Irmgard Seefried: Vienna 1943-1952

A lovely collection: if you had to choose a single disc to represent Seefried in song you could not do better than this...Her personal warmth permeates the voice, and in these recordings one... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2010 More…

Release Date: 11th Jan 2010
Catalogue No: C598091
Label: Orfeo
Series: Orfeo d'Or
Length: 75 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

April 2010

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Cornelius: Brautlieder

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Leopold Ludwig (piano)
Recorded: 7 December 1943
Recording Venue: RAVAG Studio, Vienna, Austria

No. 1. Ein Myrthenreis (A Myrtle Twig)

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No. 2. Der Liebe Lohn (Love's Reward)

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No. 3. Vorabend (The Evening Before)

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No. 4. Erwachen (Am Morgen) (Awakening (in the Morning)

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No. 5. Aus dem hohen Liede (From the Song of Songs)

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No. 6. Erfullung (Marchenwunder) (Fulfilment (Fairy-tale miracle)

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Brahms: Gesänge, Op. 7 Nos. 1-6

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Victor Graef (piano)

6 Gesange, Op. 7: No. 5. Die Trauernde

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Excerpt, Brahms: Lieder (5), Op. 105

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Victor Graef (piano)

5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 2. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer

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Excerpt, Brahms: Lieder (6), Op. 97

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Victor Graef (piano)

6 Lieder, Op. 97: No. 1. Nachtigall

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Excerpt, Wolf, H: Mörike-Lieder

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Victor Graef (piano), Irmgard Seefried (soprano)
Recorded: 1948
Recording Venue: RAVAG Studio, Vienna, Austria

No. 7. Das verlassene Magdlein

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No. 17. Der Gartner

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No. 13. Im Fruhling

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Kienzl: 6 Lieder, Op. 55

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Victor Graef (piano)

6 Lieder, Op. 55: No. 3. Maria auf dem Berge

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Kienzl: Aus Onkels Liedermappe, Op. 73

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Victor Graef (piano)

Aus Onkels Liedermappe (From Uncle's Song-Case), Op. 73: No. 5. Mai

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Mozart: Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge, K596

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)

Schubert: Die Forelle, D550

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)

Excerpt, Brahms: Lieder (5), Op. 49

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)

5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4. Wiegenlied

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Marx: Lieder und Gesänge, Vol. 1

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)

Lieder und Gesänge, Vol. 1: No. 17, Marienlied

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Marx: Lieder und Gesänge, Vol. 2

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)
Recorded: 5 October 1951
Recording Venue: RAVAG Studio, Vienna, Austria

No. 2. Erinnerung

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No. 4. Lied eines Mädchens

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Marx: Lieder und Gesänge, Vol. 3

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)
Recorded: 5 October 1951
Recording Venue: RAVAG Studio, Vienna, Austria

No. 8. Zigeuner

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No. 3. Sancta Maria

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Excerpt, Strauss, R: Vier Lieder Op. 27

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)

4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4. Morgen

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Excerpt, Strauss, R: Acht Gedichte aus 'Letzte Blätter', Op. 10

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)

8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blatter, Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 3. Die Nacht (The Night)

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Excerpt, Strauss, R: Sechs Lieder, Op. 37

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Erik Werba (piano), Irmgard Seefried (soprano)

6 Lieder, Op. 37, TrV 187: No. 3. Meinem Kinde

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Excerpt, Strauss, R: Schlichte Weisen, Op. 21

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)

Schlichte Weisen, Op. 21, TrV 160: No. 2. Du meines Herzens Kronelein

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Excerpt, Strauss, R: Vier Lieder Op. 27

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)

4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 1. Ruhe, meine Seele (version for voice and piano)

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8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blätter, Op. 10, TrV 141

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8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blatter, Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 8. Allerseelen

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Excerpt, Strauss, R: Lieder (3), Op. 29

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)

3 Lieder, Op. 29, TrV 172: No. 2. Schlagende Herzen

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Irmgard Seefried’s interpretation of the Composer in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos is said to have inspired Strauss himself to exclaim that until then he had not known how good his Composer was. She was also one of the most sought-after concert singers and lieder recitalists of her age. Not released until now, the many recordings included in the present CD attest to the richness and variety of that palette even during the early years of her career. The earliest of these recordings are Peter Cornelius's Brautlieder from the heyday of the Romantic art song, settings in which the soprano's exemplary treatment of the words and the vocal line are fully in evidence.The affinities between this cycle of six songs and the traditional German folksong offer the singer - a native of Swabia - a welcome opportunity to colour her tone even further, an approach that is also found in her recordings of songs by Mozart, Brahms,Wolf and two lesser-known composers, Wilhelm Kienzl and Joseph Marx.This compilation of Irmgard Seefried's recordings from the first ten years of her career in Vienna additionally includes some of Strauss's most popular songs, songs such as Morgen and Allerseelen that make it clear why, as we noted above, their composer held the soprano in such high regard.

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April 2010

A lovely collection: if you had to choose a single disc to represent Seefried in song you could not do better than this...Her personal warmth permeates the voice, and in these recordings one feels it as when she herself was part of our regular musical life half a century ago.

Irmgard Seefried

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