He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late romantic music, somewhat related to that of the second viennese school in concision but diverging greatly in technique. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests. Though he occasionally worked with opera or symphonic forms, wolf was best known for composing short works performed by singer and pianist. It is beautiful, slightly reedy in tone, rhythmically alert, excellent when it comes to enunciation, tasteful and expressive. Owing to the high level of development to which hugo wolf brought the germar. Gebet morike lieder, carine tinney sopran, martin gregorius orgel martin gregorius. Choose from hugo wolf sheet music for such popular songs as 6 lieder fur eine frauenstimme. Hugo wolf biography, albums, streaming links allmusic.
In the late nineteenth century, hugo wolf stepped into franz schuberts shoes as germanys greatest writer of art songs. Spanish songbook song cycle by austrian composer hugo wolf, based on both sacred and secular verses. A renewal of creative activity resulted in wolfs completion of the italienisches liederbuch with two dozen songs. They were composed between october 1889 and april 1890, and published in 1891. Hugo philipp jacob wolf march 1860 22 february 1903 was an austrian composer of slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or lieder.
Thomas hampson interview on hugo wolf and his time 2003. Shop 57 records for sale for album lieder by hugo wolf on cdandlp in vinyl and cd format. Hugo wolf spanisches liederbuch spanish songbook vinyl. Texts to over 152000 lieder and other classical vocal works in more than a hundred languages with over 32000 translations. You are dedicating two lieder recitals in salzburg to hugo wolf, the centennial of whose death is. Hugo wolf 1860 1903 listing of art song and choral settings in the database x indicates a placeholder for a text that is not yet in the database. Hugo wolf composer 18601903 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Listen to free internet radio, sports, music, news, talk and podcasts. Lieder, an album by hugo wolf, ian bostridge on spotify.
The first disc in the first complete recording of the songs of hugo wolf. Austrian composer hugo wolf reclaimed the lied, and in his hands the genre enjoyed a last great flowering. Musical characterization in the rollengedichte of hugo wolf. Hugo wolf the complete morike lieder, part 1 events. Jan 08, 2020 hugo wolf march, 1860 february 22, 1903 was an austrian composer of slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or lieder. This important recording presents all of hugo wolfs settings of the poetry of eichendorff26 songs in all, several of which seem never to have been recorded before a fact which is hard to understand because they are very attractive. Like schumann, the other great lieder composer also syphilitic, wolf died in an insane asylum after trying to drown himself in october 1898. Mar 09, 2020 hugo wolf, composer who brought the 19thcentury german lied, or art song, to its highest point of development. Ian bostridge on hugo wolfs lieder music the guardian. Hugo wolf stone records, independent classical music. A list of works in the composer category that are not included here can be found on this page. His writing found its peak with his settings of the poet eduard morike, often compared to britten and auden or schubert and goethe for the perfect marriage of composer and poet. Sep 15, 2006 combining the eroticism of wagner and genius of schumann, hugo wolf s lieder are minimasterpieces, says ian bostridge ian bostridge fri 15 sep 2006 18.
Known for his highly chromatic lieder, hugo wolf was a romantic period austrian composer. Combining the eroticism of wagner and genius of schumann, hugo wolfs lieder are minimasterpieces, says ian bostridge ian bostridge fri 15 sep 2006. The sixth disc in the first complete recording of the songs of hugo wolf 18601903, recorded live at the oxford lieder festival. Hugo wolf 1860 1903 the austrian composer hugo wolf carried still further the expressive power of the german lied. The tenth disc in the first complete recording of the songs of hugo wolf 18601903, recorded live at the oxford lieder festival. The development of the song literature of hugo wolf. Hugo wolf was a late 19th century austrian composer best known for his art songs. For the words to his song cycle, wolf selected from a collection of spanish poems that had been translated into.
This sixth disc features settings of lenau and the sacred texts from the spanish songbook. Beethoven, schubert, schumann, and liszt each wrote songs to. Elisabeth schwarzkopf soprano gerald moorepiano 19561958 mignon i 0. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late romantic music, somewhat related to that of the second viennese school in concision but utterly unrelated in technique. Wolf is, by far, a greater song composer than schubert whose songs have often have vamping piano parts. The ninth disc in the first complete recording of the songs of hugo wolf 18601903, recorded live at the oxford lieder festival, featuring his settings of the poet michelangelo and his early songs. Listen to hugo wolf radio featuring songs from the hugo wolf society. Spanish songbook is a collection of 44 lieder songs for voice and piano by hugo wolf 18601903. Wolfs lieder in general, than would otherwise have been the case. Mausfallenspruchlein, and 6 lieder fur eine frauenstimme. Hugo wolf 1860 1903 vocal texts and translations at.
Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Wolf studied at the vienna conservatory 187577 but had a moody and irascible temperament and was expelled from the conservatory following his outspoken criticism of his masters. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. Begun during the depression, and through a novel markting concept, funded by public subscription, these recordings are a fascinating exploration of one of the greatest lieder composers and the greatest exponents of his art before world war ii. He was thrown out of the vienna conservatoire at the age of seventeen for telling the director that he felt his time as a music student was making him forget more than he learnt.
Eduard morike was the author of poetic idylls and delightful fairytales, a bucolic, charmingly inadequate and ineffectual country clergyman at one with his surroundings, and a nature poet par excellence with an engaging sense of. Now, with the exceptional partnership of maestro antonio pappano those expections are doubly rewarded. Skip to main content this banner text can have markup. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from hugo wolf at the discogs marketplace.
Oct 23, 2010 hugo wolf wrote almost nothing other than songs, but the legacy he left is a rich one. For me the sovereign principle in art is rigorous, harsh and inexorable truth, truth to the point of cruelty. Hugo wolf the complete morike lieder, part 2 events. Complete your dietrich fischerdieskau, gerald moore collection. Lieder by dietrich fischerdieskau, daniel barenboim from amazons classical music store. Hugo wolf in 1888, in a splendid outpouring of creativity, austrian composer hugo wolf 18601903 composed 53 songs set to work of the german poet eduard morike. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Help us with donations or by making music available. Wolf 18691903 was one of the most important austrian composers of lieder germanlanguage art songs of the late 19th century. Stream live events, live playbyplay nfl, mlb, nba, nhl, college football, ncaa basketball, and premier league matches. Lydia teuscher, thomas hobbs, william berger, robert holl, sholto kynoch. Reissued by arkivmusic, this boxed set is the complete edition from emi of the hugo wolf society recordings. Find hugo wolf composition information on allmusic.
Wiegenlied im sommer, 6 lieder fur eine frauenstimme. Wolf 18691903 was one of the most important austrian composers of lieder german. This distinguished set brings together all of hugo wolfs socalled morike lieder, the first of the great songbooks on which the composers reputation rests. Elisabeth schwarzkopf 19152006 box set download torrent. Imslp currently has pdf files up for songs of hugo wolf. Hugo wolf bio, albums, pictures naxos classical music. Feb 29, 2016 our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination.
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