The duo formed by baritone Stephan Loges and pianist Simon Lepper breathes as one to bring to life these imaged ballads that beat with the heart of German romanticism: a contemporary of Schubert, Carl Loewe is one of the grand masters in this subtle alloy of narrative force and the lyricism that characterizes the Lied, a mix that demands from the singer the most profound investment in the text. High points of the genre, the Lieder of Brahms and the Eichendorff-Liederkreis of Schumann are a vibrant testimony of the soul’s torments and the nostalgia of Heimat as sublimated by the German poets of the 19th century: dark forests, the distant fatherland, and love unrequited …

Stephan Loges baritone
Simon Lepper piano

Carl Loewe (1796-1869)            
Herr Oluf                                                                                               
Tom der Reimer                                        
Edward    
                
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)        
Auf dem See                               
O kühler Wald!                                   
Über die Heide                                
O wüsst ich doch den Weg zurück                           
Ständchen                                      
Sonntag                                      
Verrat                                       
Da unten im Tale  

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)        
Eichendorff-Liederkreis