Samsara

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Bei den eingespielten zwei Zyklen sind Frauen die Protagonisten. "In beiden Werken geht es um Unschuld, Entdeckung, Freude, Trauer und letztlich um ein tieferes Verständnis des Lebens, das nur die Erfahrung bringen kann", sagt Kate Lindsey, die diesem neuen Album den Namen Samsara gegeben hat, ein Wort aus dem Sanskrit, das an den Kreislauf des Lebens von der Geburt bis zum Tod erinnert.

For her fourth recital on Alpha Classics, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey has chosen to record two cycles, Schumann's well-known Frauenliebe und Leben and Faure's La Chanson d'eve, a much more unfamiliar work. What the two cycles have in common is that a woman is their protagonist: "both works deal with innocence, discovery, joy, sorrow and ultimately a deeper understanding of life that only experience can offer", says Kate Lindsey, who has named this new album Samsara, a Sanskrit word that evokes the cycle of life, from birth to death. Eric Le Sage, a great specialist in the music of Faure and Schumann, is the ideal partner for this introspective journey, which also features extracts from Schumann's sublime Myrthen as well as Faure's famed Clair de lune and Chanson d'amour.