| Václav Jan Krvtitel Tomášek wrote numerous songs and short piano pieces, genres in which his works predate those of his rather more famous near contemporary Franz Schubert by some years. Quite why they are so neglected today is a mystery as this enthralling new album from Renata Pokupic’ and Roger Vignoles unfolds twenty-eight songs of a rare appeal. Perhaps we should not be surprised: Tomášek was one of the very few composers of Goethe settings to meet with the great poet’s (relatively) undivided approval. |
| 1 Mailied Op 53 No 3 [1'49] 2 Schäfers Klagelied Op 56 No 1 [3'50] 3 Rastlose Liebe Op 58 No 1 [1'05] 4 Die Nacht Op 55 No 5 [2'16] 5 Auf dem See Op 57 No 3 [1'40] 6 An die Entfernte Op 55 No 1 [1'33] 7 Wandrers Nachtlied Op 58 No 4 [2'08] 8 Erlkönig Op 59 No 1 [3'00] 9 Heidenröslein Op 53 No 1 [1'57] bl Das Geheimnis Op 58 No 3 [2'33] bm Die Spröde Op 54 No 2 [1'36] bn Die Bekehrte Op 54 No 3 [1'53] bo Sorge Op 57 No 4 [1'17] bp Am Flusse Op 55 No 3 [1'09] bq Die Spinnerin Op 55 No 2 [2'44] Sechs böhmische Lieder von Václav Hanka Op 71 [11'08] br Die Nachtigall [2'11] bs Das Lebewohl [1'51] bt Wehmuth [2'17] bu Das Veilchen [1'34] cl Rache [1'31] cm Die blauen Augen [1'44] cn Des Greises Trauerlied Op 69 No 1 [4'52] co Das Lied Op 37 No 2 [2'24] cp Lied eines Alpenmädchens Op 96 No 3 [2'27] cq Ständchen Op 107 No 3 [1'55] Drei Gesänge Op 92 [8'03] cr In die Ferne [4'00] cs Mein Lieb [1'48] ct Mein Hochland [2'15] |