Credits:

Georg Niggel and Olga Pashchenko.

Description:

Ballad album featuring Nigl and Pasichenko] This is the second album featuring Nigl, a baritone singer active in baroque and contemporary opera, and Pasichenko, a world-renowned pianist who performs mainly on historical instruments. This album features Schubert's "Violets," which takes 15 minutes to perform, and other narrative ballads. Nigl's singing is very impressive with its gentle, narrative expression, but it is also very appealing with its occasional dramatic highs and good humor. Pasichenko's piano is also excellent, and in some parts, you can enjoy the Janichalen pedal (a Turkish-style percussion pedal) equipped on Graf's instrument, as well as the change of tone by using a special stop. The jacket is a photograph by composer Pascal Dusapin, as on the previous album (ALPHA646). Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Viola, D786
2.Der Vater Mit Dem Kind, D906
3.Erlkonig
4.Die Wandelnde Glocke, Op. 20 no. 3
5.Graf Eberstein, Op. 9 Heft vi no. 5
6.Hinkende Jamben, Op. 62 no. 5
7.Susses Begrabnis, Op. 62 no. 4
8.Der Zauberlehrling, Op. 20 no. 2
9.Funf Lieder fur Eine Singstimme Und Klavier Op. 40~I. Marzveilchen
10.Funf Lieder fur Eine Singstimme Und Klavier Op. 40~II. Muttertraum
11.Funf Lieder fur Eine Singstimme Und Klavier Op. 40~III. Der Soldat
12.Funf Lieder fur Eine Singstimme Und Klavier Op. 40~IV. Der Spielmann
13.Funf Lieder fur Eine Singstimme Und Klavier Op. 40~V. Verratene Liebe
14.Odin's Meeres-Ritt Oder Der Schmied Auf Helgoland, Op. 118
15.Die Geister Am Mummelsee
16.Zitronenfalter Im April
17.Auf Ein Altes Bild
18.Der Rattenfanger
19.Der Feuerreiter