Soprano Georgine Resick's Visions Intérieures, is a survey of the development of the song cycle. Ms. Resick sings in German, Polish, French, Swedish, and Italian, in this two-CD tour-de-force which presents a superb selection of works and composers rarely heard today. The great flowering of the song cycle occurred in early nineteenth century Germany, with its greatest representations being the well-known cycles by Schubert and Schumann. These cycles inspired numerous imitations, many of which, while not attaining the depth and breadth of their models, are charming and integrated works. On Disc One, entitled The Early German Song Cycle, Ms. Resick is accompanied by Andrew Willis, performing cycles of Weber and Kreutzer on a copy of a Louis Dulcken fortepiano (Munich 1815-20). The duo then performs cycles of Cornelius, Thalberg, and Jensen on an original 1841 Bösendorfer. On Disc Two, entitled The Wanderer: The Song Cycle in Migration, Ms. Resick is joined by Warren Jones, performing late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century cycles on a Steinway D. In an interesting cultural crossover, The Wanderer presents songs by a Russian composer of French-Lithuanian descent setting Polish poems; a German-influenced Polish composer setting German poetry; a French influenced Italian, and French composers setting translations of texts from Persia and Denmark.Georgine Resick is an internationally recognized soprano in both the operatic and concert fields. Renowned for her Mozart and Strauss interpretations, she has sung a wide variety of leading roles with the Vienna State Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Paris Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and numerous others. Her previous releases on BRIDGE have received glowing reviews from the international press: Men's Songs, Women's Voices (BRIDGE 9152) and Songs of Grechaninov (BRIDGE 9142).
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Disc A
The Early German Song Cycle
Conradin Kreutzer
Wander Lieder
Peter Cornelius
Brautlieder
Sigismund Thalberg
Sechs Deutsche Lieder
Adolf Jensen
Sieben Gesange aus dem Spanischen Liederbuch
Carl Maria von Weber
Die Temperamente bei dem Verluste der Geliebten
Disc B
The Wanderer
Jean Cras
Robaiyat de Omar Khayyam
Karol Szymanowski
Bunte Lieder
César Cui
Four sonnets
Arthur Honegger
Trois Chansons, Extraites de "La Petite Sirene"
Ture Rangström
Hafvets sommar
Gian Francesco Malipiero
Keepsake
Emile Paladilhe
Feuilles au vent
Georgine Resick, soprano
Warren Jones, piano
Andrew Willis, fortepiano
BRIDGE 9168A/B (two discs for the price of one)