Raoul Steffani, Magdalena Kozena & Gerold Huber
Release Date: 06 May 2022
Label: Challenge Classics
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0608917286526
Description
A unique and wonderful selection of Lieder by Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann, witnessing their musical love dialogue, performed by Raoul Steffani and Magdalena Kozena, accompanied by Gerold Huber.
Raoul Steffani: "The album you have here is the culmination of a long-cherished desire – a programme devoted to both Robert and Clara Schumann and the musical dialogue that blossomed between them during the early years of their married life, through their poems and song compositions. I am absolutely delighted and grateful for the opportunity to record this programme along with a selection of Robert Schumann's most beautiful duets, in a truly luxurious pairing with mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena and my regular piano accompanist Gerold Huber."
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
" No doubt about it: both sing beautifully, with in the duets that so enchanting mixture of the two so completely different timbres." - Opus Klassiek
"German pianist Huber provides detailed lighting for the scores, while Kozená elegantly arranges the beautifully formed phrases and Steffani emphasizes the color of the tone, of spectacular beauty." – Sonograma
"In four duets Raoul gets a nice response from Magdalena... Pianist Gerold Huber is an excellent accompanist." – Luister
"All very beautiful" - Music Emotion
Tracklisting
Narratio Quartet
Piano Duo Scholtes & Janssens
Matteo Cicchitti, Musica Elegentia
Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull, Sollazzo Ensemble
La Sfera Armoniosa, Oscar Verhaar, Mike Fentross
Simona Marchesi, Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi
Ben Kim, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
