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The rich colours of Teddy Tahu Rhodes’ voice bring alive the intense moods of Mahler’s music, from earthy, folk-inspired love songs to the aching agony of loss and grief, and transcendent visions of spiritual peace. Llike his vast symphonies, which Mahler believed should be ‘like the world’ and contain everything, these songs embrace the full range of human emotions, distilled into the pure essence of the voice.
Equally at home on the opera stage and in the concert hall, Teddy Tahu Rhodes is the perfect singer to respond to both the drama and the eloquent beauty of Mahler’s music.
Track Listing:
Rückert-Lieder
1. Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft (I breathed a gentle fragrance)
2. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! (Don’t look inside my songs!)
3. Um Mitternacht (At midnight)
4. Liebst du um Schönheit (If your love is for beauty)
5. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (I have become lost to the world)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marko Letonja conductor
6. Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grünen Wald (I went joyfully through the green woods)
7. Aus! Aus! (Out! Out!)
8. Nicht wiedersehen! (Never to see you again!)
9. Winterlied (Winter Song)
Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children)
10. Nun will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n (The sun is about to rise so brightly)
11. Nun seh’ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen (Now I see why your eyes flashed such dark flames)
12. Wenn dein Mütterlein tritt zur Tür herein (When your dear mother comes in)
13. Oft denk’ ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen (I often think they’ve just gone out)
14. In diesem Wetter! (In this weather!)
Sharolyn Kimmorley piano
Teddy Tahu Rhodes bass-baritone