Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
Motiv
Regentag
Unser Wein
Wetter
Epilog

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Im Frühling
Frühlingsglaube
Drang in die Ferne
Auf der Bruck
Der Wanderer
Der Wanderer an den Mond
Drr Musensohn
Normans Gesang

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Ging heut' morgens übers Feld
Wennmein Schatz Hochzeit macht
Ich hab ein glühend Messer
Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz

Erwin Belakowitsch, baryton
Christoph Berner, piano

The rise of the art song as genre toward the end of the 18th century was favored not only by developments in the world of music but also by the emergence of a bourgeois culture, and is until today one of continuous popularity. This new CD by baritone Erwin Belakowitsch and pianist Christoph Berner offers an exciting selection of songs by Franz Schubert, from the Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen (Travel book from the Austrian Alps) op. 62 by Ernst Krenek and Gustav Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer). The dramatization of intertwined songs allows a direct comparison of the diverse handling of th e com- poser’s take on the subject Longing to Escape, which conveys melancholy and pain as well as confidence and hope.