Track listing
15 tracks · 49:11Johannes Brahms
- Die schöne Magelone, 15 Romances, Op. 33
- 1 I. Keinen hat es noch gereut 3:24
- 2 II. Traun! Bogen und Pfeil 1:26
- 3 III. Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden 5:09
- 4 IV. Liebe kam aus fernen Landen 3:58
- 5 V. So willst du des Armen dich gnädig erbarmen? 1:25
- 6 VI. Wie soll ich die Freude, die Wonne denn tragen? 5:17
- 7 VII. War es dir, dem diese Lippen bebten 2:14
- 8 VIII. Wir müssen uns trennen, geliebtes Saitenspiel 3:51
- 9 IX. Ruhe, Süßliebchen 5:17
- 10 X. So tönet denn, schäumende Wellen 2:07
- 11 XI. Wie schnell verschwindet so Licht als Glanz 3:45
- 12 XII. Muß es eine Trennung geben 2:53
- 13 XIII. Geliebter, wo zaudert dein irrender Fuß? 2:00
- 14 XIV. Wie froh und frisch mein Sinn sich hebt 2:24
- 15 XV. Treue Liebe dauert lange 4:01
About this recording
This CD features the great Finnish baritone Jorma Hynninen with Johannes Brahms's cycle of 15 Romances from "Wundersame Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence" (Story Of The Love Between The Fair Magelone And Count Peter Of Provence) - a collection of poems by German Romantic poet Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853) based on a French tale of chivalry dating from the 14th century.
This recording was made in March 1990 at the Järvenpää Hall.
Features
Booklet with liner notes in Engish, German, French and Finnish, and the song lyrics in the original language and in English
The artists
Jorma Hynninen
Baritone Jorma Hynninen is one of the most highly appreciated Finnish vocal artists of all time. His unprejudiced and profound approach to art has contributed not only to a renewal in the art of interpreting solo songs but also to the creation of a number of new contemporary operas. In Lied, he has concentrated on the song cycles of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf and the solo songs of Sibelius, Oskar Merikanto, Toivo Kuula and Yrjö Kilpinen. He has appeared at innumerable distinguished venues, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, the Musikverein, the Concertgebouw, Boston Symphony Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall and the festivals at Tanglewood, Ravinia and Salzburg.
Ralf Gothóni
Ralf Gothóni (born in Finland, living in Spain) has a many-sided career as solo pianist, chamber musician and conductor all over the world. He became well-known for his unconventional way of music -making, not only as a pianist, but as a musician with unusual thinking about music and the wholeness of musicianship.
