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Franz Vitzthum

Description:

Franz Witzum, a countertenor of great promise in the world of German classical music! He sings with a Graf 1826 model fortepiano accompaniment in a collection of unknown lieder by Schubert and his contemporaries. Franz Witzig, a founding member of the male vocal ensemble Stimmwerck, is one of the most promising countertenors in the world of German classical music. He has collaborated with such masters of old music as Philippe Herreweghe, Nicholas McGegan, and Hermann Max, and on recordings with Miriam Feuerzinger (soprano), Capricornus Consort Basel (period ensemble), and Julien Baer (lute). Julien Baer (lute), and others. The new recording of note is a collection of romantic and ethereal lieder accompanied by a Konrad Graf 1826 model (Christoph Kahn 2019) fortepiano played by Witzum's duo partner, Katarina Olivia Brandt.The concert will be interspersed with "13 Variations on a Theme by Hüttenbrenner, D.576" for fortepiano solo, and will include songs by Schubert, Hüttenbrenner, and Mendelssohn, as well as songs by Zelter, Bender, Dahlberg, Püttlingen and other unknown German Romantic composers. The program includes songs by Schubert, Hüttenbrenner and Mendelssohn. All of the pieces, with the exception of those by Schubert, Huttenbrenner, and Mendelssohn, were recorded for the first time in the world. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht D614
2.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Thema
3.Standchen
4.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Variation II
5.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Variation II
6.Abendphantasie
7.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Variation III
8.Des Madchens Klage
9.Une Demande ?
10.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Variation IV
11.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Variation V
12.Das Madchen am Ufer
13.An den Frieden
14.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Variation VI
15.Himmelsfunken, D651
16.Nachtstuck, D672
17.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Thema
18.Bitte
19.An einer Quelle
20.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Variation VII
21.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Variation VIII
22.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Variation IX
23.Der Mond
24.Lied vom Winde
25.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Variation X
26.Der Wanderer
27.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Variation XI
28.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Variation XII
29.Huttenbrenner Variations~Huttenbrenner Variation XIII
30.Schlummerlied