Sonja Leutwyler, Astrid Leutwyler & Benjamin Engeli – Hymne à la Beauté (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Sonja Leutwyler, Astrid Leutwyler & Benjamin Engeli – Hymne à la Beauté (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:56 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Classical
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The album Hymne à la beauté brings together seldom heard gems of chamber music in the delightful formation of voice, violin and piano — passionately performed by the aspiring and outstanding Swiss artists Sonja Leutwyler, Astrid Leutwyler and Benjamin Engeli, who are among the most versatile musicians of their generation and have long-established reputations within Switzerland and abroad. This programme of discoveries features captivating works by Louis Spohr, Johannes Brahms, Charles Ives, Camille Saint-Saëns, Felix Petyrek, Czeslaw Marek and Ottorino Respighi. On a special commission for this release, the Swiss composer Martin Wettstein has composed the piece Hymne à la beauté (hymn to beauty) for mezzo soprano, violin and piano after a poem by Charles Baudelaire. The music is inspired by the incredible power of beauty, which is part and parcel of this world, giving us meaning and lust for life. At the same time, though, beauty can seduce and ruin people. Lying somewhere between kitsch and madness, beauty waits to be discovered by us.

Tracklist:
1-01. Astrid Leutwyler, Benjamin Engeli, Sonja Leutwyler – 6 Deutsche Lieder, Op. 154 – No. 1, Abendfeier (02:03)
1-02. Astrid Leutwyler, Benjamin Engeli, Sonja Leutwyler – 6 Deutsche Lieder, Op. 154 – No. 2, Jagdlied (01:58)
1-03. Astrid Leutwyler, Benjamin Engeli, Sonja Leutwyler – 6 Deutsche Lieder, Op. 154 – No. 3, Tone (01:50)
1-04. Astrid Leutwyler, Benjamin Engeli, Sonja Leutwyler – 6 Deutsche Lieder, Op. 154 – No. 4, Erlkonig (03:13)
1-05. Astrid Leutwyler, Benjamin Engeli, Sonja Leutwyler – 6 Deutsche Lieder, Op. 154 – No. 5, Der Spielmann und seine Geige (02:53)
1-06. Astrid Leutwyler, Benjamin Engeli, Sonja Leutwyler – 6 Deutsche Lieder, Op. 154 – No. 6, Abendstille (02:06)
1-07. Astrid Leutwyler, Benjamin Engeli, Sonja Leutwyler – Violons dans le soir (05:24)
1-08. Benjamin Engeli, Sonja Leutwyler – Elegie (02:59)
1-09. Astrid Leutwyler, Benjamin Engeli, Sonja Leutwyler – Hymne a la beaute (14:28)
1-10. Benjamin Engeli, Sonja Leutwyler – 2 Gesange, Op. 91 – No. 1, Gestillte Sehnsucht (05:36)
1-11. Benjamin Engeli, Sonja Leutwyler – 2 Gesange, Op. 91 – No. 2, Geistliches Wiegenlied (05:03)
1-12. Astrid Leutwyler, Benjamin Engeli, Sonja Leutwyler – Sunrise (05:00)
1-13. Astrid Leutwyler, Benjamin Engeli, Sonja Leutwyler – 5 Lenau Lieder, Op. 17 – No. 4, Bitte (03:16)
1-14. Astrid Leutwyler, Benjamin Engeli, Sonja Leutwyler – 2 Lieder ‘Buch der Seele’ – No. 1, Spat (02:58)
1-15. Sonja Leutwyler – Il tramonto, P. 101 (14:01)

Personnel:
Sonja Leutwyler, vocals
Astrid Leutwyler, violin
Benjamin Engeli, piano

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