Haydn: Lieder (Songs)

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Release Date: 26th Aug 2013
Catalogue No: 94685BR
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 52 minutes

Haydn: 12 Lieder fur das Clavier, Book 1, Hob. XXVIa (text by L. Haschka, C. Ziegler, and Anonymous)

Work length8:15

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Arleen Auger, Walter Olbertz

No. 5, Die Verlassene

Track length5:43

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No. 8, An Thyrsis

Track length2:32

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Haydn: Lieder fur das Clavier, Book 2, Hob. XXVIa

Work length5:34

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Arleen Auger, Walter Olbertz

No. 14, Lachet nicht, Madchen

Track length3:36

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No. 13, Jeder meint, der Gegenstand

Track length1:58

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Haydn: 12 Lieder fur das Clavier, Book 1, Hob. XXVIa

Work length4:28

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Arleen Auger, Walter Olbertz

No. 11, Liebeslied

Track length4:28

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Haydn: Trachten will ich nicht auf Erden, Hob. XXVIa:39

Work length4:30

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Arleen Auger, Walter Olbertz

Haydn: Beim Schmerz, der dieses Herz durchwuhlet, Hob. XXVIa:37

Work length3:08

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Arleen Auger, Walter Olbertz

Haydn: 6 Original Canzonettas, Book 1, HXXVIa:25-30

Work length10:25

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Arleen Auger, Walter Olbertz

No. 25, The Mermaid's Song

Track length3:34

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No. 29, Pleasing Pain

Track length2:50

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No. 27, Pastoral Song

Track length4:01

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Excerpt, Haydn: English Canzonettas (6), book 2, Hob.XXVIa:31-36

Work length5:04

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Arleen Auger, Walter Olbertz

6 Original Canzonettas, Book 2, Hob.XXVIa:31-36: No. 32, The Wanderer

Track length5:04

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Haydn: The Spirit's Song, Hob. XXVIa:41

Work length6:21

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Arleen Auger, Walter Olbertz

Haydn: O Tuneful Voice, Hob. XXVIa:42

Work length4:59

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Arleen Auger, Walter Olbertz

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The art form that became known as the lied may not have been a prominent feature of Haydn’s output, but his collections of songs for solo voice have nevertheless retained their appeal to this day. This recording presents a selection of these charming works, drawing especial attention to the two stages of development into which they are divisible: while the first set, written in the 1780s, centre around witty epigram (be they pastoral in mood, containing moralising overtones or expressing unrequited love), the second set, composed in the following decade and based on texts by the English poetess Anne Hunter, highlight what one contemporaneous newspaper described as Haydn’s ‘sophisticated popularity’ and reveal a predilection for folk song through their rhapsodic and often elegiac flavour.

Accompanied by Walter Olbertz and performing these works is one of the greatest artists of the past century, acclaimed soprano Arleen Augér. The recording is testament to what the late American singer did best: her exceptional command of the lied, which became an increasingly important part of her later career, and her predilection for the Classical and Baroque repertoires. ‘Listening to a song recorded by Arleen Auger, one might be inclined to credit the engineers for some of the apparent perfection. That any singer should be able to sustain such effortless lines, such pure and exquisitely gauged sound, so consistently, seems unbelievable. Believe it.’ (Los Angeles Times).

Contains notes on the music, a biography of Augér and sung texts.

Haydn: Lieder (Songs)

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