Hugo Wolf, Geraldine McGreevy, Graham Johnson (2) – Goethe Lieder (CD, Album) (Mint (M))

Media Condition: Mint (M)

Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Location: AU-BOX 177L

THIS UNSEALED DISC HAILS FROM AN IMMENSE CLASSICAL COLLECTION OWNED BY A COLLEGE MUSIC PROFESSOR… ALL THE DISCS FROM THIS COLLECTION ARE NM TO MINT… ALL THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THE DISC IS FULLY INTACT AND NM TO MINT… SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL… ENJOY !!!

Notes:

Recorded on 1 October 1999 and 3-4 February 2000
Piano: Steinway & Sons

℗ & © Hyperion Records Ltd., London, MMI

Cover: “Eros and Ganymede” by Alfred Sacheverell Coke (fl.1869-1893)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London / Bridgeman Art Library, London

112-page booklet with extensive notes by Graham Johnson, including song texts and English translations.
Illustrations: Hugo Wolf in 1889 – frontispiece to composer’s biography by Ernst Decsey (p.9); title page to early edition of Wolf’s Gedichte von Goethe (p.10); silhouettes of Goethe in 1784 (p.15) and 1785 (p.40); Christiane Goethe née Vulpius in 1814 (p.24); Wolf’s mistress Melanie Köchert (p.29); Die Bekehrte – silhouette by Rolf Winkler (p.37); statue of St Nepomuk on Charles Bridge, Prague (p.44); Reichardt’s setting of “Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt”, folded into first edition of Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, Book IV (p.49); Melanie Köchert’s three daughters, the original three kings in Epiphanias (p.79); Henry Moses, engraving from first English edition of Faust (p.89); collage of Goethe portraits during his Weimar years, 1773-1832 (p.91); Marianne von Willemer (p.93); artist photographs (pp.109-110).

1. Ganymed 5:49
2. Frühling Übers Jahr 2:09
3. Der Schäfer 2:11
4. Blumengruss 1:36
5. Gleich Und Gleich 0:59
6. Die Spröde 2:06
7. Die Bekehrte 3:05
8. Anakreons Grab 2:58
9. St Nepomuks Vorabend 2:20
10. Mignon I (“Heiss Mich Nicht Reden”) 3:14
11. Mignon II (“Nur Wer Die Sehnsucht Kennt”) 1:41
12. Mignon III (“So Lasst Mich Scheinen”) 4:22
13. Philine 3:37
14. Mignon (“Kennst Du Das Land”) 6:53
15. Gutmann Und Gutweib 5:25
16. Epiphanias 4:41
17. Dank Des Paria 2:58
18. Gretchen Vor Dem Andachtsbild Der Mater Dolorosa 5:53
19. Als Ich Auf Dem Euphrat Schiffte 1:41
20. So Lang Man Nüchtern Ist 1:44
21. Nimmer Will Ich Dich Verlieren 1:11
22. Phänomen 2:15
23. Hoch Beglückt In Deiner Liebe 2:00
24. Wanderers Nachtlied (“Der Du Von Dem Himmel Bist”) 1887 3:00

Barcode 034571171302
Label Code LC 7533
Matrix / Runout CDA67130 01 6
Matrix / Runout MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M&L
Mastering SID Code IFPI L136
Mould SID Code IFPI 04E8
SPARS Code DDD

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