PoÃ¨mes are wayfarers crossing borders between language and music. What had mostly been called Lied/Song before, has often been seen as poems in the past 200 years: Richard Wagner gave his Wesendonck-Liedern the titel Five Poems for Female Voice and Piano and Francis Poulenc composed around 30 PoÃ¨mes to be sung and accompanied musically. Just as with Lied, which also exists without words (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy), a PoÃ¨me does not necessarily have to be based on a text. Alexander Scriabin, for example, composed 20 PoÃ¨mes for piano solo at the beginning of the last century. Francis Poulenc, the Janus-headed French composer, is difficult to grasp - it is impossible to peg a label on him. Yet, he has always remained stylistically faithful in his adherence to tonality, the empasis on melodic elements, the refined simplicity of texture and his effort for clarity and comprehensibilty true to his motto: "There is also room for new music, that does not mind applying the chords of other people."

Tracklist:

Travail du peintre~Pablo Picasso
Travail du peintre~Marc Chagall
Travail du peintre~Geroges Branque
Travail du peintre~Juan Gris
Travail du peintre~Paul Klee
Travail du peintre~Joan MirÃ³
Travail du peintre~Jacques Villon
Sonate pour violoncelle et piano FP 143~Cavatine. TrÃ¨s calme
SÃ©rÃ©nade
Nocturne
Sieben frÃ¼he Lieder~Die Nachtigal
Vocalise for piano and cello
Wesendonck Lieder, songs (5) for voice ; piano (or orchestra), WWV 91~Der Engel
Wesendonck Lieder, songs (5) for voice ; piano (or orchestra), WWV 91~Stehe still!
Wesendonck Lieder, songs (5) for voice ; piano (or orchestra), WWV 91~Im Treibhaus
Wesendonck Lieder, songs (5) for voice ; piano (or orchestra), WWV 91~Schmerzen
Wesendonck Lieder, songs (5) for voice ; piano (or orchestra), WWV 91~TrÃ¤ume
Sonate Nr. 2 F-Dur fÃ¼r Klavier und Violoncello, Op. 99~Allegro molto

UPC: 4260123643799
Label: Solo Musica
Release Date: 8.20.21
Format: CD

Berg / May / Kamper - Poemes For Violoncello & Piano (CD)