Women's lives and loves

A Liederspiel devised by Graham Johnson

Taking as its cue the Frauenliebe und -Leben cycles by Robert Schumann and Carl Loewe, this captivating duet recital follows the poet Chamisso’s story of a single woman’s life and love, expanding it to encompass the life stories of two women as they share and compare their experiences. As part of this broadening of the story we also hear songs and duets on the themes of love, marriage, motherhood and bereavement by Brahms, Mendelssohn and Wolf.

Hyperion’s much-loved soprano Felicity Lott is here joined by the young, sought-after mezzo Angelika Kirchschlager who won a Grammy award in 2004 for her recording with René Jacobs of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro.

CDA67563 71 minutes 10 seconds

SUPERSONIC AWARD - PIZZICATO MAGAZINE

‘The performances give unalloyed pleasure. Lott's still-radiant soprano combines beautifully with the vibrant, musky mezzo of Kirchschlanger, while Johnson's sentient playing is a delight’ (Gramophone)
‘I'll leave you to experience the conjuring for yourself. For conjuring it is: any element of the didactic is totally absent in this seamless garment of word and music. Fragments of the Schumann we kn ...
‘Felicity Lott and Angelika Kirchschlager give delightfully characterised performances, while Johnson's playing is typically sensitive and pointed … an ingeniously planned and beautifully execute ...