16Aug
Recital Grachtenfestival
Posthoornerk, Amsterdam
Alma Mahler, lovers & friends new album (CD)
Raoul Steffani, baritone / Julius Drake, piano
A Viennese collection of Lieder dedicated to Alma Mahler containing her well known song cycle as well as works by her lovers and closest friends such as Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Hans Pfitzner, Franz Schreker, Bruno Walter and Alexander Zemlinsky. Release date: 16 May 2025.
Sehnsucht (CD)
Barbara Hannigan, soprano / Raoul Steffani, baritone / Camerata RCO led by Rolf Verbeek
In Sehnsucht, Barbara Hannigan sings Alban Berg’s Sieben Frühe Lieder and the final part of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, whereas Raoul Steffani performs Berg’s Vier Gesänge, Op. 2. All these works are presented in special arrangements for chamber ensemble. Release date: 21 October 2022.
Love’s Spring (CD)
Raoul Steffani, baritone / Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano / Gerold Huber, piano
A programme devoted to both Robert and Clara Schumann and the musical dialogue that blossomed between them during the early years of their married life, through their poems and song compositions.
Deep in a dream (CD)
Raoul Steffani, baritone / Gerold Huber, piano
Baritone Raoul Steffani’s CD debut is a collection of early songs by major Lieder composers Schumann, Grieg, Sibelius and Berg, with pianist Gerold Huber.