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在一個不眠之夜寫下的詞 (拉赫曼尼諾夫 / 西貝流士 / 柴可夫斯基)
路易絲·奧爾德 女高音
約瑟夫·米道頓 鋼琴

The soprano Louise Alder has been described as 'the brightest lyric soprano of the younger generation' (The Arts Desk), 'a born actress' (Opera), and as having 'a voice of sparkling beauty' (Gramophone). In this her debut recording for Chandos, she and her pianist, Joseph Middleton, have devised an unusual but rewarding programme that explores the works of six contrasting composers. As she writes in her booklet note: ‘When Joseph suggested making a CD of Russian songs, including Russian composers who set poems in other languages, I jumped at the challenge. The more we discussed the repertoire, the more amazed I was to see how well it fitted with my own family history. In 1916 (the same year that Rachmaninoff composed the Opus 38 songs), huge political unrest forced my great-grandparents and family to flee, shutting up the house in Odessa, travelling 1,687 km north by rail to St Petersburg, and then by sleigh into Finland, through Norway, and back to Britain. It is my pleasure to be able to honour my family's Russian connection with this meandering sleigh ride through Russia, with songs in Russian, French, and German, into Finland, in Swedish, and Norway, in German, back to the UK for a cycle of Britten songs in Russian.'
 

SERGE RACHMANINOFF
Six Songs, Op.38 (1916)15:28
1.1At night in my garden. (Lento)1:52
2.2To Her. Andante - Poco più mosso 2:47
3.3Daisies. Lento - Poco più mosso2:29
4.4The Rat Catcher. Non allegro. Scherzando -2:42
Poco meno mosso - Tempo come prima - Più mosso - Tempo I
5.5Dream. Lento - Meno mosso3:23
6.6A-oo. Andante - Tempo più vivo. Appassionato - Tempo precedente -2:15
JEAN SIBELIUS
7.Våren flyktar hastigt, Op.13 No.4 (1891)1:35
(Spring flees hastily) from Sju sånger (Seven Songs)
8.Sav, sav, susa, Op.36 No.4 (1900?)2:32
(Reed, reed, whistle) from Sex sånger (Six Songs)
9.Flickan kom ifrån sin alsklings möte, Op.37 No.5 (1901)2:59
The girl came from meeting her lover)from Fem sånger (Five Songs)
10.Var det en dröm?, Op.37 No.4 (1902)2:04
(Was it a dream?) from Fem sånger (Five Songs)
EDVARD GRIEG
Seks Sange, Op.48 (1884-88)14:22
(Sechs Lieder / Six Songs)
11.1Gruß (Greeting). Allegro con moto1:09
12.2Dereinst. Gedanke mein (One day, my thoughts). Molto andante2:43
13.3Lauf der Welt (The Way It Goes). Allegretto leggiero1:38
14.4Die verschwiegene Nachtigall (The Discreet Nightingale).3:34
Allegretto (sempre con mezza voce)
15.5Zur Rosenzeit (When the Roses Blossom). Allegretto serioso -3:00
16.6Ein Traum (A Dream). Andante - Un poco mosso - Allegro2:18
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Six Mélodies, Op.65 (1888)13:05
17.1Sérénade (Serenade). Allegretto quasi andantino1:45
18.2Déception (Disappointment). Moderato - Più mosso - Tempo I2:28
19.3Sérénade (Serenade). Andante non troppo - Più mosso -2:12
20.4Qu'importe que l'hiver (What does it matter that winter).2:30
21.5Les Larmes (Tears). Andante doloroso - Più vivo - Tempo I3:06
22.6Rondel (Rondel). Allegretto grazioso1:04
NIKOLAI MEDTNER
23.Mailied, Op.6 No.2 (c.1901-05)1:46
(May Song)from Neun Goethe-Lieder (Nine Goethe Songs)
24.Meeresstille, Op.15 No.7 (1905-07)3:05
(Dead Calm)from Zwölf Goethe-Lieder (Twelve Goethe Songs)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Poet's Echo, Op.76 (1965)15:37
25.1Echo. Largamente2:58
26.III thought that the heart had forgotten. Adagio1:33
27.IIIAngel. Agitato - Tranquillo2:26
28.IVThe Nightingale and the Rose. Tranquillo3:50
29.VEpigram. Presto0:53
30.VILines Written during a Sleepless Night. Andante - Agitato ed animando - Largamente3:57
Total time: 72:33
Louise Alder soprano
Joseph Middleton piano