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FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)
The Complete Songs, Volume 1
Kling 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
MATTHEW POLENZANI tenor, JULIUS DRAKE piano
Compact Disc CDA67782
‘This stupendous disc, issued ahead of the Liszt bicentenary next year, marks the start of Hyperion’s
survey of his complete songs … as with so much of his music, their difficulty in performance is to be
found in their emotional and expressive extremes. The challenges are more than met here, with Polenzani
doing things in songs such as Der Fischerknabe or Pace non trovo that you never thought were possible
for a human voice, while Drake’s intensity is total and unswerving’ (The Guardian) ‘Polenzani is evidently
a tenor of the finest quality: a lyric voice, sweet and ingratiating, with the capacity to ring out excitingly,
gloriously easy on high but with a perfectly adequate body to the tone in its middle and lower registers …
He sings with warmth, intelligence and conviction, matching the superb playing of his pianist Julius Drake’
(Gramophone) ‘In the most intimate of these settings, as well as in the quasi-operatic ones, Polenzani
and Drake create performances that are at once thoughtful, richly atmospheric and never less than
compelling … This auspicious inauguration of the series whets the appetite for more’ (International
Record Review)
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