Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Guillermo García Calvo – Hans Sommer: Orchestral Songs (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:10:11 minutes | 703 MB | Genre: Classical
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Newly discovered orchestral songs by an unsung hero. This is an album full of world-premiere recordings of orchestral songs by Hans Sommer, sung by an excellent quartet of soloists – Mojca Erdmann, Anke Vondung, Mauro Peter and Benjamin Appl – together with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under the baton of Guillermo García Calvo. Sommer was a Liszt student whose operas were performed and praised by Richard Strauss, but sunk into relative oblivion due to his unusual career path and independence from major publishers. The songs were discovered recently and can finally be presented to the world. Focusing mostly on Goethe poetry, combining high Romanticism with folk styles, Sommer’s songs are colourfully orchestrated, harmonically audacious, and often highly dramatic and evocative. This album release, commemorating Sommer’s 100-year death anniversary, sheds light on a fascinating chapter in music history, and will hopefully contribute to a renaissance of this hero.
Tracklist:
01. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Freisinn (02:01)
02. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Der König von Thule (04:16)
03. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Mignons Heimath (04:25)
04. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Beherzigung: I. Ach, was soll der Mensch (01:29)
05. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Beherzigung: II. Feiger Gedanken (01:50)
06. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Rastlose Liebe (03:16)
07. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Im Sturme, Op. 4 No. 3 (06:22)
08. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Sir Aethelbert, Op. 11 No. 4 (08:10)
09. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Lorelei, Op. 13 (Excerpts Ed. H. C. Mauruschat & M. Albrecht-Hohmaier): Lore im Nachen (02:28)
10. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Lorelei, Op. 13 (Excerpts Ed. H. C. Mauruschat & M. Albrecht-Hohmaier): Röslein und Schmetterling (02:20)
11. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Lorelei, Op. 13 (Excerpts Ed. H. C. Mauruschat & M. Albrecht-Hohmaier): Lore und der Junker (00:59)
12. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Lorelei, Op. 13 (Excerpts Ed. H. C. Mauruschat & M. Albrecht-Hohmaier): Im Walde (02:12)
13. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Lorelei, Op. 13 (Excerpts Ed. H. C. Mauruschat & M. Albrecht-Hohmaier): Auf dem Felsen (03:02)
14. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Nachts in der Kajüte (04:18)
15. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Wandrers Nachtlied: I. Der du von dem Himmel bist (02:45)
16. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Wandrers Nachtlied: II. Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh (02:33)
17. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Erinnerung (01:52)
18. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Im Dorfe blüht die Linde, Op. 2 No. 2 (02:58)
19. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Hunold Singuf, Op. 4 (Excerpts): No. 1, Zum Gruss (01:35)
20. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Hunold Singuf, Op. 4 (Excerpts): No. 6, Sommerspiel (03:06)
21. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Hunold Singuf, Op. 4 (Excerpts): No. 21, Lockung (04:32)
22. Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Guillermo García Calvo – Sommer: Hunold Singuf, Op. 4 (Excerpts): No. 31, Istud Vinum (03:33)
