Wigmore Hall

Complete CD Track Listing

FRANZ SCHUBERT
01 Du bist die Ruh' [5.02]
02 Die Forelle [1.59]
03 Der blinde Knabe [3.56]
04 Liebhaber in allen Gestalten [1.07]
05 Der König in Thule [4.50]
06 Gretchen am Spinnrade [3.28]

GUSTAV MAHLER
07 Rheinlegendchen [3.02]
08 Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht [2.02]
09 Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen [7.34]
10 Das irdische Leben [2.44]

RICHARD STRAUSS
11 Heimliche Aufforderung [3.05]
12 Freundliche Vision [3.04]
13 Ruhe meine Seele [3.45]
14 Du meines Herzens Krönelein [2.16]
15 Seitdem dein Aug [1.50]
16 Cäcilie [2.25]
17 Morgen [4.04]
18 Zueignung [2.02]

Total Time: 60.01

Further Information

Dame Margaret Price (soprano)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

“Margaret Price’s belated Wigmore Hall debut yields a feast of sumptuous singing from the most majestic soprano this island has produced since the war” (Gramophone)

“Price’s was the most glorious soprano instrument I have been privileged to hear … This disc is especially welcome for the four Mahler Wunderhorn songs, where the thrillingly beautiful tone is allied to an immaculate technique” (The Sunday Times)

“Her pure, gleaming tone, opulent yet subtly deployed, is magnificently displayed in this recital of songs … When she gets to the Strauss sequence she is in full flood, singing with immaculate control and expressive intensity” (Evening Standard)“Price’s voice was considered among the most remarkable in the world at the time, and the beauty of most of the tracks leaves you open-mouthed with amazement” (The Guardian)

“Price voice had a glorious, gleaming sheen, and in Strauss’s Cäcilie it soars ecstatically … an opportunity to hear Margaret Price  as a Lieder singer, and a reminder of the art of Geoffrey Parsons, whose contributions to song recitals, both live and on record, will always be appreciated” (International Record Review)