Johannes Brahms wrote well over 300 lieder, including his arrangements of German folk songs, partsongs and choral lieder. Considering how long he carried a song around in his head before writing and publishing the final version, this is an astonishing amount. This 2-album set presents a selection from Brahms' huge lied repertoire, which not only gives an impression of his importance to music history up to the present day and what a perfect lied composer he was, but also reveals what a cheerful, young-at-heart and humorous person he must have been. The selection of songs and duets is arranged chronologically (1853-1896) and includes all phases of his life in which the lied played a central role, thus allowing the development of the German-language song in the time after Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann to be clearly traced. The pianist Jan Schultsz plays on a wonderful original J.B. Streicher fortepiano from 1871, a model on which Brahms also preferred to play. The singers are Rachel Harnisch, Marina Viotti and Yannick Debus - young singers who have already celebrated successes in concert and in major opera houses.

Tracklist:

Heimkehr, Op. 7 No. 6
Liebestreu, Op. 3 No. 1
3 Duets, Op. 20: No. 1, Wege Der Liebe
3 Duets, Op. 20: No. 2, Wege Der Liebe
3 Duets, Op. 20: No. 3, Die Meere
9 Lieder & Songs, Op. 32: No. 1, Wie Rafft Ich Mich Auf In Der Nacht
9 Lieder & Songs, Op. 32: No. 2, Nicht Mehr Zu Dir Zu Gehen
9 Lieder & Songs, Op. 32: No. 3, Ich Schleich Umher Betrübt Und Stumm
9 Lieder & Songs, Op. 32: No. 4, Der Strom, Der Neben Mir Verrauschte
9 Lieder & Songs, Op. 32: No. 5, Wehe, So Willst Du Mich Wieder
9 Lieder & Songs, Op. 32: No. 6, Du Sprichst, Daß Ich Mich Täuschte
9 Lieder & Songs, Op. 32: No. 7, Bitteres Zu Sagen Denkst Du
9 Lieder & Songs, Op. 32: No. 8, So Stehn Wir, Ich Und Meine Weide
9 Lieder & Songs, Op. 32: No. 9, Wie Bist Du, Meine Königin
Von Ewiger Liebe, Op. 43 No. 1
Mainacht, Op. 43 No. 2
Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4
8 Lieder & Songs, Op. 57 (Excerpts): No. 1, Von Waldbekränzter Höhe
8 Lieder & Songs, Op. 57 (Excerpts): No. 3, Es Träumte Mir, Ich Sei Dir Teuer
8 Lieder & Songs, Op. 57 (Excerpts): No. 8, Unbewegte Laue Luft
8 Lieder & Songs, Op. 58 (Excerpts): No. 1, Blinde Kuh
8 Lieder & Songs, Op. 58 (Excerpts): No. 5, Schwermut
8 Lieder & Songs, Op. 59 (Excerpts): No. 3, Regenlied
8 Lieder & Songs, Op. 59 (Excerpts): No. 4, Nachklang
8 Lieder & Songs, Op. 59 (Excerpts): No. 5, Agnes
4 Duets, Op. 61 (Excerpts): No. 1, Die Schwestern
4 Duets, Op. 61 (Excerpts): No. 3, Phänomen
4 Duets, Op. 61 (Excerpts): No. 4, Die Boten Der Liebe
5 Duets, Op. 66: No. 1, Klänge
5 Duets, Op. 66: No. 2, Klänge
5 Duets, Op. 66: No. 3, Am Strande
5 Duets, Op. 66: No. 4, Jägerlied
5 Duets, Op. 66: No. 5, Hüt Du Dich
4 Ballades & Romances, Op. 75 (Excerpts): No. 2, Guter Rat
4 Ballades & Romances, Op. 75 (Excerpts): No. 4, Walpurgisnacht
6 Lieder, Op. 86 (Excerpts): No. 1, Therese
6 Lieder, Op. 86 (Excerpts): No. 2, Feldeinsamkeit
6 Lieder, Op. 86 (Excerpts): No. 3, Nachtwandler
5 Lieder, Op. 94 (Excerpts): No. 4, Sapphische Oden
5 Lieder, Op. 94 (Excerpts): No. 5, Kein Haus, Keine Heimat
4 Lieder, Op. 96 (Excerpts): No. 1, Der Tod Das Ist Die Kühle Nacht
4 Lieder, Op. 96 (Excerpts): No. 2, Wir Wandelten
Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 (Excerpts): No. 1, He, Zigeuner
Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 (Excerpts): No. 2, Hochgetürmte Rimaflut
Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 (Excerpts): No. 3, Wißt Ihr, Wann Mein Kindchen
Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 (Excerpts): No. 4, Lieber Gott
Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 (Excerpts): No. 5, Brauner Bursche
Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 (Excerpts): No. 6, Röslein Dreie
Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 (Excerpts): No. 7, Kommt Dir Manchmal In Den Sinn
Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 (Excerpts): No. 11, Rote Abendwolken
5 Lieder, Op. 105 (Excerpts): No. 1, Wie Melodien Zieht Es Mir
5 Lieder, Op. 105 (Excerpts): No. 2, Immer Leiser Wird Mein Schlummer
5 Lieder, Op. 105 (Excerpts): No. 3, Klage
5 Lieder, Op. 105 (Excerpts): No. 4, Auf Dem Kirchhofe
5 Lieder, Op. 106 (Excerpts): No. 1, Ständchen
5 Lieder, Op. 106 (Excerpts): No. 3, Es Hing Der Reif
5 Lieder, Op. 107 (Excerpts): No. 2, Salamander
5 Lieder, Op. 107 (Excerpts): No. 5, Mädchenlied

UPC: 7619990104198
Label: Pan Classics
Release Date: 10.2.20
Format: CD

Brahms / Harnisch / Schultsz - Lieder & Duette (2 CD)