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...An unknown crisis of the heart around that time propelled him into composing and the 51 Osterwald settings are all love songs to poems, in Franz’s words, of “the gentlest fragrance”....
...Inspired by these mood pictures, the mind goes on a journey to the unknown. There are two other Saariaho works on the disc....
...“A lot of Lieder song recital audiences can get comfortable with hearing Die Forelle or Winterreise and it washes over them like a warm bath....
...Yet they remain virtually unknown among the enclave nations of Europe....
...His brief appearances in Asia generally shun the big-ticket operatic repertoire in favour of little-known German lieder....
...His diary may now be dominated by Lieder recitals and short concert tours, but he hasn’t completely abandoned the lyric theatre....
...Having been virtually unknown on the international circuit five years ago, he has risen to the top very fast and now ranks as the leading German romantic tenor of his generation, if not of the past half...
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