Daniel Johannsen, Samantha Gaul and Klaus Simon - Wolff: Complete Songs, Vol. 1 (2024)

Erich J. Wolff’s name will be unfamiliar to many but in the 1920s an authoritative reference book on popular art song ranked his compositions fourth, behind Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler. The first volume in this series of Wolff’s Complete Songs introduces a composer of astonishing gifts whose Romanticism is as daring as his formal sophistication. Wolff’s songs are lyrical, serene and full of melodic beauty, coupled with piano writing that is both virtuosic and atmospheric.
Tracklist
1. For the Space of a Summer, Op. 17: No. 1. Summer (2:45)
2. For the Space of a Summer, Op. 17: No. 2. Longing (3:45)
3. For the Space of a Summer, Op. 17: No. 3. Confidence in Pan (2:12)
4. For the Space of a Summer, Op. 17: No. 4. For the space of a summer (1:51)
5. For the Space of a Summer, Op. 17: No. 5. A Sunday (2:04)
6. For the Space of a Summer, Op. 17: No. 6. Perfect Happiness (2:58)
7. 6 Lieder, Op. 1 (Excerpts): No. 2. A minstrel and a dreamer, O, he went to a fair (2:21)
8. 6 Lieder, Op. 1 (Excerpts): No. 4. There was a lass span diligently (1:35)
9. 6 Lieder, Op. 1 (Excerpts): No. 6. Genre Painting (2:20)
10. 6 Poems of Richard Dehmel, Op. 8 (Excerpts): No. 2. Exaltation (1:48)
11. 6 Poems of Richard Dehmel, Op. 8 (Excerpts): No. 3. Again and Again (1:53)
12. 6 Poems from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Op. 9 (Excerpts): No. 2. Mrs Nightingale (2:01)
13. 6 Poems from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Op. 9 (Excerpts): No. 4. The Youth and the Violet (1:44)
14. 6 Poems from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Op. 9 (Excerpts): No. 5. A Dancing Rhyme (1:13)
15. 2 Poems of Tora zu Eulenburg, Op. 11b: No. 3. Storm Tide (2:29)
16. 2 Poems of Tora zu Eulenburg, Op. 11b: No. 4. Drinking Song (1:40)
17. 9 Lieder, Op. 12 (Excerpts): No. 1. A Walk (2:11)
18. 9 Lieder, Op. 12 (Excerpts): No. 4. The Compassionate Girl (2:51)
19. 9 Lieder, Op. 12 (Excerpts): No. 9. A Sad Tale (0:57)
20. 9 Lieder, Op. 12 (Excerpts): No. 7. In the Boat (3:50)
21. 7 Lieder, Op. 22: No. 6. Melody of Love (1:26)
22. 6 Lieder, Op. 26 (Excerpts): No. 2. Silken shoes on lasts of gold (2:28)
23. 6 Lieder, Op. 26 (Excerpts): No. 4. Speed, my boat! (1:28)
24. 6 Lieder, Op. 26 (Excerpts): No. 6. I’ll marry my bride (1:14)
25. 8 Songs after Poems by Emil Faktor, Op. 32: No. 1. Dead Spring (2:40)
26. 3 Melodramas Based on Pierrot, Op. 27: No. 1. Serenade (4:28)
27. 3 Melodramas Based on Pierrot, Op. 27: No. 2. Intermezzo (2:05)
28. 3 Melodramas Based on Pierrot, Op. 27: No. 3. Finale (4:58)