Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes by by Martha Hart, Bruce Tamnien, Johannes Brahms

Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes

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Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes

Features

Composer: Johannes Brahms

Conductor: Robert Shaw

Performer: Martha Hart, Bruce Tamnien, et al.

Orchestra: Robert Shaw Festival Singers

Label: Telarc

Catalog Number: 80326

Audio CD (April 27, 1993)

Number of Discs: 1

Reader Reviews
In the time before TV, Movies, and, well, records - people would make music on their own. They would even form societies to perform choral or small ensemble music. This music is written for intimate performance. I mean, all you need is a group of 20-40 singers and a good piano with two decent pianists (it is piano four-hands). They are short, charming, and emotionally satisfying pieces. The technical demands are not severe, but require performers of some experience if not extensive training. The kind of people who would have existed in some quantity in Germany at the time these were written. Remember, Brahms actually made a living from the sales of his published music! That is very rare in the history of music. But the relative sophistication of the time created the demand for such pieces and Brahms provided them with absolute gems. This disk contains both sets of the Liebeslieder Waltzes (love-song waltzes) and the set of seven Abendlieder (evening songs). As you would expect the Robert Shaw Festival Singers sing beautifully and the pianists support the singing very well. The Liebeslieder sets are charming and fun and BEAUTIFUL. I was fortunate to sing the second set with the Ann Arbor Cantata Singers this past year. It is quite fun. There is nice variety in the character of the pieces and there is enough solo work for the strong voices in the group to step out (NOT ME!). The Abendlieder are utterly gorgeous. Emotionally rich and lush in sound and texture. A nice end to the disk. The disk also includes a nice booklet with the lyrics of the songs and provides an English translation. My only quibble, and it is a small one - and is getting smaller upon each re-hearing is that the recording sounds a bit too wet for my tastes. I would have like to have heard the parts a tad more clearly. But you will love this disk. So, don't worry about my little squawk. Feel free to let me know what you think of the music and the disk.

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