Noiri, Shizuko; Zazzo, Lawrence

On his first Evil Penguin recording, Lawrence Zazzo explores the intimacy of the lute song in a remarkable program focusing on madness and midnight....continue...
Recording information: St. Martin's Church, Tourinnes-la Grosse, Belgium (07/2011)....continue...

Jochen Kowalski - Lieder

1 CD / Capriccio / 2008-04-08

Works: Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); An Chloë, K 524; Abendempfindung, K 523; Das Lied der Trennung, K 519; Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K...
Performers: Katz, Shelly; Kowalski, Jochen

Encounters with Schumann

1 CD / Audite / 2007-06-20

Works: Robert Schumann: Lieder (6), Op. 33; Gesänge (5) aus Heinrich Laubes Jagdbrevier, Op. 137; Uwe Kremp: Tief im dem blauen Traum; Mark Anton Moebius: Fluchtpunkte eines Jagers
Performers: Fischer, Johannes; Goritzki, Ingo; Hudacsek, Laszlo; Wild, Hubert
Conductors: Breuninger, Klaus
Ensemble: Detmolder Horn Quartet; Die Meistersinger

Robert Schumann's psychological profile has intrigued biographers, performers and composers for years. This "concept" CD presents two modern composers and their "encounters" with and reinterpretations...continue...