Nicht Wiedersehen! (CD) – Günther Groissböck

Composers: Richard Struass, Gustav Mahler, Hans Rott
Artists: Günther Groissböck, Malcolm Martineau
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Gramola
Release Date: October 11, 2022

The Austrian bass Günther Groissböck enchants on opera and concert stages around the world with the unique, noble sound of his voice, and his virtually breathtaking verve of performance. On the album Nicht Wiedersehen! – together with Malcolm Martineau, who is recognized worldwide as one of the leading piano accompanists of his generation – Groissböck presents incomparable interpretations of late Romantic songs and ballads by Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, and Hans Rott.

The duo pays homage to passion in Strauss songs such as “Zueignung,” “Allerseelen” and “Breit’ über mein Haupt,” or leaves the audience rather thoughtful with “Der Einsame,” “Das Thal” or “Befreit.” Hans Rott, who died at a young age, can be heard in “Wandrer’s Nachtlied,” “Geistesgruß” and “Der Sänger.” Groissböck also brings the tragic characters in Mahler’s songs “Revelge,” “Zu Straßburg auf der Schanz,” “Tamboursg’sell” or “Nicht wiedersehen!” to life in an incomparable way, before this great recording promises a transcendental end with “Urlicht.”

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