Aribert Reimann
Aribert Reimann (German: ['aʁiːbɛʁt 'ʁaɪman] , 4 March 1936 – 13 March 2024) was a German composer, pianist, and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas. His version of Shakespeare's King Lear, the opera Lear, was written at the suggestion of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who performed the title role. His opera Medea after Grillparzer's play premiered in 2010 at the Vienna State Opera. He was a professor of contemporary Lied (art song) in Hamburg and Berlin. In 2011, he was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize for his life's work.
Genre: german-opera, german-contemporary-classical, art-song
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Top Tracks
- Schwanengesang, D.957: 4. Ständchen
- Shakespeare-Songs: No. 9, Fear No More
- Shakespeare-Songs: No. 8, Death, Come Away
- Shakespeare-Songs: No. 7, Take, O Take Those Lips Away
- Shakespeare-Songs: No. 6, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
- Shakespeare-Songs: No. 5, Willow, Willow
- Shakespeare-Songs: No. 4, When Icicles Hang
- Shakespeare-Songs: No. 3, When Daisies Pied
- Shakespeare-Songs: No. 2, O Mistress Mine
- Shakespeare-Songs: No. 1, Motto
- 6 Lieder nach Gedichten von Hölderlin: No. 1, An die Parzen
- Lieder nach Texten von Friedrich Nietzsche: No. 2, Die Sonne sinkt
- 8 Lieder, Op. 18: No. 5, Vor dir schein' ich aufgewacht
- 3 Hymnen von Walt Whitman, Op. 14: No. 2, O, nun heb du an, dort in deinem Moor
- 6 Lieder nach Gedichten von Hölderlin: No. 6, Abendphantasie
- Lieder nach Texten von Novalis (Excerpts): No. 1, Hymne
- Lieder nach Texten von Novalis (Excerpts): No. 4, Ich will nicht klagen mehr
- Lieder nach Texten von Matthias Claudius: No. 2, Der Tod ist'n eigener Mann
- 6 Lieder nach Gedichten von Hölderlin: No. 5, Fragment
- 6 Lieder nach Gedichten von Hölderlin: No. 4, Des Morgens
Albums (27)
- Lieder der Schumannianer (2024)
- Dichterliebe (2021)
- Aribert Reimann: L'invisible (Live) (2018)
- Mendelssohn, Schumann, Schoeck & Wolf: Lieder (2016)
- Reimann: Spiralat Halom, Eingedunkelt & Neun Stücke (2016)
- Zelter: Lieder (2016)
- Tchaikovsky: Vocal Works (2016)
- Hindemith: Lieder (2016)
- Aribert Reimann: Unrevealed and Shine & Dark (2016)
- Reimann: Medea (2011)
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings Reger, Sutermeister and Hindemith , Aribert Reiman (Piano), Ulrich Bremsteller (Organ) [First Master Release , RBB recordings from 1972, 1979 and 1989] (2010)
- Reimann, A.: Mendelssohn oder soll es Tod bedeuten? / String Quartet No. 3 (2010)
- Reimann: Melusine (1970)
- Reimann, A.: Cantus / Ollea / Solo for Clarinet / … Ni Una Sombra / Arietta (2009)
- Reimann: Zyklus / Kumi Ori / Die Pole Sind in Uns (2007)
- Reimann: Piano Works (Complete) (2007)
- Reimann: Per Violoncello e pianoforte ed arpa (1970)
- Schubert: Winterreise (1970)
- Reimann: Lear (2 CDs) (2000)
- Reimann, A.: Song Cycles After Schubert, Brahms, Schumann and Mendelssohn (1998)
- Reimann: Das Schloss (1970)
- Nietzsche: Lieder, Piano Works & Melodramas (1995)
- Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795 (1995)
- Schubert: Schwanengesang, D.957; 5 Lieder (1992)
- Reimann: Kinderlieder / Nacht-Räume / Neun Sonette der Louize Labé (1970)
- Aribert Reimann: Unrevealed & Variations for Piano (1970)
- Schoenberg / Webern / Berg: Lieder (1970)
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