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Jamie Bartonmezzo-Soprano All Who Wander Jamie Bartonmezzo-soprano DE 3494 Brian Zeger piano 1 DELOS DE 3494 ALL WHO WANDER DELOS DE 3494 ALL WHO WANDER DELOS DE 3494 ALL WHO WANDER AllJamie Barton, Who mezzo-soprano; Wander Brian Zeger, piano "The world has been waiting for this voice for a long time – one that reminds you of how capable the human voice is of creating something of absolute beauty. Jamie pours all of her heart into every phrase of this deeply personal debut album. You will be utterly transported." – Joyce DiDonato MAHLER – Five Rückert Songs: Ich atmet’ einen • linden Duft ♦ Liebst du um Schönheit ♦ Blicke mir • JAMIE BARTON JAMIE BARTON JAMIE nicht in die Lieder! ♦ Um Mitternacht ♦ Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen ♦ (from various song cycles) Ich ging mit Lust ♦ Erinnerung ♦ Scheiden und Meiden DVOŘÁK – Gypsy Songs, Op. 55: Má píseň zas mi láskou zní ♦ Aj! Kterak trojhranec můj přerozkošně zvoní ♦ A les je tichý kolem kol ♦ Když mne stará matka zpívat, zpívat učívala ♦ Struna naladěna ♦ Široké rukávy a široké gatě ♦ Dejte klec jestřábu ze zlata ryzého SIBELIUS – Svarta rosor ♦ Säv, säv, susa ♦ Flickan ORIGINAL ORIGINAL DIGITAL kom ♦ Kyssens Hopp ♦ Marssnön ♦ Var det en dröm? DIGITAL Total Playing Time: 60:48 All Who Wander GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911): 12. Když mne stará matka zpívat, Fünf Lieder nach Rückert (Five Rückert Songs) zpívat učívala (2:41) 1. Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft (2:43) 13. Struna naladěna (1:11) 2. Liebst du um Schönheit (2:44) 14. Široké rukávy a široké gatě (1:40) 3. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! (1:32) 15. Dejte klec jestřábu ze zlata ryzého (2:04) 4. Um Mitternacht (6:56) 5. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (6:49) JEAN SIBELIUS (1865-1957): (from various song cycles) 16. Svarta rosor – Op. 36, No. 1 (2:20) 6. Ich ging mit Lust (4:41) 17. Säv, säv, susa – Op. 36, No. 4 (2:55) 7. Erinnerung (2:46) 18. Flickan kom – Op. 37, No. 5 (3:28) 8. Scheiden und Meiden (2:43) 19. Kyssens Hopp – Op. 13, No.2 (2:18) 20. Marssnön – Op. 36, No. 5 (1:39) Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904): 21. Var det en dröm? – Op. 37, No. 4 (2:12) Cigánské melodie (Gypsy Songs) – Op. 55 9. Má píseň zas mi láskou zní (2:51) Total Playing Time: 60:48 10. Aj! Kterak trojhranec můj přerozkošně zvoní (1:13) 11. A les je tichý kolem kol (3:17) JAMIE BARTON, mezzo-soprano BRIAN ZEGER, piano 2 ll Who Wander is inspired by something My favorite song from Dvořák’s Cigánské that lives within all of us, the little voice in melodie is No. 3. It speaks of heartache with Aus that wants us to step out and experi- the tenderest voice. The fragile stillness of ence the world. The desire to be a gypsy or a the piano mirrors the text’s imagery of tears wanderer is the idea of breaking free from the drying on your face, running black down trappings of society and finding oneself. your cheeks due to the smoke from the campfire staining them. The vocal line care- I’ve always been drawn to the lush mu- fully balances pristine, shimmering beauty sic and storytelling in art songs of the late and heartfelt gravitas. To me, the text is true 1800s. Each one of the three composers to the gypsy: “Don’t get too upset by heart- I’ve chosen for this recording represents a ache. He who can sing amid sorrow does different culture and different language, not die; he lives!” but all of them are masters at bringing text alive through their distinctive compositional Romantic-era drama and lavishness weaves styles. They create equally rich musical land- throughout Sibelius’s songs, but the texts scapes and emotional journeys as they por- are still so real and heartbreaking. The com- tray characters deeply connected to nature poser’s settings brilliantly serve their tone. A and their surroundings, with poignant stories fantastic example of his musical storytelling to tell and insights to share. is his compact two-page song “Marssnön.” It sounds to me like a midwinter snowscape; Of these composers, Dvořák is to me the the music illustrates the exquisite silence you one who has most locked into an authen- would get if you were standing alone in the tic, naturalistic quality in his setting of Ad- snow in the middle of a quiet countryside. olf Heyduk’s Cigánské melodie (Gypsy However, even as you sense the snowflakes Songs). Yet each piece of this song cycle is gently falling to create waves of snow on unique. Over the course of seven songs, you the cold ground, Sibelius opens up both get seven different flavors, stories, aspects, the piano and the vocal lines, and you can and emotions. I love the lack of self-con- envision the impending springtime bloom- sciousness in this group of songs – they ing forth, the sun coming to melt away the manage to be absolutely grand while being cold. In only two pages, the song shows nonchalant about their grandeur. The gypsy an incredible range, from the simple to the doesn’t care about being grand; the gypsy magnificent. just wanders and sees and experiences and lives in the present. 