Four Song-Cycles
KIENZL Wilhelm (1857-1941)
Malte Muller (Tenor) - Werner Heinrich Schmitt (Piano)
Label : Toccata Classics
Artikelnummer: TOCC0736
1 CD Spielzeit : 051:50
CHF 18.00
The Austrian composer Kienzl enjoyed the esteem of his contemporaries particularly for his vocal music. But his star has waned over the past century, and only a handful of his 238 songs have had recent recordings. In style they range from the simple and folk-like to the dramatic and quasi-operatic; their harmonic world likewise embraces both the diatonic and chromatic, with hints of the influence of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wagner and a foretaste of later composers.