Wigmore Hall Live > Schumann, Robert

Schumann: Kerner Lieder, Op. 35; Songs by Wolf, Korngold & Mahler / Roderick Williams, baritone; Helmut Deutsch, piano (live, Wigmore Hall, 2/25/11)

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2012-09-25

Works: Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch I; Italienisches Liederbuch II; Geselle, woll'n wir uns in Kutten hüllen, song for voice & piano (Italienisches Liederbuch); Sterb' ich, so hüllt in Blum...
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

Described by Opera magazine as 'Britain's best baritone', London- born Roderick Williams and leading pianist Helmut Deutsch perform an atmospheric Liederabend, featuring some of the...continue...
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Haydn & Schumann: String Quartets / Elias Quartet

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2012-05-08

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 64 no 6/H 3 no 64; Robert Schumann: Quartet for Strings no 1 in A minor, Op. 41/1; Spoken Word: Spoken introduction to the performance of ...
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Ensemble: Elias String Quartet

The Elias String Quartet returns to Wigmore Hall Live with a much anticipated disc of Haydn and Schumann, recorded live in concert, September 2010.

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Schumann: Frauenliebe und leben, etc; Brahms: Songs Op. 57 / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Julius Drake

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2008-11-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 106; Robert Schumann: Lieder aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a; Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Claude Debussy: Fantoches; George Frederick Handel: Theodora
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine

"The stillness achieved in the song which deals with the coming of the couple's child, 'Sußer Freund', is spellbinding, and the profundity of the expression...continue...

Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin / Mieczyslaw Horszowski

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2008-06-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 16 in B flat major, K. 570; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Robert Schumann: Arabeske for piano in C majo...
Performers: Horszowski, Mieczyslaw

"In Mieczyslaw Horszowski's playing, what initially strikes the listener is the loveliness of his sound - a sound that is no longer heard today... In...continue...

Schumann, Pfitzner, Brahms / Holl, Vignoles

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2007-06-12

Works: Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39; Myrthen, Op. 25; Hans Pfitzner: Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 32; Johannes Brahms: Serious Songs (4), Op. 121; Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86/2
Performers: Holl, Robert; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Renowned particularly in German song and opera, Robert Holl's concert repertoire tends to focus on German and Russian composers and he has become a leading...continue...

Moscheles: Fantasy, Variations, etc / Nash Ensemble

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2006-06-06

Works: Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen for clarinet (or violin), viola & piano, Op. 132; Ignaz Moscheles: Fantasy, variations and finale, for piano, clarinet, violin & cello on the Bohemian fo...
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Ensemble: Nash Ensemble

This CD was recorded live at Wigmore Hall on October 8, 2004 and was selected as an 'Editor's Choice' by Gramophone magazine. The Guardian of...continue...