Label: Naxos
Genre: Vocal
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 9.70405
Barcode: 730099740517
Distribution Note(s):
Exclusively available for streaming and download.
Release Date: 11/2025

Vocal Recital (Soprano): Song, Yuanming - SCHREKER, F. / SCHOENBERG, A. / BERG, A. / KORNGOLD, E.W. (The Magic Wonderland Opens before Our Gaze)

This album features four Austrian composers from the late 19th to the early 20th century: Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, Franz Schreker, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Presenting four contemporaneous yet stylistically diverse song cycles, it captures the artistic essence of Austrian songs during this transformative era. Soprano Yuanming Song, an award-winning international artist, graces prestigious stages worldwide. Viennese cultural media acclaim her as ’a pure lyric soprano with remarkable vocal elasticity – evenly magnetic, tender yet powerful’. Recorded in Vienna with pianist Charles Spencer, this album showcases their remarkable artistic synergy.

Tracklist

Schreker, Franz
Heyse, Paul - Lyricist
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
1 No. 1. In alten Tagen 01:56
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
2 No. 2. Im Lenz 02:05
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
3 No. 3. Das Glück 02:33
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
4 No. 4. Es kommen Blätter 03:29
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
5 No. 5. Umsonst 01:25
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
Schoenberg, Arnold
Hochstetter, Gustav - Lyricist
Wedekind, Frank - Lyricist
Schikaneder, Emanuel - Lyricist
Colly - Lyricist
Bierbaum, Otto Julius - Lyricist
Salus, Hugo - Lyricist
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
6 No. 1. Der genügsame Liebhaber 02:57
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
7 No. 2. Einfältiges Lied 02:30
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
8 No. 4. Jedem des Seine 04:52
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
9 No. 5. Mahnung 03:41
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
10 No. 6. Gigerlette 02:14
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
11 No. 7. Galathea 03:28
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
12 No. 8. Seit ich so viele Weiber sah (Aus dem Spiegel von Arcadia) 03:39
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
Berg, Alban
Schlaf, Johannes - Lyricist
Hauptmann, Carl - Lyricist
Lenau, Nikolaus - Lyricist
Hohenberg, Paul - Lyricist
Storm, Theodor - Lyricist
Rilke, Rainer Maria - Lyricist
Hartleben, Otto Erich - Lyricist
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
13 No. 1. Nacht 04:15
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
14 No. 2. Schilflied 02:05
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
15 No. 3. Die Nachtigall 02:06
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
16 No. 4. Traumgekrönt 02:16
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
17 No. 5. Im Zimmer 01:12
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
18 No. 6. Liebesode 01:48
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
19 No. 7. Sommertage 01:54
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
Straten, Eleonore van der - Lyricist
Kobald, Karl - Lyricist
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
20 No. 1. Was Du mir bist 03:18
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
21 No. 2. Mit Dir zu schweigen 02:20
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)
22 No. 3. Welt ist stille eingeschlafen 03:15
Song, Yuanming (soprano)
Spencer, Charles (piano)

Total Playing Time: 59:18