{"id":16150,"date":"2013-11-22T10:23:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T15:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=16150"},"modified":"2013-11-22T14:46:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T19:46:10","slug":"daily-album-review-20-jan-vogler-tries-singing-with-his-cello-in-all-schumann-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2013\/11\/22\/daily-album-review-20-jan-vogler-tries-singing-with-his-cello-in-all-schumann-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily album review 20: Jan Vogler tries singing with his cello in all-Schumann album"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cellist Jan Vogler and pianist H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Grimaud are both all-in performers whose deep commitment rings through every note in an engaging new all-Robert Schumann album from Sony Classical.<\/p>\n

The centrepiece of the album is Schumann’s song cycle Dichterliebe<\/em> (A Poet’s Loves), usually sung by a man, but in this case played straight from the vocal score by Vogler, with occasional jumps up or down an octave to suit the nature of his instrument.<\/p>\n

\"schumann\"<\/a>People like to say how the cello is the closest any instrument gets to the human voice. I’ve never been completely convinced of that, but Vogler does get a remarkable range of expression from his bow that is at times bolder than what a singer might permit himself to do. Ignoring the words and just listening to the 16 Lieder<\/em> melodies is a treat — an experience that improves as we delve deeper and deeper into the cycle.<\/p>\n

As is the case with all art songs from Schubert’s time on, the pianist and singer (in this case cellist) work as partners to balance their contributions into a unified whole. Grimaud and Vogler succeed beautifully, as they do in the three extravagantly expressive Op. 73 Fantasiest\u00fccke<\/em> which open the album.<\/p>\n

Grimaud is a forceful performer who had adapted herself beautifully to Vogler’s lyrical style. Her playing has force but also a silken delicacy when needed.<\/p>\n

A special treat on this album is Andante und Variationen<\/em>, Op. 46, almost never performed because of its extra demands. It is redolent with snippets from the song cycle Frauenliebe und Leben<\/em> (A Woman’s Love and Life) and augmented by French horn (well modulated by Johannes Dengler) an extra cello (Christian Polt\u00e9ra) and a second piano (Juho Pohjonen).<\/p>\n

This is a great listen from beginning to end.<\/p>\n

The American Sony website is awful and the CD booklet is not that informative. For details and audio samples, I suggest visiting Sony’s German site, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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