Purves,Christopher My Soul What Fear You? CD

This is the first album of song from acclaimed bass-baritone and King's College alumnus Christopher Purves, alongside one of the UK's finest pianists, Simon Lepper. Lieder by Strauss, Schubert, Pfitzner and Mahler come to life in dramatic performances by one of opera's biggest names. Bach's popular Ich habe genug, extracts from Eisler's Hollywood Songbook and Weill's Das Berliner Requiem are recorded here in astonishing new sound worlds, with new orchestrations that include accordion, saxophone, guitar, flute and double bass.

1. Strauss: Gefunden (6 Lieder, Op.56, No.1) 2. Strauss: Nachtgang (3 Lieder, Op.29, No.3) 3. Strauss: Im Sp?tboot (6 Lieder, Op.56, No.3) 4. Pfitzner: Hussens Kerker (4 Lieder, Op.32, No.1) 5. Bach: Ich habe genug, BWV 82: I. Aria: Ich habe genug 6. Schubert: Der Sieg, D 805 7. Schubert: Totengr?berlied, D 44 8. Schubert: Grenzen der Menschheit 9. Schumann: Der Schatzgr?ber (Romanzen und Balladen, Vol.1, Op.45, No.1) 10. Schumann: Fr?hlingsfahrt Op.45, No.2 11. Eisler: The Hollywood Songbook: No.21, LÆAutomne californien 12. Eisler: The Hollywood Songbook: No.3, An den kleinen Radioapparat 13. Eisler: The Hollywood Songbook: No.24, H÷lderlin-Fragmente, V. An eine Stadt 14. Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn: XII. Der TamboursgÆsell 15. Weill: Das Berliner Requiem: V. Alles, Was Ich Euch Sagte