Songs of Love - Lieder der Liebe
Song Cycles by Walther Prokop
Robert Koller, bass baritone
Luitgard Hamberger, mezzo soprano
Eugenija Kupryte, piano
The colors of summer
klanglogo invites you to discover Walther Prokop's enchanting music: The colors of summer, shadows of autumn. Wather Prokop's piano song cycles grow from their literary originals. Always concentrated, never compressed. Hear the music in the klanglogo weblounge.The composerWalther Prokop, born 1946 in Rosenheim, lives and works in Gars am Inn, east of Munich. He studied composition and school music in Munich, his teachers Franz X. Lehner and Wilhelm Killmayer gardened his "composional rank growth" and helped to free himself from Adornesque avantgarde ideology. At age 60 it is time to not only look into the future, but look back, to take stock of the past, to remember idols and friends thankfully - and to share this process of reflecting one's artistic way with the audience. Walther Prokop's compositions are published by k.o.m. musikverlag. Tracklist
Lieder der Liebe
Songs Of Love
for baritone and piano
after poems by Odysseas Elytis |
Marina (für Wolfgang Hansjakob)
Das Delphinenmädchen (für Ina)
Der August
(für Professor Franz X. Lehner)
Glück (für Uwe Dick)
Wisst ihr es schon (Für Heinz und Louise Kaufmann)
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Peregrina
Song cycle for baritone and piano
after five poems by Eduard Mörike
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Gesänge eines Vergessenen
For voice and piano after four poems by Theodor Kramer |
Spätes Lied
Älter zu werden in Ehren
Heute summen noch die Bienen
Die alten Geliebten
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Suleika
Twelve poems from Goethes "West-eastern Diwan" for barione, mezzo soprano and piano |
Talismane
Unvermeidlich
Dass Suleika von Jussuph entzückt war
An vollen Büschelzweigen
Sag, du hast wohl gedichtet
Nimmer will ich dich verlieren
Lien um Liebe
Deinem Blick mich zu bequemen
Sitz ich allein
Wie mit innigstem Behagen
Auch in der Ferne dir so nah
In tausend Formen magst du dich verstecken |
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total time 71:01
The Artists
Robert Koller, bass baritone
Robert Koller, born in Basel, ranks among the most fascinating young voices in Switzerland. He studied wih Lászlo Polgár in Zurich and Winterthur, was awarded by Migros-Genosenschafts-Bund and Ernst Göhner foundation, and is a winner of the Orpheus Young Artists Award. He has given concerts in prestigious international concert halls like the Laeiszhalle, the KKL Lucerne, the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, while important festivals like the Styriarte Graz or the International Cervantino festival in Mexico have promoted Robert Koller as both dramatic and lyrical singer.
www.robert-koller.com
Luitgard Hamberger, mezzo soprano
born in Rosenheim, studiet at the Richard Straus Conservatory in Munich. She added masterclasses with Hans Hotter and Ada Zappieri. Her career has been inpired by conductors like Sir Colin Davis, Enoch zu Guttenberg, Leonard Bernstein, Riccardo Muti and Marcello Viotti. Her repertoire spans the music history from Monteverdi to contemporary music. Luitgard has brought a number of new works to life - world premieres of works by Walther Prokop for example. Luitgard Hamberger is founding member of H2O2, an a cappella quartet enchanting its audience with classical, jazzy and Bavarian pieces.
Eugenija Kupryte, piano
studied piano in her home town of Vilniu and in Zurich and Lucerne. She has participated in a number of masterclasses, for example with Rudolf Buchbinder and Paul Badura-Skoda. Her subtle yet personal approach to piano music has made her renowned partner in both chamber music and song.
Producers' notes
This recording is nothing less than a tribute to our own roots. It is music which has been part of our lives from the very first beginning.
Nick and Clemens Prokop
The recording has been generously supported by Bayerischer Musikfonds
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