Beethoven: Lieder & Bagatellen Werner Güra & Christoph Berner

• 1 An die Hoffnung, Op. 32 04:15
• 2 Lied aus der Ferne WoO 137 03:55
• 3 Bagatelle, Op. 126/2 02:59
• 4 Zärtliche Liebe, WoO 123 01:56
• 5 Bagatelle, Op. 126/1 02:54
• 6 An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 13:16
• 7 Bagatelle, Op. 126/3 02:25
• 8 Adelaide, Op. 46 05:29
• 9 Bagatelle, Op. 126/5 02:26
• 10 Der Kuss, Op. 128 02:03
• 11 Bagatelle, Op. 126/4 03:58
• 12 Bagatelle, Op. 126/6 04:27
• 13 Wonne der Wehmut, Op. 83/1 02:17
• 14 Resignation, WoO 149 03:13
• 15 An die Hoffnung, Op. 94 07:30
• Total Runtime 01:03:03

Info for Beethoven: Lieder & Bagatellen

Beethoven the song composer. The giant of the symphony and the sonata has somewhat overshadowed Beethoven the creator of songs. Yet his lieder are certainly not lacking in appeal or originality, as is shown by this selection that includes the most famous, from Adelaide to the first song cycle in history, An die ferne Geliebte. Christoph Berner plays a Streicher fortepiano of 1847, perfectly suited to both the songs and the wonderful Bagatelles op.126.

“Playing on an 1847 Streicher fortepiano – a direct descendant of the kind of instrument Beethoven knew – Berner relishes t[the Bagatelles'] quirkiness, explosive energy and rarefied lyricism...Güra’s mellifluous tenor has lost none of the freshness of a decade and more ago. He sings An die ferne Geliebte with a wondering, confiding intimacy, punctuated by surges of excited urgency.” (Gramophone)

Werner Güra, fortepiano
Christoph Berner, fortepiano