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

• Yannis Constantinidis (1903 - 1984): 20 Songs of the Greek People (Excerpts):
• 120 Songs of the Greek People (Excerpts): No. 2, To Erináki01:28
• 220 Songs of the Greek People (Excerpts): No. 19, Méra mérosse02:42
• 320 Songs of the Greek People (Excerpts): No. 10, To mávro yemení01:28
• 420 Songs of the Greek People (Excerpts): No. 16, Apópse ta messánichta02:19
• Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942):
• 5Des Mädchens Klage02:57
• 6Mädel, kommst du mit zum Tanz?01:40
• 7Nun schwillt der See so bang01:35
• Manolis Kalomiris (1883 - 1962): The State and Solitude, Book 4:
• 8The State and Solitude, Book 4: No. 4, I neraidoparméni06:12
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951):
• 9Erwartung, Op. 2 No. 103:57
• 10Mädchenlied, Op. 48 No. 302:22
• Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896 - 1960):
• 11O thánatos tou náfti02:44
• 12Afrodíti Uranía03:37
• Kurt Weill (1900 - 1950):
• 13Der Abschiedsbrief03:41
• 14Klops Lied00:53
• Philipp Jarnach (1892 - 1982): 5 Lieder, Op. 15:
• 155 Lieder, Op. 15: No. 2, Ich hört ein Sichlein rauschen02:22
• Nikos Skalkottas (1904 - 1949):
• 16I lafína03:41
• Anton Beer-Walbrunn (1864 - 1929):
• 17Mariae Sehnsucht, Op. 59 No. 503:41
• Emilios Riadis (1880 - 1935): 9 Short Greek Songs (Excerpts):
• 189 Short Greek Songs (Excerpts): No. 8, Mágissa01:53
• 199 Short Greek Songs (Excerpts): No. 4, Missiriótissa01:46
• Manolis Kalomiris: The State and Solitude, Book 4:
• 20The State and Solitude, Book 4: No. 3, I neráida01:39
• The Lute and Stick:
• 21The Lute and Stick: No. 3, Rumeliótissa03:45
• Ludwig Thuille (1861 - 1907): 3 Frauenlieder, Op. 5:
• 223 Frauenlieder, Op. 5: No. 1, Klage02:59
• Dimitrios Lialios (1869 - 1940): 4 Lieder, Op. 7:
• 234 Lieder, Op. 7: No.1, Es erklingt wie Liebestöne01:24
• Total Runtime01:00:45

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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