Irgendwo auf der Welt Pia Davila & Linda Leine

• Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959): Sieben Lieder:
• 1 Zeisl: Sieben Lieder: No. 1 Vor meinem Fenster 01:44
• Joseph Achron (1886 - 1943): Drei Lieder, Op. 53:
• 2 Achron: Drei Lieder, Op. 53: No. 2 Das Täubchen flog vorüber 02:43
• Arnold Schönberg (1874 - 1951): Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein saß:
• 3 Schönberg: Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein saß 02:38
• Georg Kreisler (1922 - 2011): Sonate für Klavier:
• 4 Kreisler: Sonate für Klavier: Waltz, graceful, but not too Fast 03:35
• Ruth Schonthal (1924 - 2006): Seven Songs of Love and Sorrow:
• 5 Schonthal: Seven Songs of Love and Sorrow: No. 3 Poor Bit of a Wench 01:10
• Erich Zeisl: Sieben Lieder:
• 6 Zeisl: Sieben Lieder: No. 7 Die fünf Hühnerchen 01:02
• Georg Kreisler: Frühlingslied (Tauben vergiften im Park):
• 7 Kreisler: Frühlingslied (Tauben vergiften im Park) 02:33
• Erich Zeisl: So regnet es sich langsam ein:
• 8 Zeisl: So regnet es sich langsam ein 02:42
• November, 8 Stücke für Klavier:
• 9 Zeisl: November, 8 Stücke für Klavier: Ein Regentag 02:21
• Ilse Weber (1903 - 1944): Und der Regen rinnt:
• 10 Weber: Und der Regen rinnt 02:13
• Erich Zeisl: Regen:
• 11 Zeisl: Regen 01:56
• Georg Kreisler: Zufall auf den Wiesen:
• 12 Kreisler: Zufall auf den Wiesen 02:35
• Mischa Spoliansky (1898 - 1985): 100 Meter Glück:
• 13 Spoliansky: 100 Meter Glück: Ich bin ein Vamp! 04:25
• Arnold Schönberg: Brettl-Lieder:
• 14 Schönberg: Brettl-Lieder: No. 1 Der genügsame Liebhaber 02:45
• Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957): Fünf venezianische Epigramme, Op. 19b:
• 15 Schoeck: Fünf venezianische Epigramme, Op. 19b: No. 7a Warum leckst du dein Mäulchen? 00:37
• Rudi Stephan (1887 - 1915): Ich will dir singen ein Hohelied:
• 16 Stephan: Ich will dir singen ein Hohelied: No. 2 Pantherlied 01:02
• Erich Zeisl: Sieben Lieder:
• 17 Zeisl: Sieben Lieder: No. 5 Der Schäfer 01:48
• Pieces for Barbara:
• 18 Zeisl: Pieces for Barbara: The Lonely Shepherd 04:40
• Ilse Weber: Wiegala:
• 19 Weber: Wiegala 03:09
• 20 Ben-Chaim: Arabic Song (Version for Piano and Voice) 02:14
• 21 Mamlok: On Top of a Hill 01:28
• 22 Schonthal: Seven Songs of Love and Sorrow: No. 5 A Woman's Last Word 04:14
• 23 Wertheim: Vier Lieder nach niederländischen Gedichten: No. 1 Scherzo 02:29
• 24 Reisfeld, Marcuse: Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus 02:45
• 25 Fried: Sieben Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, Op. 7: No. 2 So sprach ein Weib voll Schüchternheit 01:26
• 26 Zeisl: Kater 01:22
• 27 Wolpe: Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Erich Kästner: No. 3 Ansprache einer Bardame 04:22
• 28 Heymann: Irgendwo auf der Welt 04:13
• Total Runtime 01:10:11

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Out of the drawers!

Pia Davila and Linda Leine give new perspectives on "ostracised music".

Erich Zeisl, Ilse Weber, Rosy Wertheim, Georg Kreisler - we know them all as great composers of the early 20th century. Above all, however, we know not only their music but also the stories about their humiliation, expulsion or death at the hands of those in power of the National Socialist regime. Many of their works are only slowly re-entering the public consciousness and concert halls, in this case mostly under the title of "Verfemte Musik" (ostracised music).

Too often, found soprano Pia Davila and pianist Linda Leine. The two musicians have been successfully making music together since 2014; the first prize at the Verfemte Musik competition in Schwerin was the beginning of their joint work on this theme. In doing so, they are pursuing a common goal: "This music is so beautiful, it has such great harmonies and so many subtleties - and it is new every time you play it! That's why we want so much for this music to be performed more often and simply played as a matter of course in the repertoire," says Pia Davila. "These artists are always named only as 'ostracised composers' - we think that's such a shame, because it means that they are seen mainly from this one angle, 'What has been done to them?' It's really time to look at and listen to these composers differently."

And so the composers that Linda Leine and Pia Davila have chosen for their first joint album, Somewhere in the World, have one thing in particular in common: almost all of them have a tragic life story, but their works are characterised by humour, radiate a love of life and cheerfulness. "We were particularly struck by the fact that the humour of the artists we selected 100 years ago is still relevant today. And not only the lyrics of the songs are humorous, the music is too! We notice this especially in our concerts: people are often amused by the solo piano pieces because the music is so mischievous," says Linda Leine. This was also used by performers of the time, such as the Comedian Harmonists, who celebrated great successes in the early 1930s with the album's eponymous title, Irgendwo auf der Welt (Somewhere in the World), or the song Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus (My Little Green Cactus). The better-known repertoire on the album is complemented by numerous first recordings, such as On Top of a Hill by Ursula Mamlok, Arabic Song by Paul Ben-Chaim or Kater and The Lonely Sheperd by Erich Zeisl.

The songs chosen for Somewhere in the World have one more thing in common: they are all about nature and animals. A deliberately chosen theme, because "we all know how nature influences our lives, we all know animals that we love and pamper", as the musicians write in the foreword to the CD. And: "We all know their language, see ourselves in them". On the subject of animals, Othmar Schoeck and Rudi Stephan also enrich the recording, the only composers represented on the album who do not share the fate of ostracism with the others.

Thus, on Irgendwo auf der Welt, Pia Davila and Linda Leine take us on a humorous journey, show us how much animalism there can be in people and remind us: Erich Zeisl, Ilse Weber, Rosy Wertheim and all the other composers whose songs we can hear on Irgendwo auf der Welt were, above all, fantastic musicians whose works belong on stage!

Pia Davila, soprano
Linda Leine, piano

Pia Davila & Linda Leine
The soprano singer Pia Davila and the pianist Linda Leine have been working together for several years. They already got to know each other during their joint bachelor's studies at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg; in the summer of 2014, they began - initially without any professional ulterior motives - to discover joint repertoire. This collaboration quickly turned out to be very enriching. A short time later, the two musicians snatched third prize at the ninth international song duo competition "Schubert and the Modern" in Graz. Since then, Pia Davila and Linda Leine have regularly performed together. In 2016, the duo won first prize at the International Competition for "Verfemte Musik".

The two artists perform their carefully selected, varied programs, which include both well-known and new repertoire, "with a special expressiveness and a deep artistic intention." (Jury discussion in Graz "Schubert and the Modern Age")

In doing so, the most delicate nuances of sound design and the curiosity to explore the deep contents of a poem or song are of utmost importance to the duo. Each piece thus contains its unique colouration in itself and the overall context of the program design.

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