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Hymne à la Beauté

Works for Voice and Instruments

Sonja Leutwyler (mezzo-soprano), Astrid Leutwyler (violin), Benjamin Engeli (piano)

Hymne à la Beauté

Hymne à la Beauté

Works for Voice and Instruments

Sonja Leutwyler (mezzo-soprano), Astrid Leutwyler (violin), Benjamin Engeli (piano)

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Hymne à la beauté' brings together rarely heard gems of chamber music in delightful arrangements for voice, violin and piano, passionately performed by the aspiring and outstanding Swiss artists Sonja Leutwyler (mezzo soprano), Astrid Leutwyler (violin) and Benjamin Engeli (piano). This programme of discoveries features captivating works by Louis Spohr, Johannes Brahms, Charles Ives, Camille Saint-Saëns, Felix Petyrek, Czeslaw Marek and Ottorino Respighi. On a special commission for this CD, the Swiss composer Martin Wettstein has composed the piece 'Hymne à la beauté (hymn to beauty)' for mezzo soprano, violin and piano after a poem by Charles Baudelaire.

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Spohr: Six lieder for baritone, violin & piano, op. 154
Work length14:03
  • Sonja Leutwyler (mezzo-soprano), Astrid Leutwyler (violin), Benjamin Engeli (piano)
  • Recorded: 12 July 2017 / 9-11 February 2018
  • Recording Venue: Radio DRS, Studio, Zurich, Switzerland
6 Deutsche Lieder, Op. 154: No. 1, Abendfeier
Track length2:03
6 Deutsche Lieder, Op. 154: No. 2, Jagdlied
Track length1:58
6 Deutsche Lieder, Op. 154: No. 3, Töne
Track length1:50
6 Deutsche Lieder, Op. 154: No. 4, Erlkönig
Track length3:13
6 Deutsche Lieder, Op. 154: No. 5, Der Spielmann und seine Geige
Track length2:53
6 Deutsche Lieder, Op. 154: No. 6, Abendstille
Track length2:06
Saint-Saëns: Violons dans le soir
Work length5:24
Massenet: Elégie
Work length2:59
Élégie
Track length2:59
Wettstein: Hymne à la beauté
Work length14:28
Brahms: Two songs for contralto with viola obbligato, Op. 91
Work length10:39
  • Sonja Leutwyler (mezzo-soprano), Hanna Weinmeister (viola), Benjamin Engeli (piano)
  • Recorded: 12 July 2017 / 9-11 February 2018
  • Recording Venue: Radio DRS, Studio, Zurich, Switzerland
2 Gesänge, Op. 91: No. 1, Gestillte Sehnsucht
Track length5:36
2 Gesänge, Op. 91: No. 2, Geistliches Wiegenlied
Track length5:03
Ives, C: Sunrise
Work length5:00
Czesław Marek: 5 Lenau Lieder, Op. 17
Work length3:16
5 Lenau Lieder, Op. 17: No. 4, Bitte
Track length3:16
Petyrek: 2 Lieder "Buch der Seele"
Work length2:58
2 Lieder "Buch der Seele": No. 1, Spät
Track length2:58
Respighi: Il tramonto
Work length14:01
  • Sonja Leutwyler (mezzo-soprano)
  • Lumina String Quartet
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