Notes and Editorial Reviews
The Lullaby Project was initiated by singer Cornelius Hauptmann, Southwest German Radio-2, and Carus-Verlag, serving both as a charitable fundraiser and as a way to bring Germany's rich repertoire of lullabies to the attention of a broader public, with 120 performers contributing their services. Wiegenlieder, Vol. 1, features 26 lullabies sung by 27 vocalists and two ensembles. The soloists are mostly well-known opera and lieder singers, including Christoph Prégardien, Peter Schreier, Jonas Kaufmann, Kurt Moll, Angelika Kirchschlager, Roman Trekel, and Klaus Mertens, and the groups are the Calmus Ensemble and SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart. A number of very fine, less familiar singers, including two children, are included. The modest
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accompaniments are provided by piano, except for the a cappella tracks and two selections accompanied by guitar or theorbo. There are several duets, including a folk song with Jonas Kaufmann and his wife, mezzo-soprano Margarete Joswig, the Evening Prayer from Hansel und Gretel with Sibylla Rubens and Ingeborg Danz, and a song with tenor Christian Elsner and his nine-year-old daughter Paulina, accompanied by his eleven-year-old son Leonhard. The lullabies are consistently peaceful and understated and could in fact be used to lull a child to sleep, or just to instill a sense of calm and comfort. They include German lieder by composers such as Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann, Reger, Reinecke, Rheinberger, and Schreker, and German folk songs, plus one Yiddish song. The vocalists sing with warm, lovely tone and with self-effacing modesty and sincerity, never drawing attention away from the music itself or its purpose, and the accompanists match the simplicity of their delivery. Only the final track with SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart gets too loud to be soothing. Carus' sound is warm and intimate.
- Stephen Eddins,
Rovi - All Music Guide
Featured singers as part of the Lullaby Project initiated by Cornelius Hauptmann:
Juliane Banse (soprano), Christine Schafer (soprano), Christiane Oelze (soprano), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Ingeborg Danz (mezzo), Margarete Joswig (mezzo), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Peter Schreier (tenor), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Jan Kobow (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Stephan Genz (baritone), Franz-Josef Selig (bass-baritone)
Anonymous:
Weißt du, wie viel Sternlein stehen
Aber heidschi bumbeidschi
Hört, ihr Herrn, und lasset euch sagen
Kindlein mein
Schlaf, Kindelein, süße
Müde bin ich, geh zur Ruh
Sandmännchen
Shlof main fegele
Brahms:
Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby)
Curschmann:
Schlaf, Kindchen, balde
Humperdinck:
Abendsegen 'Abends will ich schlafen gehn' (Hänsel und Gretel)
Mendelssohn:
Abendlied 'Das Tage Werk ist' (J H Voss), Op. 8 No. 9
Reger:
Schlaf, mein Kindelein
Des Kindes Gebet, Op. 76 No. 22
Mariä Wiegenlied, Op. 76 No. 52
Reichardt, J F:
Wer hat die schönsten Schäfchen
Reimann, H:
Wiegenlied der Hirten
Reinecke:
Puppenwiegenlied, Op. 75 No. 8
Rheinberger:
Abendlied, Op. 69 No. 3
Rinck:
Abend wird es wieder
Schreker:
Schlafe, mein Liebchen
Schubert:
Wiegenlied, D498
Schulz, J A P:
Der Mond ist aufgegangen
Schulz, K F:
O, wie wohl ist mir am Abend
Schumann:
Der Sandmann, Op. 79 No. 13
Mondnacht (No. 5 from Liederkreis, Op. 39)
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Works on This Recording
1.
Songs (5), Op. 49: no 4, Wiegenlied by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Michael Gees (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Austria
Date of Recording: 08/19/2009
Venue: Köln, Studio des WDR
Length: 1 Minutes 56 Secs.
2.
Der Mond ist aufgegangen, for voice & piano (or orchestra) ("Abendlied") by Johann Abraham P. Schulz
Performer:
Juliane Ruf (Piano),
Christoph Prégardien ()
Period: Classical
Written: 1790
Date of Recording: 08/17/2009
Venue: Köln, Studio des WDR
Length: 3 Minutes 49 Secs.
3.
Schlaf, Kindchen, balde, lullaby for voice & piano, Op. 5/4 by Karl Friedrich Curschmann
Performer:
Jan Kobow (),
Burkhard Kehring (Piano)
Date of Recording: 06/24/2009
Venue: Kammermusikstudio des SWR, Stuttgart, Ge
Length: 2 Minutes 11 Secs.
4.
Wer hat die schönsten Schäfchen, song for voice & piano by Joh Friedrich Reichardt
Performer:
Franz-Josef Selig (),
Gerold Huber (Piano)
Date of Recording: 06/24/2009
Venue: Kammermusikstudio des SWR, Stuttgart, Ge
Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs.
5.
Lieder Album für die Jugend, Op. 79: no 12, Der Sandmann by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Burkhard Kehring (Piano),
Christiane Iven ()
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/24/2009
Venue: Kammermusikstudio des SWR, Stuttgart, Ge
Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs.
6.
Weißt du, wie viel Sternlein stehen, children's song by Traditional
Performer:
Peter Schreier (),
Camillo Radicke (Piano)
Date of Recording: 08/08/2009
Venue: Köln, Studio des WDR
Length: 2 Minutes 13 Secs.
7.
