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Delightfully sung choral works that focus on unrequited love and nostalgia. All 26 songs are sung with sympathy and ardour by this excellent chamber choir, with apt accompaniments by Christopher... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2009 More…

Release Date: 27th Apr 2009
Catalogue No: CDA67775
Label: Hyperion
Length: 66 minutes

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Brahms: Sechs Lieder und Romanzen, Op 93a

Work length12:31

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Katherine Watson (soprano)
Consortium
Andrew-John Smith

I. Der bucklichte Fiedler

Track length1:55

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II. Das Mädchen

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III. O süßer Mai

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IV. Fahr wohl

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V. Der Falke

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VI. Beherzigung

Track length1:09

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Brahms: Quartette (3), Op. 64

Work length14:03

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Christopher Glynn (piano)
Consortium
Andrew-John Smith

I. An die Heimat

Track length5:41

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II. Der Abend

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III. Fragen

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Brahms: Fünf Gesänge, Op 104

Work length14:52

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Consortium
Andrew-John Smith

I. Nachtwache I

Track length2:49

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II. Nachtwache II

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III. Letztes Glück

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IV. Verlorene Jugend

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V. Im Herbst

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Brahms: Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103

Work length20:52

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Christopher Glynn (piano)
Consortium
Andrew-John Smith

I. He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein!

Track length1:31

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II. Hochgetürmte Rimaflut, wie bist du so trüb

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III. Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen

Track length1:36

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IV. Lieber Gott, du weisst, wie oft bereut ich hab

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V. Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze

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VI. Röslein dreie in der Reihe blühn so rot

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VII. Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn

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VIII. Horch, der Wind klagt in den Zweigen traurig sacht

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IX. Weit und breit schaut niemand mich an

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X. Mond verhüllt sein Angesicht

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XI. Rote Abendwolken ziehn

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Brahms: Dem dunkeln Schoss der heil'ger Erde, WoO20

Work length4:00

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Consortium
Andrew-John Smith

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This charming disc presents a comprehensive selection of Brahms’s secular choral music. Through his professional activities, Brahms had a continuous interest in producing music for choirs, as well as profound insight into their capabilities. His impressive output of a cappella sacred choruses and motets makes learned and creative reference to such Baroque masters as Gabrieli, Schütz and Bach. Yet Brahms was equally adept in the traditions of the unaccompanied Romantic choral song, the Chorlied, following the lead of Schubert, Mendelssohn and Schumann, and adapting the form to his own characteristic ends. He also wrote a large number of vocal duets and quartets with piano accompaniment, including the popular Zigeunerlieder, which are testimony to his extraordinary fascination for gypsy music and its fertilizing effect on his style.

Selections from these secular forms are performed by the professional chamber choir Consortium, conducted by Andrew-John Smith, who will be familiar to Hyperion listeners from his acclaimed recording of Saint-Säens’ organ works.

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July 2009

Delightfully sung choral works that focus on unrequited love and nostalgia. All 26 songs are sung with sympathy and ardour by this excellent chamber choir, with apt accompaniments by Christopher Glynn.

This is definitely a crack chamber-sized choir: the sound is perennially fresh, even youthful … Intonation, ensemble, articulation are all flawless … I have much enjoyed Consortium’s Brahms, especially for the sheer quality of the singing. They are particularly good at sustaining tone in pianissimo, and they are always
rhythmically alive, which is vital in this repertoire

24th May 2009

. The four collections on this beautifully sung disc — Opp 93a, 64, 104 and 103 — are only a fraction of the whole...their rich harmonies and poetic atmosphere grow on you increasingly.

23rd May 2009

...deftly woven and emotionally resonant. There is plenty of variety too, ranging from the folk tang of the Zigeunerlieder to the exquisitely sad Five Songs of 1887.

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