Simon Wallfisch, Camille Butcher & Edward Rushton – Songs of Max Kowalski (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:47 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Nimbus Records
Nimbus Records releases ‘Max Kowalski: A Song Recital in German and English’, on 5 May 2023, with baritone Simon Wallfisch, soprano Camille Butcher and Edward Rushton, piano (NI.8112).
Max Kowalski (1882-1956) was a German composer, singer- and copyright lawyer – resident in the United Kingdom from 1939. He is the composer of the ‘other’ setting of Albert Giraud’s Pierrot Lunaire, written in 1912-13, alongside Arnold Schoenberg’s more famous version from the same time. Kowalski became a prolific composer of Lieder of diverse influences, including from Japanese, Chinese, Danish, Arabic and French literature in addition to German.
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Edward Rushton – Mon amie la lune. Lieder by Grieg, Debussy, Kirchner & Maurice (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:16:01 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Prospero Classical
The soprano Kathrin Hottiger and her accompanist Edward Rushton have dedicated their new album to the much-sung about earth satellite. You can hear compositions by Theodor Kirchner, Claude Debussy, Edvard Grieg and the little-known Vaudois composer Pierre Maurice. A delightful compilation of songs and piano compositions that revolve around the themes of night and moon.
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