Autograph (7CD)
Ian BostridgeCD1 GOETHE, HEINE AND EICHENDORFF IN THE LIED
- Schubert - Erlkönig, D.328
- Schubert - Der Musensohn, D.764
- Schubert - Ganymed, D.544
- Schubert - Geheimes, D.719
- Schubert - Versunken, D.715
- Schubert - Erster Verlust, D.226
- Schubert - Der Fischer, D.225
- Schubert - Der Atlas, D.957 No. 8
- Schubert - Ihr Bild, D.957 No. 9
- Schubert - Das Fischermädchen, D.957 No. 10
- Schubert - Die Stadt, D.957 No. 11
- Schubert - Am Meer, D.957 No. 12
- Schubert - Der Doppelgänger, D.957 No. 13
- Schumann - Morgens steh’ ich auf und frage
- Schumann - Es treibt mich hin, es treibt mich her!
- Schumann - Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen
- Schumann - Lieb Liebchen, leg’s Händchen aufs Herze mein
- Schumann - Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden
- Schumann - Warte, warte, wilder Schiffsmann
- Schumann - Berg’ und Burgen schaun herunter
- Schumann - Anfangs wollt’ ich fast
- Schumann - Mit Myrten und Rosen
- Wolf - Gutmann und Gutweib
- Wolf - Ganymed
- Wolf - Der Musikant
- Wolf - Verschwiegene Liebe
- Wolf - Das Ständchen
CD2 GOETHE, HEINE AND EICHENDORFF IN THE LIED
- Wolf - Nachtzauber
- Wolf - Seemanns Abschied
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Gute Nacht
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Die Wetterfahne
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Gefrorne Tränen
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Erstarrung
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Der Lindenbaum
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Wasserflut
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Auf dem Fluße
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Rückblick
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Irrlicht
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Rast
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Frühlingstraum
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Einsamkeit
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Die Post
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Der greise Kopf
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Die Krähe
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Letzte Hoffnung
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Im Dorfe
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Der stürmische Morgen
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Täuschung
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Der Wegweiser
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Das Wirtshaus
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Mut
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Die Nebensonnen
- Schubert - Winterreise, D911: Der Leiermann
CD3 FROM MONTEVERDI TO MOZART: BAROQUE AND CLASSICAL OPERA
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Rosa del Ciel (Orfeo, Euridice; Act 1)
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Tu se’ morta mia vita (Orfeo; Act 2)
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Possente Spirito e formidabil Nume (Orfeo; Act 3)
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Ritornello: Violino I & II
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Non vivo io nò, che poi di vita è priva (Orfeo; Act 3)
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Ritornello: Cornetto I & II
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: A lei volt’ hò il camin per l’aër cieco (Orfeo; Act 3)
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Ritornello: Arpa
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Orfeo son io che d’Euridice i passi (Orfeo; Act 3)
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Sol tu nobile Deo puoi darmi aita (Orfeo; Act 3)
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Ben mi lusinga alquanto (Caronte; Act 3)
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Ahi sventurato amante (Orfeo; Act 3)
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Sinfonia
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Ei dorme, e la mia cetra (Orfeo; Act 3)
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Nulla impresa per huom si tenta in vano (Choro di spiriti infernali; Act 3)/Sinfonia à 7
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Ritornello
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Questi i campi di Tracia (Orfeo, Eco; Act 5)
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Ma tu anima mia se mai ritorna (Orfeo; Act 5)
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Tu bella fusti e saggia (Orfeo; Act 5)
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Hor l’altre Donne son superbe e perfide (Orfeo; Act 5)
- Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Sinfonia
- Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: See, your Royal Guest appears (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido; Act 1)
- Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: Cupid only throws the dart (Chorus; Act 1)
- Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: If not for mine, for empire’s sake (Aeneas, Belinda; Act 1)
- Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: Behold, upon my bending spear (Aeneas, Dido; Act 2)
- Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: Haste, haste to town (Belinda, Chorus; Act 2)
- Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove’s command (Spirit, Aeneas; Act 2)
- Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: Your counsel all is urged in vain (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas; Act 3)
- Handel - Semele: here’er you walk (Jupiter; Act 2)
- Handel - Serse: Frondi tenere (Serse; Act 1)
- Handel - Serse: Ombra mai fu (Serse; Act 1)
- Handel - Ariodante: Dopo notte atra e funesta (Ariodante; Act 3)
- Mozart - Idomeneo: Recit.: Eccoci salvi alfin (Idomeneo; Act 1 Scene 8)
- Mozart - Idomeneo: Recit.: Oh voi, di Marte e di Netuno all’ire (Idomeneo; Act 1 Scene 9)
- Mozart - Idomeneo: Aria: Vedrommi intorno l’ombra dolente (Idomeneo; Act 1 Scene 9)
- Mozart - Idomeneo: Recit.: Cieli! Che veggo? (Idomeneo; Act 1 Scene 9)
- Mozart - Idomeneo: Recit: Spiagge romite, e voi scoscese rupi (Idamante, Idomeneo; Act 1 Scene 10)
- Mozart - Idomeneo: Recit.: Quai mi contruba i sensi equivocal favella? (Idomeneo; Act 2 Scene 3)
- Mozart - Idomeneo: Air: Fuor del mar ho un mar in seno (Idomeneo, Act 2 Scene 3)
CD4 FROM MONTEVERDI TO MOZART: BAROQUE AND CLASSICAL OPERA
- Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Aria: Hier soll ich dich den sehen (Belmonte; Act 1)
- Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Aria: Wenn der Freude Tränen fließen (Belmonte; Act 2)
- Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Recit. ed Duetto: Welch ein Geschick…Meintwegen sollst du sterben (Belmonte, Konstanze; Act 3)
- Ades - The Tempest: Sorcerer, die (Caliban, Prospero; Act 1 Scene 4)
- Ades - The Tempest: Friends don’t fear (Caliban, Chorus, Gonzalo, Antonio, Sebastian; Act 2 Scene 2)
- Ades - The Tempest:Who was here (Caliban, Ariel; Act 3 Scene 5)
- Britten - Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: Prologue (Auden)
- Britten - Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: Rats Away! (anon. modernised by Auden)
- Britten - Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: Messalina (anon.)
