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HUGO WOLF – THE COMPLETE SONGS – VOLUME 2: MÖRIKE LIEDER PART 2
SOPHIE DANEMAN, SOPRANO
ANNA GREVELIUS, MEZZO-SOPRANO
JAMES GILCHRIST, TENOR
STEPHAN LOGES, BARITONE
SHOLTO KYNOCH, PIANO
CD RELEASE DATE: 17 October 2011
Stone Records is delighted to announce its newest Oxford Lieder Live release, the second disc in
the first ever complete edition of the songs of Hugo Wolf (1860-1903). The disc, recorded live at
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the 2010 Festival to commemorate the 150 anniversary of the composer’s birth, completes
Wolf’s famous Mörike songbook, and includes some of his best known Lieder.
Over the course of the next couple of years, Oxford Lieder is promoting a series of concerts
encompassing every song, all of which will be recorded and released on the Stone Records label,
in a series of around a dozen discs. The Mörike Lieder was chosen as the ideal starting point
because it includes many of Wolf’s finest creations, and represents a perfect marriage of poet
and composer.
The four singers on this first disc are internationally renowned Lieder singers and, together with
the festival’s artistic director at the piano, provide world-class interpretations of these exceptional
songs. They were recorded in the Holywell Music Room, Europe’s oldest purpose-built concert
hall, by the multi-award-winning production team of Mark Brown and Julian Millard. In addition,
the disc’s booklet features translations and detailed notes by Richard Stokes, a leading authority
on the interpretation of Lieder.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
“This recording shows what can be done with enterprise, enthusiasm, dedication, and bold
artistic vision. An inspiration for all!”
Doundou Tchil, Classical Iconoclast, May 2011
“The ever-impressive Oxford Lieder Festival - **** ”
Hilary Finch, BBC Music Magazine, September 2011
CONTINUES OVERLEAF
MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Stone at Stone Records Ltd
Tel: 07595 534350 Email: [email protected]
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BIOGRAPHIES
Sophie Daneman is an accomplished recitalist and has appeared at many of the world's major
recital venues, including the Wigmore Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, the
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Musikverein, Vienna, and Carnegie Hall. She has toured
extensively with William Christie, as well as performing with Sir Neville Marriner, Gérard Lesne,
Jean-Claude Malgoire, Phillipe Herreweghe, Ivor Bolton and Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
Anna Grevelius has appeared with the Aix-en-Provence Festival, De Nederlandse Opera,
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Opera National de Paris, Drottningholm, ENO, Grange Park
Opera, Garsington Opera and the Classical Opera Company. In concert and recital she has
worked with Roger Vignoles, Eugen Asti, Bernard Haitink, the South Bank Sinfonia, English
Chamber Orchestra, Leon Botstein and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.
James Gilchrist began his working life as a doctor, turning to a full-time career in music in 1996.
He is in huge demand internationally as a concert artist. Recently he has sung at the
Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salzburg, Laeiszhalle Hamburg and the Tonhalle. Future
engagements include performances of On Wenlock Edge with the Endellion String Quartet and
Messiah with the St Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Stephan Loges was the winner of the 1999 Wigmore Hall International Song Competition. He
has given recitals throughout the world, including at the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York,
Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Klavierfestival Ruhr, La Monnaie, Brussels, Schleswig-Holstein
Festival, Santiago de Compostela and the Vocal Arts Series in Washington with pianists Roger
Vignoles, Simon Lepper, Alexander Schmalcz, and Eugene Asti.
Sholto Kynoch is in demand as a song accompanist and chamber musician, regularly
performing with many outstanding singers and instrumentalists. He is the founder and director of
the Oxford Lieder Festival, where he has accompanied more than fifty song recitals over the past
nine years. Recent concerts have taken him to Wigmore Hall, the Purcell Room, St John’s Smith
Square, the Victoria Concert Hall (Singapore), the Berliner Konzerthaus and Festivals around the
UK, as well as performances in Sweden, Romania and France.
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ENDS
Artists: Sophie Daneman (soprano), Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Stephan
Loges (baritone), Sholto Kynoch (piano)
Disc: Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – volume 2: Mörike Lieder part 2
Label: Stone Records
Catalogue number/barcode: 5060192780093
Release date: 17 October 2011
Track Listing:
1. Zum neuen Jahr
15. Rat einer Alten
2. Gebet
16. Erstes Liebeslied eines Mädchens
3. An den Schlaf
17. Lied eines Verliebten
4. Neue Liebe
18. Der Feuerreiter
5. Wo find ich Trost?
19. Nixe Binsefuss
6. An die Geliebte
20. Gesang Weylas
7. Peregrina I
21. Die Geister am Mummelsee
8. Peregrina II
22. Storchenbotschaft
9. Frage und Antwort
23. Zur Warnung
10. Lebe wohl
24. Auftrag
11. Heimweh
25. Bei einer Trauung
12. Lied vom Winde
26. Selbstgeständnis
13. Denk es, o Seele!
27. Abschied
14. Der Jäger
MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Stone at Stone Records Ltd
Tel: 07595 534350 Email: [email protected]