Daniel Heide & Patrick Grahl – Dichterliebe (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:39 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
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Even more than in Beethoven’s case, Mendelssohn’s Lieder were intended for performance in the salons of the prosperous bourgeoisie: a convivial circle of highly qualified connoisseurs who shared the same outlook, and often a similar financial status. Those members of the upper middle classes were the musical link and the sociological crossroads between Hausmusik and the concert hall. Mendelssohn often wrote songs as gifts for the friends he was visiting, frequently as settings of their own texts: the considerable technical challenges they contained still needed to be manageable for members of those circles.
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