- Britten - Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: Dance of Death (Hawking for the Partridge) (Ravenscroft)
- Britten - Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: Epilogue and Funeral March (Auden)
- Britten - Nocturne, Op. 60: When must I wink, then do mine eyes best see
- Henze - Three Auden Songs: In Memoriam L.K.A. 1950-1952
- Henze - Three Auden Songs: Rimbaud
- Henze - Three Auden Songs: Lay your sleeping head, my love
CD5 BRITTEN OPERAS
- Britten - Rape of Lucretia: Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart (Male Chorus; Act 1 Scene 1)
- Britten - Rape of Lucretia: It is an axiom among kings (Female Chorus, Male Chorus; Act 1 Scene 1)
- Britten - Rape of Lucretia: Here the thirsty evening has drunk the wine of light (Male Chorus; Act 1 Scene 1)
- Britten - Rape of Lucretia: Tarquinius does not dare (Male Chorus; Act 1 Scene 1)
- Britten - Rape of Lucretia: My horse! My horse! Interlude; Tarquinius does not wait (Tarquinius; Male Chorus; Act 1 Scene 1)
- Britten - Rape of Lucretia: The oatmeal slippers of sleep (Female Chorus, Male Chorus; Act 1 Scene 2)
- Britten - Rape of Lucretia: When Tarquinius desires (Male Chorus; Act 2, Scene 1)
- Britten - Rape of Lucretia: Lucretia... What do you want? (Tarquinius, Lucretia, Female Chorus, Male Chorus; Act 2 Scene 1)
- Britten - Rape of Lucretia: Interlude; Here is this scene you see (Female Chorus, Male Chorus; Act 2 Scene 1)
- Britten - Rape of Lucretia: Epilogue: Is it all? (Female Chorus, Male Chorus; Act 2 Scene 2)
- Britten - Billy Budd: I am an old man who has experienced much (Captain Vere; Prologue)
- Britten - Billy Budd: Boy! – Yes, sir! (Captain Vere, Boy; Act 1 Scene 2)
- Britten - Billy Budd: Mr. Redburn and Mr. Flint, sir. (Boy, Captain Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Act 1 Scene 2)
- Britten - Billy Budd: Ay, at Spithead the men may have had their grievances (Captain Vere, Act 1 Scene 2)
- Britten - Billy Budd: We are, sir. Claggart is an able one. (First Lieutenant, Captain Vere, Sailing Master, Sailors – off-stage; Ratcliffe; Act 1 Scene 2)
- Britten - Billy Budd: Claggart, John Claggart, beware! (Captain Vere, Billy Budd; Act 2 Scene 2)
- Britten - Billy Budd: Master-at-Arms and foretopman (Captain Vere, Claggart, Billy Budd; Act 2 Scene 2)
- Britten - Billy Budd: God o’ mercy! (Captain Vere, Boy; Act 2 Scene 2)
- Britten - Billy Budd: Gentlemen, William Budd here has killed the Master-at-Arms (Captain Vere, Act 2 Scene 2)
- Britten - Billy Budd: I accept their verdict (Captain Vere, Act 2 Scene 2)
- Britten - Billy Budd: We committed his body to the deep (Captain Vere, Epilogue)
CD6 BRITTEN OPERAS & ALLEGORIES OF LOVE (SCHUMANN & JANAČEK)
- Britten - The Turn of the Screw: Colloquy and Soliloquy (Miss Jessel, Peter Quint; Governess; Act 2, Scene 1)
- Britten - The Turn of the Screw: The Bedroom (Miles, Governess, Peter Quint - unseen; Act 2 Scene 4)
- Britten - The Turn of the Screw: Variation XII (Peter Quint)
- Britten - The Turn of the Screw: Quint (Peter Quint; Act 2 Scene 5)
- Britten - The Turn of the Screw: Miles (Governess, Mrs. Grose, Miles, Peter Quint; Act 2 Scene 8)
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Aus meinen Tränen spriessen
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Wenn ich in deine Augen seh’
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Ich will meine Seele tauschen
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Ich grolle nicht
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Und wüssten’s die Blumen
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Hör’ ich das Liedchen klingen
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Ich hab’ im Traum geweinet
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Allnächtlich im Traume seh’ ich dich
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Aus alten Märchen winkt es
- Schumann - Dichterliebe, Op 48: Die alten bösen Lieder
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: One day I met a young gypsy girl
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: That dark-skinned gypsy girl
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: The glow-worms are dancing
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: The young swallows
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: Ploughing is heavy work
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: Hey, you grey oxen
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: Now I’ve lost the little pin
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: Don’t look so sadly after me
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: Welcome, Janíček
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: God in heaven, eternal one
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: The sweet smell of ripening wheat
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: The shady elder-grove
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: Piano solo
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: The sun climbs high
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: My grey oxen
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: What have I done?
