Completed in 1869, the first collection of Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52 became a great hit after Brahms and Clara Schumann performed as accompanists at the premiere of his arrangement for singers and four-hand piano. These 18 love songs for mixed vocal quartet and four hands piano pay homage to the city of Vienna. In 1874, Brahms went on to write a sequel, the 15 Neue Liebeslieder-Walzer Op. 65.
Generally simple and concise, at times serious or cheerful, dark or luminous, these songs are all waltzes. Not all are for four voices, however; some call for one or two soloists, or contrast one vocalist to the three others.
Kimy McLaren made her stage debut with Opéra National du Rhin and has performed extensively worldwide and accrued a formidable and widely diverse repertoire comprised of opera, concert, recital and musical theatre.
Critically acclaimed French-Canadian mezzo-soprano Michèle Losier captivates opera audiences around the world with her rich voice, masterful musicality and stupendous stage presence.
Canadian tenor Pascal Charbonneau studied at McGill University, followed by advanced studies at the Guidlhall School of Music in London and the Atelier Lyrique de Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal.
Bass baritone Alexandre Sylvestre, originally from Lanaudière, Québec has been heard on the Canadian and American operatic stages for the past 10 years.
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
LIEBESLIEDER WALZER, OPUS 52 (1868-1869)
[Chants d'amour en forme de valses / Love Song Waltzes]
Textes tires de-Polydora, de Georg Friedrich Daumer, recueil de poesies populaires russes, polonaises et hongroises / Verses from Polydora, by Georg Friedrich Daumer, after Russian, Polish and Hunganan dance songs
1 Rede, Mädchen 1:15 [SATB]
2 Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut 0:45 [SATB]
3 0 die Frauen 1:19 [TB]
4 Wie des Abends schöne Röte 0:53 [SA]
5 Die grüne Hopfenranke 1:37 [SATB]
6 Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel 2:34 [SATB]
7 Wohl schön bewandt war es 1:24 [A]
8 Wenn so lind dein Auge mir 1:35 [SATB]
9 Am Donaustrande 2:23 [SATB]
10 0 wie sanft die Quelle 0:56 [SATB]
11 Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen 0:59 [SATB]
12 Schlosser auf, und mache Schlösser 0:48 [SATB]
13 Vögelein durchrauscht die Luft 0:55 [SA]
14 Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar 1:07 [TB]
15 Nachtigall, sie singt so schön 1:14 [SATB]
16 Ein dunkeier Schacht ist Liebe 1:11 [SATB]
17 Nicht wandle, mein Licht 2:19 [T]
18 Es bebet das Gestràuche 1:20 [SATB]
16 VALSES / WALZES, OP. 39
19 Valse n° l en si majeur/Waftz No.1 in B Major 0:50
20 Valse n° 2 en mi majeur / Waitz No. 2 in E Major 1:13
21 Valse n° 3 ensol diese mmeur/WaItz No. Sin G-SharpMinor 0:41
22 Valse n° 4 en mi mineur / Waitz No. 4 in E Minor 1:18
23 Valse n° 5 en roi majeur / Waitz No. 5 in E Major 1:17
24 Valse n° 6 en do diese majeur/ Waitz No. 6m C-Sharp Major 0:58
25 Valse n° 7 endo diese mineur/ WaltzNo. 7m C-SharpMinor 2:01
26 Valse n° 8 ensibemol majeur/ Waitz No. 8 in B-Flat Major 0:59
27 Valse n° 9 en re mineur / Waitz No. 9 in D Minor 1:04
28 Valse n° 10 ensol majeur / Waitz No. 10 in G Major 0:32
29 Valse n° 11 en si mineur / Waitz No. U in B Minor 1:12
30 Valse n° 12 en mi majeur / Waitz No. 12 in E Major 1:45
31 Valse n° 13 en do majeur / Waitz No. 13 in C major 0:36
32 Valse n° 14 en sol diese mineur / Waitz No. 14 in G-Sharp Minor 1:15
33 Valse n° 15 en la bemol majeur / Waitz No. 15 in A-FIat Major 1:27
34 Valse n° 16 en do diese mineur / Waitz No. 16 in C-Sharp Minor 0:47
NEUE LIEBESLIEDER WALZER, OPUS 65 (1874)
[Nouveaux chants d'amour en forme de valses / New Love Song Waltzes]
Textes tires de Polydora, de Georg Friedrich Daumer, recueil de poesies populaires de divers pays, à l'exception,
en guise de conclusion, du poeme final, qui est de Johann Wolfgang von Goethe /
All the poems, wjth the exception ofthe last one, which is by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, are from Georg Friedrich Daumer's Polydora, a collection oftranslations and imitations
otdance-songsandfolkpoetryfrommanycountries.
35 Verzicht, o Herz 0:47 [SATB]
36 Finstere Schatten der Nacht 1:38 [SATB]
37 An jeder Hand die Finger 1:17 [S]
38 Ihr schwarzen Augen 0:51 [B]
39 Wahre, wahre deinen Sohn 1:11 [A]
40 Rosen steckt mir an die Mutter 0:47 [S]
41 Vom Gebirge Well auf Well 1:03 [SATB]
42 Weiche Gràser im Revier. Ruhig 1:40 [SATB]
43 Nagen am Herzen 1:20 [S]
44 Ich kose süß mit der und der 1:00 [T]
45 Alles, alles in den Wind 0:45 [S]
46 Schwarzer Wald, dein Schatten ist so duster 1:35 [SATB]
47 Nein, Geliebter, setze dich 1:40 [SA]
48 Flammenauge, dunkles Haar 1:38 [SATB]
49 ZumSchluss 2:34 [SATB]
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