Lieder us um Tal - An Homage to Swiss Art Song Franziska Andrea Heinzen & Benjamin Mead

• Eugen Meier (b. 1934)
• 1 Meier: D Chiäjeri 02:29
• Emil Frey (1889 - 1946):
• 2 Frey: Junges Mädchen in den Bergen 02:03
• Eugen Meier:
• 3 Meier: Wela Wäg 01:02
• Werner Bärtschi (b. 1950):
• 4 Bärtschi: Die Felswand 02:15
• Eugen Meier:
• 5 Meier: Ds Hittuliechtje 01:44
• Josef Lauber (1864 - 1952):
• 6 Lauber: Frühlingsnacht 02:27
• Eugen Meier:
• 7 Meier: Dr Schüelschatz 01:13
• Hans Huber (1852 - 1921):
• 8 Huber: Mir träumte von einem Myrtenbaum 02:47
• Eugen Meier:
• 9 Meier: Dr Blüüsuchnopf 01:14
• Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931)
• 10 Courvoisier: Morgens 00:56
• Eugen Meier:
• 11 Meier: Herbschtwind 01:17
• Heinz Holliger (b. 1939):
• 12 Holliger: Herbst 02:27
• Eugen Meier:
• 13 Meier: Bärgwinter 01:54
• Isabel Mundry (b. 1963):
• 14 Mundry: Lied 02:23
• Eugen Meier:
• 15 Meier: Imbitz plaanu 02:07
• Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882):
• 16 Raff: Sei still 02:15
• Eugen Meier:
• 17 Meier: Miin Brief 01:02
• Hermann von Glenck (1883 - 1952):
• 18 Glenck: Wenn es in den Bäumen rauscht 03:09
• Eugen Meier:
• 19 Meier: Ds Glasji Wii 00:59
• Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957):
• 20 Hesse, Schoeck: Keine Rast 02:07
• Eugen Meier:
• 21 Meier: Dr Wägwiiser 01:36
• Albert Moeschinger (1897 - 1985):
• 22 Moeschinger: Das Mondlicht 02:16
• Eugen Meier:
• 23 Meier: Weischus dü_ 01:15
• Frank Martin (1890 - 1974):
• 24 Martin: Ach herzeliep 02:27
• Eugen Meier:
• 25 Meier: D Miisch 01:25
• Total Runtime 46:49

Info for Lieder us um Tal - An Homage to Swiss Art Song

This recording by the Swiss soprano Franziska Heinzen, accompanied by the pianist Benjamin Mead, is on the one hand a declaration of love to Franziska Heinzen's home canton of Valais, and on the other hand a homage to the art of Swiss song: the starting point is the song cycle "Lieder us um Tal" (1981) by Eugen Meier on Valais German poems by Hannes Taugwalder (1910-2007), which is thematically expanded with selected songs by Swiss composers of the last two centuries.

The sparse but onomatopoeic verses by Hannes Taugwalder, who grew up in the Valais mountain village of Zermatt, loosely describe everyday situations of simple mountain life, reflecting fresh, old or past love, a sense of home, a sense of destiny, a connection with nature or a longing for something different. The poems derive their special charm from the Valais German dialect, which, as a High Alemannic dialect within the Swiss German High Alemannic, forms a cultural treasure of its own. The geographical location of the canton of Valais, surrounded by over 40 four-thousand-metre peaks, preserves this actively spoken German dialect to this day.

Eugen Meier's thirteen "Lieder us um Tal" are effectively complemented with other songs by Swiss composers from the 19th and 20th centuries (Joachim Raff, Othmar Schoeck), but also with contemporary compositions by Heinz Holliger or Isabel Mundry, for example.

Franziska Andrea Heinzen, soprano
Benjamin Mead, piano

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