bastille musique presents its tenth release »Wolfgang Rihm: Dort wie hier« featuring world premiere recordings by Hans Christoph Begemann (baritone) and Thomas Seyboldt (piano). The album includes Rihm’s settings of poems by Rückert, Mörike, Lessing, Goethe, Michelangelo/Rilke, Ekelöf/Sachs and Heine, all composed between 2006 and 2015. In addition to these SWR recordings, the set also contains a 60-page bilingual booklet (EN, DE) with articles by Janis El-Bira, Thomas Seyboldt, an interview with the composer, the complete lyrics and autograph pages from the album’s eponymous composition, as well as two photo leaflets of the composer and the artists.

Wolfgang Rihm (*1952)

Lieder nach Friedrich Rückert, Eduard Mörike, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Michelangelo Buonarroti (übertragen von Rainer Maria Rilke), Gunnar Ekelöf (übersetzt von Nelly Sachs) und Heinrich Heine