Sommer: Orchestral Songs / Erdmann, Appl, Calvo, Berlin Radio Symphony

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PENTATONE
Release Date
November 4, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Hans Sommer
    • PERFORMER
      Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 04, 2022
    • UPC
      8717306260237
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PTC5187023
    • LABEL
      PENTATONE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Freisinn (Free Spirit) (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    2. Der König von Thule (The King of Thule) (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    3. Mignons Heimath (Mignon's Homeland) (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Anke Vondung

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    4. Beherzigung I (Heeding I) (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Anke Vondung

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    5. Beherzigung II (Heeding II) (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Mojca Erdmann

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    6. Rastlose Liebe (Restless Love) (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Mojca Erdmann

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    7. 33 Rattenfängerlieder, "Hunold Singuf", Op. 4: No. 3. Im Sturme (In the Storm) (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Anke Vondung

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    8. 7 Balladen und Romanzen, Op. 11: No. 4. Sir Aethelbert (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    9. No. 1. Lore im Nachen (Lore in the Little Boat)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Mojca Erdmann

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    10. No. 2. Röslein und Schmetterling (Rose and Butterfly)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Mojca Erdmann

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    11. No. 3. Lore und der Junker (Lore and the Squire)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Mojca Erdmann

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    12. No. 4. Im Walde (In the Forest)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Mojca Erdmann

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    13. No. 5. Auf dem Felsen (On the Rock)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Mojca Erdmann

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    14. Nachts in der Kajüte (At Night in the Cabin) (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Mauro Peter

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    15. Wandrers Nachtlied I (Wanderer's Nightsong I) (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    16. Wandrers Nachtlied II (Wanderer's Nightsong II) (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    17. Erinnerung (Memento) (arr. O. Kroupova for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Mojca Erdmann

      Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo

    18. 15 Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 2: No. 2. Im Dorfe blüht die Linde (In the Village Blooms the Lime Tree) (version for voice and clarinet quintet)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Performer: Anke Vondung, Christoph Korn, Anne Feltz, Brigitte Draganov, Alejandro Regueira Caumel, Peter Albrecht

    19. No. 1. Zum Gruss (As a Salute)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, Christoph Korn, Anne Feltz, Brigitte Draganov, Alejandro Regueira Caumel, Peter Albrecht

    20. No. 6. Sommerspiel (Summer Game)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, Christoph Korn, Anne Feltz, Brigitte Draganov, Alejandro Regueira Caumel, Peter Albrecht

    21. No. 23. Lockung (Enticement)

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, Christoph Korn, Anne Feltz, Brigitte Draganov, Alejandro Regueira Caumel, Peter Albrecht

    22. No. 31. Istud Vinum

      Composer: Hans Sommer

      Performer: Mojca Erdmann, Anke Vondung, Mauro Peter, Benjamin Appl, Christoph Korn, Anne Feltz, Brigitte Draganov, Alejandro Regueira Caumel, Peter Albrecht


Pentatone presents a new album full of world-premiere recordings of orchestral songs by Hans Sommer, sung by an excellent quartet of soloists – Mojca Erdmann, Anke Vondung, Mauro Peter and Benjamin Appl – together with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under the baton of Guillermo García Calvo. Sommer was a Liszt student whose operas were performed and praised by Richard Strauss, but sunk into relative oblivion due to his unusual career path and independence from major publishers. The songs were discovered recently and can finally be presented to the world.

Focusing mostly on Goethe poetry, combining high Romanticism with folk styles, Sommer’s songs are colorfully orchestrated, harmonically audacious, and often highly dramatic and evocative. This album release, commemorating Sommer’s 100-year death anniversary, sheds light on a fascinating chapter in music history, and will hopefully contribute to a renaissance of this unsung hero. The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin has a vast Pentatone discography, including Wagner’s complete operas, symphonic works by Mahler and Strauss, as well as multiple concerto recordings with renowned soloists. Mojca Erdmann, Anke Vondung, Mauro Peter, Benjamin Appl and Guillermo García Calvo all make their Pentatone debut.