Affinities: Greek and German Art Songs Fanie Antonelou & Kerstin Mörk

• Yannis Constantinidis (1903 - 1984): 20 Songs of the Greek People (Excerpts):
• 1 20 Songs of the Greek People (Excerpts): No. 2, To Erináki 01:28
• 2 20 Songs of the Greek People (Excerpts): No. 19, Méra mérosse 02:42
• 3 20 Songs of the Greek People (Excerpts): No. 10, To mávro yemení 01:28
• 4 20 Songs of the Greek People (Excerpts): No. 16, Apópse ta messánichta 02:19
• Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942):
• 5 Des Mädchens Klage 02:57
• 6 Mädel, kommst du mit zum Tanz? 01:40
• 7 Nun schwillt der See so bang 01:35
• Manolis Kalomiris (1883 - 1962): The State and Solitude, Book 4:
• 8 The State and Solitude, Book 4: No. 4, I neraidoparméni 06:12
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951):
• 9 Erwartung, Op. 2 No. 1 03:57
• 10 Mädchenlied, Op. 48 No. 3 02:22
• Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896 - 1960):
• 11 O thánatos tou náfti 02:44
• 12 Afrodíti Uranía 03:37
• Kurt Weill (1900 - 1950):
• 13 Der Abschiedsbrief 03:41
• 14 Klops Lied 00:53
• Philipp Jarnach (1892 - 1982): 5 Lieder, Op. 15:
• 15 5 Lieder, Op. 15: No. 2, Ich hört ein Sichlein rauschen 02:22
• Nikos Skalkottas (1904 - 1949):
• 16 I lafína 03:41
• Anton Beer-Walbrunn (1864 - 1929):
• 17 Mariae Sehnsucht, Op. 59 No. 5 03:41
• Emilios Riadis (1880 - 1935): 9 Short Greek Songs (Excerpts):
• 18 9 Short Greek Songs (Excerpts): No. 8, Mágissa 01:53
• 19 9 Short Greek Songs (Excerpts): No. 4, Missiriótissa 01:46
• Manolis Kalomiris: The State and Solitude, Book 4:
• 20 The State and Solitude, Book 4: No. 3, I neráida 01:39
• The Lute and Stick:
• 21 The Lute and Stick: No. 3, Rumeliótissa 03:45
• Ludwig Thuille (1861 - 1907): 3 Frauenlieder, Op. 5:
• 22 3 Frauenlieder, Op. 5: No. 1, Klage 02:59
• Dimitrios Lialios (1869 - 1940): 4 Lieder, Op. 7:
• 23 4 Lieder, Op. 7: No.1, Es erklingt wie Liebestöne 01:24
• Total Runtime 01:00:45

Info for Affinities: Greek and German Art Songs

The Greek soprano Fanie Antonelou and German pianist Kerstin Mörk here join forces in an exciting project, entitled ‘Affinities’. In a carefully constructed sequence of 23 songs, they explore the kinship between Greek and German art songs – a varied one, filtered through friendships, family connections and teacher-pupil relationships.

All the composers represented on the disc studied and/or worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the three great German-speaking musical centres – Vienna, Munich and Berlin – and include figures both well known (Schoenberg, Weill, Skalkottas and Mitropoulos) and less familiar (Emilios Riadis, Dimitrios Lialios, Ludwig Thuille). With twelve composers and even more poets involved, the subject matter of the individual songs is diverse indeed – from a café scene in Berlin (Der Abschiedsbrief by Kurt Weill in cabaret mode) to a hymn to Aphrodite, set by Dimitri Mitropoulos in a highly expressionistic free atonal idiom inspired by Schoenberg.

Fanie Antonelou, soprano
Kerstin Mörk, piano

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