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Soprano Georgine Resick's Visions
Intérieures,
is a survey of the development of the song cycle. Ms. Resick
sings in
German, Polish, French, Swedish, and Italian, in this
two-CD
tour-de-force which presents a superb selection of works and composers
rarely
heard today. The great flowering of the song cycle occurred
in early
nineteenth century Germany, with its greatest representations being the
well-known cycles by Schubert and Schumann. These cycles inspired
numerous
imitations, many of which, while not attaining the depth and breadth of
their
models, are charming and integrated works. On Disc
One, entitled The
Early German Song Cycle, Ms. Resick is accompanied by Andrew
Willis,
performing cycles of Weber and Kreutzer on a copy of a Louis Dulcken
fortepiano
(Munich 1815-20). The duo then performs cycles of Cornelius,
Thalberg, and
Jensen on an original 1841 Bösendorfer. On
Disc Two, entitled The
Wanderer: The Song Cycle in Migration, Ms. Resick is joined
by Warren
Jones, performing late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century cycles on
a
Steinway D. In an interesting cultural crossover, The
Wanderer presents
songs by a Russian composer of French-Lithuanian descent setting Polish
poems; a
German-influenced Polish composer setting German poetry; a French
influenced
Italian, and French composers setting translations of texts from Persia
and
Denmark.Georgine Resick is an internationally recognized soprano in
both the
operatic and concert fields. Renowned for her Mozart and Strauss
interpretations, she has sung a wide variety of leading roles with the
Vienna
State Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Paris Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and
numerous
others. Her previous releases on BRIDGE have
received glowing
reviews from the international press: Men's Songs, Women's
Voices (BRIDGE
9152) and Songs of Grechaninov (BRIDGE
9142).
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