COMPOSERS: Bosshart,Freund,Kletzki & Andreae,Schoeck
LABELS: Guild
ALBUM TITLE: Collection: Romantic Swiss Song
WORKS: Works
PERFORMER: Louise Innes (mezzo-soprano), Peter Van Hulle (tenor), William Coleman (baritone), Edward Rushton (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: GMCD 7237
An offbeat collection of Lieder by Swiss-born or Swiss-domiciled composers whose idiom ranges from post-Schumann to post-Strauss. Most memorable are the six numbers by Paul Kletzki (more famous as a conductor), with their heavy-lidded chromaticism and hints of expressionist violence, and the virginally innocent songs of the young Othmar Schoeck. Elsewhere blandness and bombast can set in. Performances are acceptable, though the vibrant, expressive mezzo outshines her rather raw-toned male colleagues. Richard Wigmore
Bosshart, Freund, Schoeck, Kletzki & Andreae
An offbeat collection of Lieder by Swiss-born or Swiss-domiciled composers whose idiom ranges from post-Schumann to post-Strauss. Most memorable are the six numbers by Paul Kletzki (more famous as a conductor), with their heavy-lidded chromaticism and hints of expressionist violence, and the virginally innocent songs of the young Othmar Schoeck. Elsewhere blandness and bombast can set in. Performances are acceptable, though the vibrant, expressive mezzo outshines her rather raw-toned male colleagues. Richard Wigmore
Our rating
3
Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:16 pm