BBC New Generation Artist Catriona Morison makes an impact with this recital of German-language songs that manages to both feel familiar and to break new ground at the same time. Morison strikes a domestic, intimate tone that she sustains throughout the program, even in the memorial Lenau songs of Robert Schumann at the end, and the dimensions are aptly defined by her accompanist, Malcolm Martineau. However, these Schumann songs -- the Six Poems and a Requiem, Op. 90 -- are not often performed (they were written when ...
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BBC New Generation Artist Catriona Morison makes an impact with this recital of German-language songs that manages to both feel familiar and to break new ground at the same time. Morison strikes a domestic, intimate tone that she sustains throughout the program, even in the memorial Lenau songs of Robert Schumann at the end, and the dimensions are aptly defined by her accompanist, Malcolm Martineau. However, these Schumann songs -- the Six Poems and a Requiem, Op. 90 -- are not often performed (they were written when Schumann believed the poet Nikolaus Lenau had died (he was still alive, but died as the songs were premiered), and Morison also chooses excellent lesser-known songs of Brahms and Grieg (setting German poetry). The highlight is the group of songs by Josephine Lang (1815-1880), a student of Mendelssohn who had one of her songs published in Schumann's Neue Zeitschrift für Musik . She was quite prolific, having had to make a living as a composer and piano teacher after her husband's...
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