Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3
Christiane Karg (soprano), Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Kurt Rydl (bass)
Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Disc of the Month
[Harding] shapes some elegant playing and clear choral textures, and there's some fine solo singing, notably from Christiane Karg, Bernarda Fink and Andrew Staples.
Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3
Christiane Karg (soprano), Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Kurt Rydl (bass)
Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Disc of the Month
[Harding] shapes some elegant playing and clear choral textures, and there's some fine solo singing, notably from Christiane Karg, Bernarda Fink and Andrew Staples.
About
Ever since his debut in 2005 with Berg's "Wozzeck" (concertante) with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding has regularly attracted public attention with spectacular concerts. With the "Faust Scenes" by Robert Schumann – Daniel Harding's first recording on the BR-KLASSIK label – the conductor presents us with a work that until now had long been on the fringes of the repertoire, Schumann having primarily attracted attention as a composer of lieder, piano works and chamber music. The exceptional baritone Christian Gerhaher succeeds, perhaps more than any others, in credibly and forcefully conveying the sheer diversity of expression in Goethe's literature here, and makes full use of his expertise as a profound lieder performer. He is joined by Christiane Karg as Gretchen, together with further internationally renowned soloists, the Chamber Choir of Augsburg Cathedral Boys' Choir, and the Bavarian Radio Choir.
Contents and tracklist
- Mari Eriksmoen, Bernarda Fink, Barbara Fleckenstein, Sabine Staudinger, Christian Gerhaher
- Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Daniel Harding
- Andrew Staples, Kurt Rydl, Christian Gerhaher, Mari Eriksmoen, Bernarda Fink, Tarez Nazmi, Sabine Staudinger, Christiane Karg, Christian Gerhaher, Christiane Karg, Alastair Miles, Mari Eriksmoen, Bernarda Fink, Andrew Staples, Kurt Rydl, Tarez Nazmi, Barbara Fleckenstein, Sabine Staudinger, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerisch, Alastair Miles, Barbara Fleckenstein
- Augsburger Domsingknaben, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Daniel Harding
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineDecember 2014Disc of the Month
Christmas 2014
[Harding] shapes some elegant playing and clear choral textures, and there's some fine solo singing, notably from Christiane Karg, Bernarda Fink and Andrew Staples.
18th October 2014
Some great baritones have recorded this little-performed work, but Christian Gerhaher is the equal of any, an inspiration in his fusion of poetry and music.
9th November 2014
Harding scores with his casting: Christian Gerhaher’s Faust is incomparable, while Christiane Karg’s radiant Gretchen is the finest on disc. Alastair Miles is a formidable Mephisto and the smaller parts are excellently taken by Andrew Staples and Bernarda Fink. A record of the year, no doubt.
15th October 2014
[Gerhaher brings] his matchless sensitivity to verbal meaning and colour to vocal writing, while Christiane Karg is the touching Marguerite...Harding’s handling of the whole span of the score is also deeply impressive. The detail is telling but never overdone, the build up to the glorious peroration paced very expertly.
