Moving Mahler at Hampson's Salzburg Recital

By Nahoko Gotoh, 10 August 2012

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Reviewed at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg on 4 August 2012

Programme to include:

Schumann, Liederkreis, Op.39

Dvořák, Cigánské melodie (Gypsy Songs) on poems by A. Heyduk, Op.55

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Aus! Aus!

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Zu Straßburg auf der Schanz (On the ramparts at Strasbourg)

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Revelge

Mahler, Rückert-Lieder: Liebst du um Schönheit

Thomas Hampson, Baritone

Wolfram Rieger, Piano

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Mengguang Huang, 15th April

Director Tobias Kratzer engineers a haunting pasticcio of Schumann, Bartók and Zemlinsky, tracing the domestic sphere’s shift from romantic surrender to the blood-soaked secrets of a century-spanning house.

****1

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Linda Holt, 20th January

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*****

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Zenaida des Aubris, 21st January

A whole week dedicated to Schubert Lieder at the Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, kicks off with a recital with ambitious repertoire.

*****

Hampson and Rieger in songs of love and loss

Chanda VanderHart, 26th February

Attention to delivery, effective interpretation and intelligent programming is what make the duo such a consistently beloved force in concert.

****1

Luca Pisaroni: Evolution of the Lied

Jenny Camilleri, 10th October

Bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, in splendid voice and with great eloquence, traces the development of the Lied from Mozart to Schubert at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam.

****1

Harteros and Rieger breeze through a “Solistenabend" of Wolf and Strauss at the Staatsoper

Chanda VanderHart, 14th May

The duo toss off three encores before breezing off into the night, sending their audience off to their beds, already completely and utterly satisfied.

****1

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.