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HUGO WOLF – THE COMPLETE SONGS – VOLUME 1: MÖRIKE LIEDER PART 1
SOPHIE DANEMAN, SOPRANO
ANNA GREVELIUS, MEZZO-SOPRANO
JAMES GILCHRIST, TENOR
STEPHAN LOGES, BARITONE
SHOLTO KYNOCH, PIANO
CD RELEASE DATE: 16 May 2011
Stone Records is delighted to announce its first Oxford Lieder Live release, a unique
collaboration with the famous Oxford Lieder Festival. Founded in 2002 by pianist Sholto Kynoch,
the Festival is now the biggest of its kind in the UK and one of the major art-song events in the
classical music calendar, attracting audiences and artists from around the world.
This initial CD is the first in a series that will comprise the complete songs of Hugo Wolf (18601903). Remarkably, this series will be the first complete edition of Wolf Lieder, a considerable
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number of which remain unrecorded. Starting in 2010, the 150 anniversary of the composer’s
birth, Oxford Lieder is promoting a series of concerts encompassing every song, all of which will
be recorded and released on the Stone Records label. The Mörike Lieder contain many of Wolf’s
finest creations and represent 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
“The audiences were treated to a series of outstanding and revelatory performances by all
concerned. However Sholto Kynoch, who accompanied each of the singers with such empathy
and consideration, deserves to be singled out for his remarkable contribution.”
Roger Jones, Seen and Heard, 23 October 2010
“This recording shows what can be done with enterprise, enthusiasm, dedication, and bold artistic
vision. An inspiration for all!... If tonight's performance is anything to go by, the CD will be worth
getting”
Doundou Tchil, Classical Iconoclast, 23 October 2010
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 1: Mörike Lieder part 1
Label: Stone Records
Catalogue number/barcode: 5060192780086
Release date: 16 May 2011
Track Listing:
1. Der Genesene an die Hoffnung
14. Agnes
2. Der Knabe und das Immlein
15. Auf einer Wanderung
3. Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag
16. Elfenlied
4. Jägerlied
17. Der Gärtner
5. Der Tambour
18. Zitronenfalter im April
6. Er ists
19. Um Mitternacht
7. Das verlassene Mägdlein
20. Auf eine Christblume I
8. Begegnung
21. Auf eine Christblume II
9. Nimmersatte Liebe
22. Seufzer
10. Fussreise
23. Auf ein altes Bild
11. An eine Äolsharfe
24. In der Frühe
12. Verborgenheit
25. Schlafendes Jesuskind
13. Im Frühling
26. Karwoche
MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Stone at Stone Records Ltd
Tel: 07595 534350 Email: [email protected]