Duet

 
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SCHUMANN / MENDELSSOHN / CORNELIUS
Duet
Lucy Crowe (soprano), William Berger (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano)

[ Delphian / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 19 February 2016

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Duet singing reached its zenith in the Victorian age, and has since fallen out of fashion. Did artists become concerned with grander solo projects? Did audiences think duets too lowbrow? William Berger follows up his acclaimed Delphian debut recital with Iain Burnside, in a programme of duets with the
delectably voiced Lucy Crowe that resoundingly demonstrates just how musically rich the genre can be. Published sets and individual songs by Mendelssohn, Schumann and the slightly younger Peter Cornelius span the middle decades of nineteenth-century Germany, and also represent the literary life of the country in that period. Nestled at the end of the disc, ravishingly beautiful and sad, is Schumann's memorial to his deceased young son.

Tracks:

1 Schumann Dein Angesicht, Op. 127 No. 2 [2:14]
2-5 Cornelius Duette für Sopran und Bass, Op. 16 [10:36]
6-11 Mendelssohn Sechs Duette, Op. 63 [12:32]
12 Cornelius Frühling im Sommer [2:49]
13-15 Cornelius Drei zweistimmige Lieder, Op. 6 [6:15]
16 Cornelius
Zu den Bergen hebet sich ein Augenpaar [3:03]
17 Mendelssohn
Altdeutsches Frühlingslied, Op. 86 No. 6 [3:04]
18 Schumann Familien-Gemälde, Op. 34 No. 4 [3:44]
19 Schumann Das Glück, Op. 79 No. 16 [0:54]
20 Schumann Ich bin dein Baum, Op. 101 No. 3 [3:49]
21-23 Mendelssohn
Drei Lieder für zwei Singstimmen, Op. 77 [6:25]
24 Schumann Aufträge, Op. 77 No. 5 [2:25]
25 Schumann Wiegenlied, Op. 78 No. 4 [2:24]
Total playing time [60:23]