Tag und Nacht / tyi posledn psn a psn s klavrem – CD

Richard Strausss songs are finely polished gems, filled with micro-dramas, transparent emotions and intimate feeling. Soprano Kateina Knkov, now established on opera stages and concert platforms, explores Strausss songs with conductor and pianist Jakub Hra. In an enchanting live recording with the Bamberger Symphoniker, she performs the Four Last Songs, alongside a carefully chosen selection of songs with piano spanning almost seventy years of Strausss work. The songs reflect decisive events in the composers life and the atmosphere of his time, culminating in the themes of farewell and death expressed in one of his final orchestral works. The programme features Richard Strausss Four Last Songs for soprano and orchestra, as well as Zueignung, Die Nacht, Allerseelen, Stndchen, Ccilie, Heimliche Aufforderung, Morgen, Das Rosenband, Muttertndelei, Winterweihe, Waldseligkeit, Ich wollt ein Strusslein binden and Das Bchlein. Kateina Knkov sings soprano, while Jakub Hra performs on piano and conducts the Bamberger Symphoniker.