In the early 19th century, while Haydn and Mozart remained revered, many of their once admired contemporaries quickly fell into oblivion and with them much delightful, finely crafted music. In a recital centered on songs of parting, Carolyn Sampson and Kristian Bezuidenhout seek to make some amends to this. They open with August Bernhard Valentin Herbing's Montan und Lalage, a miniature opera for one singer, with the keyboard-as-orchestra providing the scenery and stage action. Giving Bezuidenhout's fortepiano the recognition it deserves, the program also includes no less than two songs dedicated to the instrument, by composers we rarely hear of today: Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer and Christian Michael Wolff. But even though Mozart and Haydn are still household names, it isn't on account of their solo songs, which makes the performers' decision to also throw light on their less familiar work a welcome one. The program features four songs each by them, including Mozart's Lied der Trennung (Song of Parting), which has lent it's name to the entire program, as well as Haydn's Arianna a Naxos, a dramatic cantata in which the Cretan princess Ariadne expresses her love of the Greek hero Theseus... and her agony when he sails off, leaving her alone on the island of Naxos.

Tracklist:

Musikalischer Versuch: No. 3, Montan Und Lalage
Das Lied Der Trennung, K. 519
An Den Schlaf
An Chloe, K. 524
Als Luise Die Briefe, K. 520
Abendempfindung, K. 523
An Das Clavier
Das Clavier
Der Verlassene, Hob. Xxvia:5
Vergiß Mein Nicht, Hob. Xxvia:46 (Antwort Auf Die Frage Eines Mädchens)
Das Leben Ist Ein Traum, Hob. Xxvia:21
Arianna A Naxos, Hob. Xxvib:2: No. 1, Teseo Mio Ben
Arianna A Naxos, Hob. Xxvib:2: No. 2, Dove Sei, Mio Bel Tesoro?
Arianna A Naxos, Hob. Xxvib:2: No. 3, Ma, A Chi Parlo?
Arianna A Naxos, Hob. Xxvib:2: No. 4, Ah! Che Morir Vorrei

UPC: 7318599926230
Label: Bis
Release Date: 3.4.22
Format: CD

Trennung - Songs Of Separation / Various (Hybr) - Trennung - Songs Of Separation / Various (Hybr) (CD)