Diana Damrau, Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch – Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch (Live) (2019)
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Diana Damrau and Jonas Kaufmann, reigning stars of opera, are also consummate interpreters of song. In early 2018, with master pianist Helmut Deutsch, they performed Hugo Wolf’s multi-faceted Italienisches Liederbuch in 12 cities around Europe. “One couldn’t ask for more,” wrote the Telegraph after their London concert, which took place two days before this live recording was made in the German city of Essen.
By turns ecstatic and deeply depressed, as is the way with bipolar disorders, Hugo Wolf gave the world great and precious masterpieces in the genre of the lied with his great cycles, in particular Italienisches Liederbuch, for two voices, which represents the soul of the art. 46 lieder speak of love, focusing on the tangled feelings of man and woman across lovers’ dialogues in ironic, gallant and impassioned tones. Written around words by Paul Heyse based on anonymous Tuscan poems, this collection is full of ballads, and in particular rispetti (compliments), folksy poems made up of two quatrains. The German translation seriously disfigures the light touch of the Italian original, especially as Hugo Wolf makes no attempt to “do Italian” in his compositions. “I assure you: a warm heart beats in the little chests of my youngest southern children, who, despite everything, cannot hide their German origins. Yes, their hearts beat in German, even though the sun shines in Italian”, he told a friend. This Italian collection is made up of, as Stéphanie Goldet writes, “little love stories, moments of impatience or frustration, wishes and warnings, complaints and recriminations, demands and unconditional surrenders”.
Recorded in concert at the Hesse Philharmonic on 18 February 2018, this new recording ranks alongside other legendary records such as those by Schwarzkopf and Fischer-Dieskau; it will surely become a new reference point version. While it was reasonable to worry about Jonas Kaufmann’s voice, we can hear that it has recovered all its strength and its thousand and one miraculous nuances. His partner, Diana Damrau, is radiant, with a song that brings together the many different emotions of a worried and sometimes mischievous young girl. But this dialogue would be nothing without the subtle and refined piano-playing of Helmut Deutsch, who has given these miniatures such an irresistible accompaniment. – François Hudry
Tracklist:
1-01. Diana Damrau – No. 1, ‘Auch kleine Dinge konnen uns entzucken’ (Live) (02:09)
1-02. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 4, ‘Gesegnet sei, durch den die Welt entsund’ (Live) (01:23)
1-03. Diana Damrau – No. 39, ‘Gesegnet sei das Grun’ (Live) (01:18)
1-04. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 3, ‘Ihr seid die Allerschonste’ (Live) (01:38)
1-05. Diana Damrau – No. 21, ‘Man sagt mir, deine Mutter woll es nicht’ (Live) (01:01)
1-06. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 41, ‘Heut Nacht erhob ich mich um Mitternacht’ (Live) (01:39)
1-07. Diana Damrau – No. 40, ‘O war dein Haus durchsichtig wie ein Glas’ (Live) (01:29)
1-08. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 27, ‘Schon streckt’ ich aus im Bett die muden Glieder’ (Live) (01:43)
1-09. None – No. 18, ‘Heb’ auf dein blondes Haupt’ (Live) (01:52)
1-10. Diana Damrau – No. 20, ‘Mein Liebster singt am Haus’ (Live) (01:27)
1-11. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 22, ‘Ein Standchen Euch zu bringen’ (Live) (01:19)
1-12. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 42, ‘Nicht langer kann ich singen’ (Live) (01:08)
1-13. Diana Damrau – No. 43, ‘Schweig einmal still’ (Live) (00:58)
1-14. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 44, ‘O wusstest du, wie viel ich deinetwegen’ (Live) (01:31)
1-15. Diana Damrau – No. 6, ‘Wer rief dich denn?’ (Live) (01:07)
1-16. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 31, ‘Wie soll ich frohlich sein’ (Live) (01:34)
1-17. Diana Damrau – No. 10, ‘Du denkst mit einem Fadchen mich zu fangen’ (Live) (01:14)
1-18. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 14, ‘Geselle, woll’n wir uns in Kutten hullen’ (Live) (02:35)
1-19. Diana Damrau – No. 45, ‘Verschling’ der Abgrund meines Liebsten Hutte’ (Live) (01:17)
1-20. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 8, ‘Nun lass uns Frieden schliessen’ (Live) (01:58)
1-21. Diana Damrau – No. 29, ‘Wohl kenn’ ich Euren Stand’ (Live) (01:44)
1-22. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 38, ‘Wenn du mich mit den Augen streifst’ (Live) (01:41)
1-23. Diana Damrau – No. 36, ‘Wenn du, mein Liebster, steigst zum Himmel auf’ (Live) (01:32)
1-24. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 23, ‘Was fur ein Lied soll dir gesungen werden’ (Live) (01:50)
1-25. Diana Damrau – No. 19, ‘Wir haben Beide lange Zeit geschwiegen’ (Live) (01:59)
1-26. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 34, ‘Und steht Ihr fruh am Morgen auf’ (Live) (03:01)
1-27. Diana Damrau – No. 16, ‘Ihr jungen Leute’ (Live) (01:11)
1-28. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 9, ‘Dass doch gemalt all deine Reize waren’ (Live) (01:52)
1-29. Diana Damrau – No. 2, ‘Mir ward gesagt’ (Live) (01:43)
1-30. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 17, ‘Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen’ (Live) (02:11)
1-31. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 33, ‘Sterb’ ich, so hullt in Blumen meine Glieder’ (Live) (02:45)
1-32. Diana Damrau – No. 15, ‘Mein Liebster ist so klein’ (Live) (01:43)
1-33. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 35, ‘Benedeit die sel’ge Mutter’ (Live) (03:22)
1-34. Diana Damrau – No. 24, ‘Ich esse nun mein Brot nicht trocken mehr’ (Live) (01:47)
1-35. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 7, ‘Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag’ erhoben’ (Live) (01:45)
1-36. Diana Damrau – No. 25, ‘Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen’ (Live) (00:55)
1-37. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 26, ‘Ich liess mir sagen und mir ward erzahlt’ (Live) (01:48)
1-38. Diana Damrau – No. 11, ‘Wie lange schon war immer mein Verlangen’ (Live) (02:42)
1-39. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 37, ‘Wie viele Zeit verlor ich, dich zu lieben!’ (Live) (01:35)
1-40. Diana Damrau – No. 32, ‘Was soll der Zorn, mein Schatz’ (Live) (01:41)
1-41. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 5, ‘Selig ihr Blinden’ (Live) (01:39)
1-42. Diana Damrau – No. 12, ‘Nein, junger Herr’ (Live) (00:46)
1-43. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 13, ‘Hoffartig seid Ihr, schones Kind’ (Live) (00:43)
1-44. Diana Damrau – No. 28, ‘Du sagst mir, dass ich keine Furstin sei’ (Live) (01:19)
1-45. Jonas Kaufmann – No. 30, ‘Lass sie nur gehn’ (Live) (01:33)
1-46. Diana Damrau – No. 46, ‘Ich hab in Penna einen Liebsten wohnen’ (Live) (01:03)