Aber heidschi bumbeidschi by Traditional
Performer:
Margarete Joswig (),
Helmut Deutsch (Piano),
Jonas Kaufmann ()
Date of Recording: 07/31/2009
Venue: München
Length: 3 Minutes 16 Secs.
8.
Hort, ihr herr'n und lasst euch sagen by Traditional
Performer:
Kurt Moll (),
Stefan Irmer (Piano)
Period: Classical
Date of Recording: 08/18/2009
Venue: Köln, Studio des WDR
Length: 2 Minutes 33 Secs.
9.
Kindlein mein, traditional lullaby by Traditional
Performer:
Birgid Steinberger (Guitar),
Birgid Steinberger ()
Date of Recording: 07/2001
Venue: Wien
Length: 2 Minutes 15 Secs.
10.
Schlaf, mein Kindelein by Max Reger
Period: Romantic
Written: Germany
Date of Recording: 02/05/2009
Venue: FWL STudios, Leipzig, Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs.
11.
Schlaf, Kindelein süße, traditional lullaby by Traditional
Performer:
Michael Nagy (),
Juliane Ruf (Piano)
Date of Recording: 07/30/2009
Venue: Kammermusikstudio des SWR, Stuttgart, Ge
Length: 1 Minutes 16 Secs.
12.
Müde bin ich, geh zur Ruh by Traditional
Performer:
Leonhard Elsner (Piano),
Paulina Elsner (Voice),
Christian Elsner ()
Date of Recording: 08/18/2009
Venue: Köln, Studio des WDR
Length: 1 Minutes 57 Secs.
13.
Volkskinderlieder (15), WoO 31: no 4, Sandmännchen by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Angelika Kirchschlager (),
Anthony Spiri (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1858; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/02/2009
Venue: ORF Radiokulturhaus Vienna
Length: 2 Minutes 56 Secs.
14.
Liederkreis, Op. 39: no 5, Mondnacht by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Matthias Veit (Piano),
Markus Schäfer ()
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/04/2009
Venue: Siemensvilla Berlin
Length: 4 Minutes 32 Secs.
15.
Schlof main fegele, traditional lullaby by Yiddish Anonymous
Performer:
Götz Payer (Piano)
Date of Recording: 06/20/2009
Venue: Kammermusikstudio des SWR, Stuttgart, Ge
Length: 3 Minutes 1 Secs.
16.
Das Kindes Gebet by Max Reger
Performer:
Andreas Weller (),
Götz Payer (Piano)
Date of Recording: 02/09/2006
Venue: Kammermusikstudio des SWR, Stuttgart, Ge
Length: 2 Minutes 18 Secs.
17.
Hansel und Gretel: Abends, will ich schlafen gehn by Engelbert Humperdinck
Performer:
Elisabeth Foll (Piano),
Sibylla Rubens ()
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/23/2009
Venue: Kammermusikstudio des SWR, Stuttgart, Ge
Length: 2 Minutes 38 Secs.
18.
Abend wird es wieder, song for voice & piano by Johann Christian H Rinck
Performer:
Roman Trekel (),
Oliver Pohl (Piano)
Date of Recording: 07/31/2009
Venue: RBB Studios
Length: 1 Minutes 24 Secs.
19.
Wiegenlied, D 498/Op. 98 no 2 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Stefan Maass (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 06/13/2009
Venue: Horos-Studio, Dresden
Length: 2 Minutes 47 Secs.
20.
Abendlied ("Das Tage Werk ist"), song for voice & piano, Op. 8/9 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Klaus Mertens (),
Juliane Ruf (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1824-1825
Date of Recording: 08/17/2009
Venue: Köln, Studio des WDR
Length: 1 Minutes 57 Secs.
21.
Frieden der Nacht, Op. 75: no 8, Puppenwiegenlied by Carl Reinecke
Performer:
Lea Kubler (),
Johannes Knecht (Piano)
Date of Recording: 07/05/2009
Venue: Kammermusikstudio des SWR, Stuttgart, Ge
Length: 1 Minutes 17 Secs.
22.
Wiegenliedchen ("Schlafe, mein Liebchen"), song for voice & piano, Op. 7/1 by Franz Schreker
Performer:
Julian Prégardien (),
Götz Payer (Piano)
Date of Recording: 06/25/2009
Venue: Kammermusikstudio des SWR, Stuttgart, Ge
Length: 2 Minutes 56 Secs.
23.
O wie wohl ist mir am Abend, canon by Traditional
Performer:
Franz-Josef Selig (),
René Schirrer (Bass Baritone),
Cornelius Hauptmann ()
Date of Recording: 06/24/2009
Venue: Kammermusikstudio des SWR, Stuttgart, Ge
Length: 1 Minutes 52 Secs.
24.
Schlichte Weisen (60), Op. 76: no 52, Maria Wiegenlied by Max Reger
Performer:
Irina Jancevskyte (Piano),
Christina Landshamer ()
Period: Romantic
Written: 1903-1912; Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 58 Secs.
25.
Wiegenlied der Hirten by Heinrich Reimann
Performer:
Benoit Haller (),
Juliane Ruf (Piano)
Period: Modern
Date of Recording: 06/02/2009
Venue: Siemensvilla Berlin
Length: 2 Minutes 36 Secs.
26.
Geistliche Gesänge (3), Op. 69: no 3, Abendlied by Joseph Rheinberger
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1873; Germany
Date of Recording: 04/26/2007
Venue: Funkstudio des SWR
Length: 3 Minutes 30 Secs.
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