Gerhard Siegel & Gabriel Dobner - R. Strauss & Wagner: Art Songs (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 200 MB | Tracks: 20 | 57:49 min
Style: Classical | Label: haenssler CLASSIC
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 200 MB | Tracks: 20 | 57:49 min
Style: Classical | Label: haenssler CLASSIC
Two of the greatest practitioners of High Romantic art song were, not surprisingly, also exceptional opera composers: Richard Wagner (1813-1883) and Richard Strauss (1864-1949). While the former cultivated all-encompassing music dramas to the near exclusion of everything else, the latter worked successfully in genres ranging from chamber music to grand symphonies. German lieder attained a relative highpoint in the work of Franz Schubert, whose 600+ individual songs and organic song cycles deserve pride of place. However, that achievement must not overshadow the later evolution of the genre in generations from Mendelssohn to Schoenberg.