Unrequited love was the wellspring of countless songs and poems in the Romantic era: young tenor Julian Prégardien presents his first solo lied album with a diverse programme of 19th century art songs. Certain moments are full of heartbreak, others more tongue-in cheek: Julian Prégardien invites us to join him on his exploration of the Romantic era in a quest for the (distant) beloved, from the very first song cycles by Beethoven and Weber to the height of the genre in the lieder of Wolf and Strauss.
Street date: 16.5.2014
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Christoph Schnackertz, piano
Location: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, VII & X, 2013 // Recording Producer, Engineer, Digital Editing & SACD Authoring: Stephan Cahen // Microphones: Sennheiser MKH800, DPA 4006&4007, Schoeps CMC6 MK21&2s // Mic Preamp: Lake People F355 (class a) & 366 // A-D-A Converter: Digital Audio Denmark AX24 // Monitoring: Pass Labs amps, B&W Nautilus speakers // DAW: Pyramix Virtual Studio // Cables: van den Hul & Mogami // Original Recording Format: DSD64
1 SACD hybrid (SACD-Layer: 2.0 Stereo & 5.0 Multichannel), 60:10