Composers love writing art songs, or if you are in German, lieder, as they appreciate the immediacy of words. For listeners, however, it can be a matter of taste; unfortunately, a taste for art song seems to be something that not many listeners acquire. The German Orfeo label recognizes this dichotomy and to make sure that the good lied does get out there it instituted, in 1996, its Contemporary Lieder Series. This Orfeo disc, Dallapiccola -- Hartmann -- Schweinitz: Lieder, was prepared to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ...
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Composers love writing art songs, or if you are in German, lieder, as they appreciate the immediacy of words. For listeners, however, it can be a matter of taste; unfortunately, a taste for art song seems to be something that not many listeners acquire. The German Orfeo label recognizes this dichotomy and to make sure that the good lied does get out there it instituted, in 1996, its Contemporary Lieder Series. This Orfeo disc, Dallapiccola -- Hartmann -- Schweinitz: Lieder, was prepared to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this series, which has included among its composers such figures as Szymanowski, Rihm, Krenek, Eisler, and Dessau -- not exactly names that make an instant connection with listeners when it comes to song, but nevertheless composers who have them, some in large measure. For those who, when they think of lied, primarily think of Franz Schubert and little else, this disc will seem like it is coming from the extreme left wing of lieder, and indeed, that is what Orfeo created this...
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