Wehmut – lieder by Schumann, Komitas, Mahler

WEHMUT

SEDA AMIR-KARAYAN; ALTO
GÖTZ PAYER, PIANO

In her debut on compact disc, the exceptionally gifted singer Seda Amir-Karayan brings together German Romantic music and songs from her native Armenia, uniting the two streams to extraordinary effect. Recorded in collaboration with pianist Götz Payer, she presents a stirring foray into apparently contrasting musical traditions that also turn out to have much in common. A wonderful listening experience!

Release: 1st March 2020

Album Details

CD-Content

GUSTAV MAHLER
01 Erinnerung

KOMITAS VARDAPET
02 Ա՜խ, մա¢¥րալ ջան – Ach, liebes Reh
03 Էրվում եմ – Ich glühe
04 Ալագյազ – Der Berg Alagjas
05 Խնկի ծառ – Der Weihrauchbaum
06 Հո¢¥ վ արեք – Kühlt ab, liebe Berge
07 Երկինքն ամպել է – Der Himmel ist wolkig
08 Լե, լե, յաման – Oh, Weh!

ROBERT SCHUMANN: Liederkreis op. 39
09 I. In der Fremde
10 II. Intermezzo
11 III. Waldesgespräch
12 IV. Die Stille
13 V. Mondnacht
14 VI. Schöne Fremde
15 VII. Auf einer Burg
16 VIII. In der Fremde
17 IX. Wehmut
18 X. Zwielicht
19 XI. Im Walde
20 XII. Frühlingsnacht

KOMITAS VARDAPET
21 Ծիրանի ծառ – Aprikosenbaum
22 Կանչե¢¥ կռունկ – Rufe, Kranich
23 Չինար ես – Wie eine Pappel
24 Շողեր ջան – Liebe Schogher
25 Քելեր, ցոլեր – Strahlendes Schreiten
26 Քելե, քելե – Schreite auf und ab!
27 Օրո՜ր – Wiegenlied

GUSTAV MAHLER
28 Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Recording / Aufnahme: 07/2019 – Nikolaus-Cusanus-Haus Stuttgart
Flügel: C. Bechstein
Klavierstimmer: Stefan Arnolds
Executive Producer / Produzent: Andreas Meixner
Recording Producer / Tonmeister: Andreas Priemer
Recording engineer / Toningenieur: Günther Zapletal
Digital editing / Digitalschnitt: Irmgard Bauer
Mastering: Andreas Priemer, Irmgard Bauer
Photos: Simon-David Tschan
Stylistin: Astar Hill
Layout / Satz: Felix Dreher
Translations / Übersetzungen: Konrad Kuhn, Hakob Movses und Mandy Williams-Wendl

Total time / Gesamtspielzeit / Տևողությունը՝      70:22

Booklet (36 Seiten) mit Texten in deutsch, englisch, armenisch

P+C 2019 Spektral, LC 15543
Best.-Nr. SRL4-19177
EAN: 4260130381778

Artists

Seda Amir-Karayan

Seda Amir-Karayan was born in Yerevan, Armenia, and began her studies at the Komitas State Conservatory where she took jazz vocal and musicology. She is one of the best known performers of Robert Amirkhanyan’s songs – a status reflected not only in numerous international concerts but also in the CD “The Voice of Armenia”. In addition, she performed Armenian sacral music as a soloist with the Geghard Ensemble. She went on to study vocal performance, specialising in oratorios and Lieder, with Professor Ulrike Sonntag at Stuttgart University of Music. During her studies, she won first prize in the “Podium Junger Gesangssolisten”, a competition for young vocal soloists, in Zwickau. She was also awarded a “Deutschlandstipendiuim” scholarship, part of a programme for particularly talented students, for the academic year 2014/15.
Today, Seda Amir-Karayan is a highly sought-after alto. Her most important recent experiences as a singer include performances at the Berliner Philharmonie, Kölner Philharmonie (Cologne), Konzerthaus Berlin, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Freiburg’s Konzerthaus, Musikfest Stuttgart and the Rheingau Musikfestival. She also featured in the first-ever recording of Isfried Kayser’s “Alma Redemptoris Mater” for solo alto, performing with Ars Antiqua Austria, conducted by Jürgen Essl (a Carus/SWR 2 project). Other prestigious conductors with whom she works include Helmuth Rilling, Hannes Reich, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Enoch zu Guttenberg, Kay Johannsen, Achim Zimmermann, Denis Rouger, Etta Hilsberg and Horst Meinardus.

www.sedaamirkarayan.de

Götz Payer

Götz Payer’s musical education began during his time as a member of the “Stuttgarter Hymus-Chorknaben” boys’ choir. Having later studied literature and philosophy, he went on to study piano and Lied interpretation at the Lübeck and Zurich universities of music under Konrad Elser and in Irwin Gage’s master class.
Payer has performed with more than 50 singers, including Mojca Erdmann, Ulrike Sonntag, Sarah Wegener, Sibylla Rubens, Helene Schneiderman, Seda Amir-Karayan, Angela Brower, Cornelius Hauptmann, Andreas Weller and James Wagner. His chamber music partners include The King’s Singers and the Amaryllis Quartet. Concerts have taken him to festivals and venues in Europe, Asia and the US, and he has been the accompanist for over 30 CD productions. In addition, Payer has given master classes in France, Italy, Russia and Germany and he lectures in Lied interpretation at Cologne and Frankfurt universities of music.

www.goetzpayer.de