3 Similarly multifaceted, Mahler has incredible one need wait for the end of one’s life to find folk roots in his music, yet he manages to that satisfaction, and so I connect with this be ethereal while absolutely grounded in na- song in my own life’s journey to finding the ture. “Ich ging mit lust” is a new favorite happy quiet space within myself. of mine. It is a gorgeous song with arching lines, and you can hear the wild birds singing Despite their diverse origins, this collection in the piano line. To me, it sounds like some- of songs represents thoughts and feelings thing you might spontaneously sing while that can be both universal and deeply per- you’re walking through the forest. But at the sonal. We experience shy moments of love same time, because it’s Mahler, the serenity like Mahler’s “Blicke mir”; we hear of hor- is elevated to otherworldly heights. rific stories similar to what is told in Sibelius’s “Säv, säv, susa”; we hear tunes that remind While “Ich ging mit lust” is one of the new- us of the music we heard in our homes est songs to me, the song on this album when we were growing up, just like the I’ve lived with the longest is “Ich bin der gypsy does in Dvořák’s “Když mne stará Welt abhanden gekommen.” Since the matka zpívat, zpívat učívala”; we look first time I heard it, it has entranced me. I up at the sky and wonder if anything is out think this is one of the most perfectly written there, just as the speaker does in Mahler’s songs I know. As a listener, I’ve always felt “Um Mitternacht.” These songs echo hu- that Mahler’s setting of Friedrich Rückert’s man experiences, showing the fullness of text sounds as if the singer is just at the edge our lives through moments that are often of the gossamer border that separates life simultaneously raw and alluring, and always from heaven, curiously reaching forward. fascinating. People seem to be torn about the meaning of the text, yet I felt a very strong pull toward – Jamie Barton my particular interpretation from the first time I sat down with the music. I’ve known a lot of people who consider this a sad song in which a person is singing of his or her own death, feeling ready to let go of all earthly tethers. However, I think it’s a transcendent song. To me, it speaks of releasing your wor- ries and, in that way, it’s a song of no regrets, of pure contentedness. I’ve never felt that 4 GUSTAV MAHLER: Liebst du um Schönheit Fünf Lieder nach Rückert (Five Rückert Songs) Liebst du um Schönheit, (Texts: Friedrich Rückert) O nicht mich liebe! Liebe die Sonne, Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft Sie trägt ein goldnes Haar! Liebst du um Jugend, Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft. O nicht mich liebe! Im Zimmer stand Liebe den Frühling, Ein Zweig der Linde, Der jung ist jedes Jahr! Ein Angebinde von lieber Hand; Liebst du um Schätze, Wie lieblich war der Lindenduft! O nicht mich liebe! Wie lieblich ist der Lindenduft! Liebe die Meerfrau, Das Lindenreis Sie hat viel Perlen klar! Brachst du gelinde; Liebst du um Liebe, Ich atme leis O ja mich liebe! Im Duft der Linde Liebe mich immer, Der Liebe linden Duft. Dich lieb’ ich immerdar. I breathed a gentle fragrance If you love for beauty I breathed a gentle fragrance! If you love for beauty, In the room stood O love not me! A spray of lime, Love the sun, A gift from a dear hand; She has golden hair! How lovely the fragrance of lime was! If you love for youth, How lovely the fragrance of lime is! O love not me! The spray of lime Love the spring Was gently plucked by you! Which is young each year! Softly I breathe If you love for riches, In the fragrance of lime O love not me! The gentle fragrance of love. Love the mermaid Who has many shining pearls! If you love for love, 5 Ah yes, love me! Um Mitternacht Love me always, I shall love you ever more! Um Mitternacht hab’ ich gewacht Und aufgeblickt zum Himmel; Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! Kein Stern vom Sterngewimmel Hat mir gelacht um Mitternacht.
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