Gefangene

Founded in 2010 by cellist Niklas Schmidt, ""Fontenay Classics International"" stands for fine chamber music, superior sound and exquisite design. FCI presents both young ensembles as well as recordings of Mr. Schmidt himself. Mostly first-time recordings, this disc offers much material for further musicological research and discussion. Text clouds surround the individual interpretations, as is the performers practice during staged recitals; the music can thus be enjoyed and analyzed in the company of introductory accounts of these great artists and their circles of friends.

Die Sopranistin Miriam Alexandra hat für diese Produktion ein spannendes Lieder-Programm mit hohem Repertoire-Wert (darunter einige Ersteinspielungen) der Komponistin Pauline Viardot (1821-1910) zusammengestellt. Die meisten Gedichte auf dieser CD stammen von Eduard Mörike. Aufgenommen hat sie die Lieder vergangenen August im Studio Britz des Deutschlandradios in Berlin. Begleitet wurde sie dabei von keinem Geringeren als vom renommierten Liedbegleiter und Professor Eric Schneider.

The set includes 17th and 18th century arias and songs from England by Purcell, Handel and Green, French art-songs by Debussy and Fauré, as well as canciones by Spanish composers including Enrique Granados and Joaquín Turina.

This 31 CD box set is being released to celebrate what would have been her 100th birthday in December 2015. The set contains all the recital programmes of song, opera and operetta tha t she recorded for EMI between 1952 and 1974, and also included two live recitals. All the recordings have been newly remasteredto the highest standards by various studios including Abbey Road. A reigning soprano of her era, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915-2006) remains renowned for her vocal beauty and elegance and for her acute interpretative insight – above all in the music of Mozart, Wolf and Strauss.