For their latest album, recorded live at the Reitstadel in Neumarkt, Christian Gerhaher and his long-time duo-partner, Gerold Huber, have revisited the songs of the great Romantic composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Yet it is not their first time: on their debut album in 2002 you'll already find the 'Four Serious Songs' Op. 121, and in 2017 they released their version of 'Romances from L. Tieck's Magelone', Op. 33. However, with this album, they bring single songs and cycles to the fore that testify to an intense striving by Brahms to create a new 'folk tune'. Embedded into social changes of the 19th century, Brahms here tries to establish the art song as a reflection of its own imagined history as well as a reminiscence and portrayal of a naturalness gradually becoming lost during the rise of the modern world - similar to the ambivalence between tradition and progress, noticeable in his instrumental works. As always, thanks to their ideal interweaving of words and music, Gerhaher and Huber introduce a new perspective to these songs. Among the works recorded here, apart from the exemplary cycle of the 'Neun Lieder und Gesange' Op. 32 and the 'Regenlied' cycle of posthumously published poems by Klaus Groth (which are heard here in their rarely performed early version) you will find well-known pieces such as 'Sehnsucht' and 'Von ewiger Liebe'. The highly informative booklet note was written by Laurenz Lutteken, one of the leading musicologists of our time.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.Sehnsucht, Op. 14, No. 8

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

2.Der Uberlaufer, Op. 48, No. 2

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

3.Vor Dem Fenster, Op. 14, No. 1

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

4.Von Ewiger Liebe, Op. 43, No. 1

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

5.Vom Verwundeten Knaben, Op. 14, No. 2

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

6.Der Gang Zum Liebchen, Op. 48, No. 1

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

7.Wie Rafft' Ich Mich Auf in Der Nacht

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

8.Nicht Mehr Zu Dir Zu Gehen

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

9.Ich Schleich Umher Betrubt

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

10.Der Strom, Der Neben Mir Verrauschte

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

11.Wehe, So Willst Du Mich Wieder

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

12.Du Sprichst, Dass Ich Mich Tauschte

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

13.Bitteres Zu Sagen, Denkst Du

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

14.So Stehn Wir, Ich Und Meine Weide

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

15.Wie Bist Du, Meine Konigin

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

16.Walle, Regen, Walle Nieder

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

17.Dein Blaues Auge

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

18.Mein Wundes Herz

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

19.Regentropfen Aus Den Baumen, 'Nachklang'

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

20.Meine Lieder, Op. 106, No. 4

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

21.Geheimnis, Op. 71, No. 3

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

22.Die Mainacht, Op. 43, No. 2

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

23.Auf Dem Kirchhofe, Op. 105, No. 4

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

24.O Kuhler Wald, Op. 72, No. 3

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

25.Treue Liebe, Op. 7, No. 1

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

26.Herbstgefuhl, Op. 48, No. 7

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

27.Lerchengesang, Op. 70, No. 2

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

28.Die Kranze, Op. 46, No. 1

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

29.Regentropfen Aus Den Baumen, WoO23

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber

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