Robert Franz: Osterwald Lieder

[MikePurton]

This is now available - for pre-release copies, please visit www.mikepurtonrecording.com



Robert Franz (1815-1892) was a neglected German composer, highly thought of in his day, who specialised almost entirely in Lieder, generally of a small but perfectly formed nature. Suffice it to say that this is a collection and sequence of beautiful and very moving miniatures (nearly all previously unrecorded), superbly performed by soprano Harriet Burns and tenor William Searle - both hugely talented young soloists, with gorgeous recorded sound engineered by Tony Faulkner. It is a double album containing all 51 songs set to poems by Wilhelm Osterwald, the project being originated by musicologist Victoria Edge, who through her research has discovered that composer and poet were even closer than very close friends as can be seen in the texts. It's a delightful and very moving musical journey and will be available pre-general release from my website at www.mikepurtonrecording.com around the middle of October. A fabulous project which I am delighted to be involved with.