Brahms: Lieder - Johannes Brahms [CD]

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 Gesänge' 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 Lütteken, one of the leading musicologists of our time.

Disc 1
1. Sehnsucht, Op. 14, No. 8 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
2. Der šberl„ufer, Op. 48, No. 2 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
3. Vor Dem Fenster, Op. 14, No. 1 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
4. Von Ewiger Liebe, Op. 43, No. 1 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
5. Vom Verwundeten Knaben, Op. 14, No. 2 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
6. Der Gang Zum Liebchen, Op. 48, No. 1 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
7. Wie Rafft' Ich Mich Auf in Der Nacht (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
8. Nicht Mehr Zu Dir Zu Gehen (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
9. Ich Schleich Umher Betrbt (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
10. Der Strom, Der Neben Mir Verrauschte (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
11. Wehe, So Willst Du Mich Wieder (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
12. Du Sprichst, Dass Ich Mich T„uschte (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
13. Bitteres Zu Sagen, Denkst Du (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
14. So Stehn Wir, Ich Und Meine Weide (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
15. Wie Bist Du, Meine K”nigin (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
16. Walle, Regen, Walle Nieder (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
17. Dein Blaues Auge (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
18. Mein Wundes Herz (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
19. Regentropfen Aus Den B„umen, 'Nachklang' (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
20. Meine Lieder, Op. 106, No. 4 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
21. Geheimnis, Op. 71, No. 3 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
22. Die Mainacht, Op. 43, No. 2 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
23. Auf Dem Kirchhofe, Op. 105, No. 4 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
24. O Khler Wald, Op. 72, No. 3 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
25. Treue Liebe, Op. 7, No. 1 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
26. Herbstgefhl, Op. 48, No. 7 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
27. Lerchengesang, Op. 70, No. 2 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
28. Die Kr„nze, Op. 46, No. 1 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber
29. Regentropfen Aus Den B„umen, WoO23 (Johannes Brahms) - Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber