Strauss: The Complete Songs Volume 8 - Pianist Roger Vignoles astutely notes that Strauss's songs cannot be played, 'without a vivid sense of the orchestral colors and textures that they imply.' To prove that point, Hyperion aptly concludes their series of his complete songs with the piano-accompanied versions of the Vier letzte Lieder. Tenor Nicky Spence and soprano Rebecca Evans perform these wondrous valedictions that represent the summation of a great composer's love affair with the voice, written at the very end of a long creative life.
6 FÜNF Gedichte, Op. 46 I. Ein Obdach Gegen Sturm Und Regen 2:19
7 II. Gestern War Ich Atlas 2:57
8 III. Die Sieben Siegel 2:13
9 IV. Morgenrot 3:33
10 V. Ich Sehe Wie in Einem Spiegel 5:29
11 Sie Wissen's Nicht, Op. 49 No. 5 2:30
12 Junggesellenschwur, Op. 49 No. 6 2:23
13 Wer Wird Von Der Welt Verlangen, Op. 67 No. 4 1:43
14 Hab' Ich Euch Denn Je Geraten, Op. 67 No. 5 2:11
15 Wanderers Gemütsruhe, Op. 67 No. 6 0:56
16 Der Pokal, Op. 69 No. 2 1:30
17 Vier Letzte Lieder, TRV 296 I. Frühling 3:29
18 II. September 4:39
19 III. Beim Schlafengehn 5:11
20 IV. Im Abendrot 6:59
Strauss: The Complete Songs Volume 8 - Pianist Roger Vignoles astutely notes that Strauss's songs cannot be played, 'without a vivid sense of the orchestral colors and textures that they imply.' To prove that point, Hyperion aptly concludes their series of his complete songs with the piano-accompanied versions of the Vier letzte Lieder. Tenor Nicky Spence and soprano Rebecca Evans perform these wondrous valedictions that represent the summation of a great composer's love affair with the voice, written at the very end of a long creative life.
