Brahms: Duets and Romances

Release Date: 6th May 2022
Catalogue No: MDG9082233
Label: MDG

Opus Klassik Awards

2023

Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal

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Brahms: Duette (4), Op. 61

Brahms: Da unten im Tale (No. 6 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33)

Brahms: Romanzen und Lieder Op. 84

Brahms: Spannung, Op. 84 No. 5

Brahms: Der tote Gast

Brahms: Duette, Op. 66

Brahms: Die beiden Konigskinder (No. 15 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 32)

Brahms: Balladen und Romanzen (4), Op. 75

Brahms: Schwesterlein, WoO posth. 37 No. 1

Brahms: Duette (3), Op. 20

Brahms: Soll sich der Mond nicht heller scheinen (No. 35 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33)

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Throughout his life Johannes Brahms composed songs, including several cycles for two or more vocalists. Accompanied by Doriana Tchakarova, Felicitas and Judith Erb now present the duets in a finely tuned Super Audio CD.

With Magnus Dietrich, the ladies are joined by a truly youthful and radiant tenor for the clearly "male" pieces - a real asset, not only for the great ballads.

For only about half of the duets are the performance with two singers compulsory; Brahms even expressly intended the "Romances and Songs" op. 84 for one or two singers.

Felicitas and Judith Erb turn the tables and reinterpret many a Brahms song: "Der tote Gast", for example, or "Da unten im Tale", as well as the aforementioned "Schwesterlein", appear in a completely new light in the performance for two.

On the Steinway concert grand "Manfred Burki" from 1901, Doriana Tchakarova performs the piano part with absolute certainty and a great sense for the intense mood of the individual works. From intimate to dramatic, from lyrical to sweeping, everything is there - a true listening pleasure, and not only in the three-dimensional reproduction.

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