Hanns Eisler: Ernste Gesänge, Lieder mit Klavier Matthias Goerne

• 1 Vorspiel und Spruch 01:22
• 2 1. Asyl 02:37
• 3 2. Traurigkeit 01:52
• 4 3. Verzweiflung 00:47
• 5 4. Hoffnung 01:04
• 6 5. XX. Parteitag 00:40
• 7 6. Komm ins Offene, Freund! 01:43
• 8 7. Epilog 02:58
• 9 Hotelzimmer 1942 01:52
• 10 Die Flucht 00:48
• 11 An den kleinen Radioapparat 00:49
• 12 In der Fruehe 01:23
• 13 Fruehling 01:11
• 14 Speisekammer 1942 01:07
• 15 Die Heimkehr 01:59
• 16 Die Landschafts des Exils 01:19
• 17 Und es sind die finstern Zeiten 00:24
• 18 Ueber den Selbstmord 02:21
• 19 Verfehlte Liebe 00:49
• 20 Ostersonntag 01:31
• 21 Vom Sprengen des Gartens 00:57
• 22 Der Kirschdieb 01:18
• 23 I. Allegro 05:17
• 24 II. Intermezzo. Andante con moto 03:33
• 25 III. Finale. Allegro 04:08
• 26 Lied von der belebenden Wirkung des Geldes 04:03
• 27 Ballade vom Wasserrad 03:27
• 28 Solidaritaetslied 02:43
• Total Runtime 54:02

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From 1920s Vienna and the Berlin of the Weimar Republic to emigration to the USA, then back to Vienna after the defeat of Nazism, to end his days in East Berlin: Hanns Eisler’s life was one long exile against the backcloth of the artistic, technical, and political revolutions of the 20th century. Distance, irony, and melancholy are the aesthetic corollaries that characterise the lieder presented here, their atmosphere often evoking the despair of those dark times. The early piano sonata gained the young Eisler an admiration that has never dimmed since.

„Matthias Goerne offers an excellent new disc of songs by Hanns Eisler. After Kaufmann and Verdi's operatic largesse, Goerne and Eisler prove you can also thrillingly expressive wielding a delicate whisper, a pungent shout, and irony's stiletto heel.' (Geoff Brown, The Times)

'It is a fascinating and hugely rewarding disc.' (Andrew Clements, The Guardian),

“Goerne's heartfelt contribution is plainly central to this project...The baritone enjoys a close artistic collaboration with composer-pianist Thomas Larcher and the sonic quality is first-rate...Eisler's 'classical' side is strikingly well served.” (Gramophone Magazine)

Matthias Goerne, baritone
Thomas Larcher, piano (Tracks 9-28)
Ensemble Resonanz (Tracks 1-8)

Matthias Goerne
is one of the most internationally sought-after vocalists and a frequent guest at renowned festivals and concert halls. He has collaborated with leading orchestras all over the world. Conductors of the first rank as well as eminent pianists are among his musical partners.

Since his opera début at the Salzburg Festival in 1997 (Papageno), Matthias Goerne has appeared on the world’s principal opera stages, including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Teatro Real, Madrid; Paris National Opera; Vienna State Opera; and the Metropolitan Opera, New York. His carefully chosen roles range from Wolfram, Amfortas, Kurwenal and Orest right up to the title roles in Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, Paul Hindemithʼs Mathis der Maler and Aribert Reimann’s Lear. Goerne’s artistry has been documented on numerous recordings, many of which have received prestigious awards. He is currently recording a series of selected Schubert songs (The Goerne/Schubert Edition – 11 CDs) for Harmonia Mundi.

From 2001 through 2005 Matthias Goerne taught as an honorary professor of song interpretation at the Robert Schumann Academy of Music in Düsseldorf. In 2001, he was appointed an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in London. Born in Weimar, he studied with Hans-Joachim Beyer in Leipzig, and with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

Highlights of the 2011/12 season included a tour with the Vienna Philharmonic, appearances at the Vienna State Opera and the Saito Kinen Festival (Bluebeard with Seiji Ozawa) and song recitals with Christoph Eschenbach and Leif Ove Andsnes in Paris, Vienna and New York (Carnegie Hall).

In 2012/13, Matthias Goerne sings Wolfram at the Bavarian State Opera and Amfortas in concert with the Teatro Real in Madrid. Concert highlights include appearances with the Orchestre de Paris (Bluebeard), Berlin Philharmonic (War Requiem), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony), Filarmonica del Teatro alla Scala (Mahler Lieder) and San Francisco Symphony (Wagner arias) as well as song recitals with Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Schubert cycles with Christoph Eschenbach at the Vienna Musikverein.

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