TracksKling Leise Mein Lied S301 First Version, In Liebeslust S318, Wie Singt Die Lerche SCHÖN S312 Second Version, Die Stille Wasserrose S321, Lieder Aus Schillers Wilhelm Tell S292 First Version, Der Glückliche S334, Angiolin Dal Biondo Crin S269 Third Version, Tre Sonetti Di Petrarca S270 First Version, Bist Du S277 Second Version, Es Rauschen Die Winde S294 First Version, Schwebe Schwebe Blaues Auge S305 Second Version, Im Rhein Im Schönen Strome S272 First Version Ossia
NotesThe start of another Hyperion Lieder series is always cause for celebration! The first volume of an exciting collection of songs in advance of Liszt's bicentenary in 2011. Finely wrought settings of text by Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Hugo, Tennyson, Tolstoy, and others. American tenor Matthew Polenzani has been astounding Met opera audiences with his expressive and ardent performances. He is accompanied by the curator of the series, multiple Gramophone Award-winner Julius Drake.