[ Philips / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 11 March 1996
Wolfgang Holzmair has long been recognised as one of today's most accomplished and intelligent Lieder singers. He brings a refinement and subtlety to his performances worthy of the great German Lieder baritones, but it is the silky elegance of his voice that has always seduced listeners and critics: the golden, tenorial top as well as his rich, soulful lower register.
"This musical bouquet gives rare pleasure … There is something other-worldly about the reflective sostenuto that Holzmair preserves throughout." Fanfare, March 2019
GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)
1-2 Shylock, Op. 57 (excerpts)
3 Prison, Op. 83 No. 1
4 En sourdine, Op. 58 No. 2
5-7 Poème d'un jour, Op. 21
8-16 La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61
17-20 Mirages, Op. 113
HENRI DUPARC (1848-1933)
21 Sérénade 2'38
22 Chanson triste
23 Le manoir de Rosemonde
24 Soupir 3'11
25 Extase 3'15
26 L'invitation au voyage
MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937)
27-31 Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques
Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone
Gérard Wyss, piano