Diana Damrau - Strauss, Richard: Lieder on CD

Description

'For me, Strauss is one of the greatest composers,' Diana Damrau has said. 'The way he handles the soprano voice is a joy. And to be able to sing his music with my voice feels like coming home.' The centrepiece of this album of Strauss songs is the sublime 'Vier letzte Lieder', in which Damrau - born and trained in Bavaria - joins forces with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and its long-standing chief conductor Mariss Jansons, in what was to become his final recording. Her partner in a tempting and diverse selection of songs with piano is Helmut Deutsch. 'Not only is Strauss's music gorgeous,' says Damrau, 'there's the way he combines words and notes - and the psychology.'

Tracks:

No. 1: Fruhling (Vier Letzte Lieder Op.150)
No. 2: September (Vier Letzte Lieder Op.150)
No. 3: Beim Schlafengehen (Vier Letzte Lieder Op.150)
No. 4: Im Abendrot (Vier Letzte Lieder Op.150)
Malven, Trv297, Op. Posth.
Kornblumen (Madchenblumen, 4 Lieder Trv 153, Op. 22)
Mohnblumen (Madchenblumen, 4 Lieder Trv 153, Op. 22)
Epheu (Madchenblumen, 4 Lieder Trv 153, Op. 22)
Wasserrose (Madchenblumen, 4 Lieder Trv 153, Op. 22)
No. 7: Die Zeitlose from Letzte Blatter, 8 Lieder Trv141
No. 3: Einerlei from 5 Kleine Lieder Trv237, Op. 69
No. 1: Wie Erkenn' Ich Mein Treulieb Vor Andern Nun?
No. 2: Guten Morgen, 's Ist Sankt Valentinstag
No. 3: Sie Trugen Ihn Auf Der Bahre Bloss
No. 6: Die Verschwiegenen from Letzte Blatter, 8 Lieder
No. 2: Du Meines Herzens Kronelein from Schlichte Weisen
No. 2: Nichts from Letzte Blatter, 8 Lieder Trv141, Op.10
No. 1: Leises Lied from 5 Lieder Trv189, Op. 39
No. 4: Du Bist Mein Auge from 6 Lieder Trv187, Op. 37
No. 3: Die Nacht (From Letzte Blatter, 8 Lieder Trv141, Op.10
No. 1: Ruhe Meine Seele from 4 Lieder Trv170, Op. 27
No. 3: Lob Des Leidens from 5 Lieder Trv148, Op. 15
No. 4: Befreit from 5 Lieder Trv189, Op. 39
No. 4: Morgen!