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: That which fate has ordained
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: Now nothing matters to me
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: The magpie flies away
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: I have a true love
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: My dear father
- Janaček - The Diary of One Who Disappeared: Farewell, my native land
CD7 IAN BOSTRIDGE - AN INTERVIEW PORTRAIT
- Early years, becoming a singer, Schubert and Erlkönig/Schumann – Dichterliebe: Im wunderschönen Monat Mai/Commentary from Ian Bostridge
- Schubert – Erlkönig
- Schubert’s settings of Heine poems, and Der Doppelgänger/Commentary from Ian Bostridge
- Schubert – Der Doppelgänger
- Winterreise/Commentary from Ian Bostridge
- Schubert – Winterreise: Der Leiermann
- Goethe’s Ganymed set by Schubert and Wolf/Commentary from Ian Bostridge/Schubert – Ganymed/Wolf - Ganymed
- Wolf’s settings of Eichendorff poems, and Nachtzauber/Commentary from Ian Bostridge
- Wolf – Nachtzauber
- Baroque Italian opera and L’Orfeo/Commentary from IanBostridge/Monteverdi – L’Orfeo: Act 3 – Ahi sventurato amante.... Ei dorme, e la mia cetra
- Caliban in Ades’ The Tempest/Commentary from IanBostridge/Ades - The Tempest: Act 2 - Friends don’t fear/Commentary from IanBostridge/Ades - The Tempest: Act 3 - Who was here
- Billy Budd/Commentary from IanBostridge/Britten - Billy Budd: Act 1 - We are Sir/Commentary from IanBostridge/Britten – Billy Budd: Act 2 - Now be brief, man
- Britten and texts, Auden, and Dance of Death from Our Hunting Fathers/Commentary from IanBostridge/Britten – Our Hunting Fathers: Dance of Death (Hawking for the Partridge)/Commentary from IanBostridge
- The Diary of One Who Disappeared/Commentary from Ian Bostridge
- Janáček – The Diary of One Who Disappeared: That dark-skinned gypsy girl
- Dichterliebe/Commentary from Ian Bostridge
- Schumann – Dichterliebe: Ich hab’ in traum geweinet
- Colours in singing, and future projects/Commentary from Ian Bostridge/Schubert - Winterreise - Täuschung
Creating a biographical panorama of his career, the British tenor Ian Bostridge has personally selected each track in this 7CD Autograph collection. With a focus on both song (in German and English) and opera (from Monteverdi to Adès by way of Handel, Mozart and Britten), it demonstrates just why he is recognised as one of today’s most distinctive, intelligent and compelling singers. The tenor also complements his performances with an exclusive and illuminating audio interview.
This is the fourth release in the Autograph series, launched earlier in 2015 with collections devoted to Angela Gheorghiu, Thomas Hampson and José van Dam. Each box focuses on a single artist, providing a biographical panorama of his or her career through a series of thematically programmed CDs and fascinating documentation. Each collection is devised in collaboration with the featured artist and includes a newly-recorded exclusive interview, Illustrated with musical extracts and conducted by the distinguished journalist and broadcaster Jon Tolansky, discussing his or her life and work. Bostridge, a former Oxford academic who has written three books and has been described as “something of a polymath” by the New York Times, can be relied upon to provide articulate and stimulating opinions on his career and the music he performs.
Bostridge is a highly distinctive artist, an interpreter of exceptional intensity who uses his fundamentally lyrical voice to powerful dramatic effect. When he appeared in recital at Carnegie Hall in 2011 the New York Times wrote: “ ... this was a Dichterliebe in which an insightful vocal artist had a compelling idea about the words and music of every phrase.” [Schumann’s song cycle Dichterliebe appears on CD6 of this collection.] Bostridge expressed his philosophy as a performer to the Financial Times in an interview in 2013: “It may not be obvious at first why such music is enjoyable but it is consciousness-raising. It makes you think about what is valuable in life – the things music ultimately wants to address ... Art is part of the good life but it’s also part of what it means to be a human being ... Art has transcendent value and if you live in a democratic society, you want to bring it to as many as possible.”