The Greek soprano Fanie Antonelou and German pianist Kerstin MÃ¶rk here join forces in an exciting project, entitled 'Affinities'. In a carefully constructed sequence of 23 songs, they explore the kinship between Greek and German art songs - a varied one, filtered through friendships, family connections and teacher-pupil relationships. All the composers represented on the album studied and/or worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the three great German-speaking musical centres - Vienna, Munich and Berlin - and include figures both well known (Schoenberg, Weill, Skalkottas and Mitropoulos) and less familiar (Emilios Riadis, Dimitrios Lialios, Ludwig Thuille). With twelve composers and even more poets involved, the subject matter of the individual songs is diverse indeed - from a cafÃ© scene in Berlin (Der Abschiedsbrief by Kurt Weill in cabaret mode) to a hymn to Aphrodite, set by Dimitri Mitropoulos in a highly expressionistic free atonal idiom inspired by Schoenberg.

Tracklist:

20 Songs Of The Greek People (Excerpts): No. 2, To Erináki
20 Songs Of The Greek People (Excerpts): No. 19, Méra Mérosse
20 Songs Of The Greek People (Excerpts): No. 10, To Mávro Yemení
20 Songs Of The Greek People (Excerpts): No. 16, Apópse Ta Messánichta
Des Mädchens Klage
Mädel, Kommst Du Mit Zum Tanz?
Nun Schwillt Der See So Bang
The State And Solitude, Book 4: No. 4, I Neraidoparméni
Erwartung, Op. 2 No. 1
Mädchenlied, Op. 48 No. 3
O Thánatos Tou Náfti
Afrodíti Uranía
Der Abschiedsbrief
Klops Lied
5 Lieder, Op. 15: No. 2, Ich Hört Ein Sichlein Rauschen
I Lafína
Mariae Sehnsucht, Op. 59 No. 5
9 Short Greek Songs (Excerpts): No. 8, Mágissa
9 Short Greek Songs (Excerpts): No. 4, Missiriótissa
The State And Solitude, Book 4: No. 3, I Neráida
The Lute And Stick: No. 3, Rumeliótissa
3 Frauenlieder, Op. 5: No. 1, Klage
4 Lieder, Op. 7: No.1, Es Erklingt Wie Liebestöne

UPC: 7318599924397
Label: Bis
Release Date: 10.4.19
Format: CD

Affinities / Various Hybr - Affinities (CD)