MATHILDE DE ROTHSCHILD (1832-1924): 6 Lieder, Auf den Bergen, Das flotte Herz, O sage nicht!, Der Komet, So war die Sonne scheinet, Die Gletscher leuchten, Komm! Geh' mit mir in's Waldesgrün, Am See, Seitdem du mich verlassen, 6 Lieder, 12 Lieder, Romance, parle moi, Bluette, Appelle-moi ton âme, Près du lilas, Coquetterie, C'etait en Avril, Quand vous me montrez, Romance Magyare, Vous avez beau faire et beau dire, Les papillons, Le rossignol, La voix qui dit je t'aime, Si mes vers avaient des ailes, Charmeuse, Danziam, valse chanté, Souvenir, Si j'etais rayon, Je n'ose pas, Puisque vous êtes revenue, Enfant, rêve encore, Chanson du pêcheur, Tristesse, Le vallon natal, Piano pieces: Feuillets d'Album, Op. 2, Nos. 1-3 & 6, Mazurka, Waltz.

Description: This member of the famous banking family came into contact with many musical luminaries both as patron and student (she was one of the few students Chopin taught right up to his death) and she became a respected, well-published and prolific composer. What strikes you in this collection of songs is not so much a personal stamp, although she plainly had a remarkable command of the keyboard and her piano parts are as rich as the song melodies and often far more than just accompaniments. What Rothschild seems to do is to easily adopt the manner of the late 19th century French mélodie as easily as she inhabits the Beethoven-Schubert-Schumann-Brahms world of the German Lied. 2 CDs. German, French-English texts. Charlotte de Rothschild (soprano), Adrian Farmer (piano).