Mythos: Schubert & Loewe Konstantin Krimmel & Ammiel Bushakevitz

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Der König in Thule, D. 367:
• 1 Schubert: Der König in Thule, D. 367 03:49
• Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869): Archibald Douglas, Op. 128:
• 2 Loewe: Archibald Douglas, Op. 128 11:24
• Franz Schubert: Fahrt zum Hades, D. 526:
• 3 Schubert: Fahrt zum Hades, D. 526 05:20
• Carl Loewe: Meerfahrt, Op. 93:
• 4 Loewe: Meerfahrt, Op. 93 05:48
• Franz Schubert: Totengräbers Heimweh, D. 842:
• 5 Schubert: Totengräbers Heimweh, D. 842 07:08
• Carl Loewe: 3 Balladen von Goethe, Op. 44:
• 6 Loewe: 3 Balladen von Goethe, Op. 44: No. 3, Der Totentanz 03:57
• Franz Schubert: Erlkönig, D. 328:
• 7 Schubert: Erlkönig, D. 328 04:04
• Carl Loewe: Gesammelte Lieder, Gesänge, Romanzen und Balladen, Op. 9:
• 8 Loewe: Gesammelte Lieder, Gesänge, Romanzen und Balladen, Op. 9: No. 4, Geisterleben 04:05
• Franz Schubert: Am Bach im Frühling, D. 361:
• 9 Schubert: Am Bach im Frühling, D. 361 04:01
• Carl Loewe: Rückerts Gedichte, Op. 62-I:
• 10 Loewe: Rückerts Gedichte, Op. 62-I: No. 4, Süßes Begräbnis 02:45
• Franz Schubert: Der Wanderer, D. 493:
• 11 Schubert: Der Wanderer, D. 493 05:52
• Carl Loewe: Gesammelte Lieder, Gesänge, Romanzen und Balladen, Op. 9:
• 12 Loewe: Gesammelte Lieder, Gesänge, Romanzen und Balladen, Op. 9: No. 3a, Wanders Nachtlied I 02:10
• Franz Schubert: An Schwager Kronos, D. 369:
• 13 Schubert: An Schwager Kronos, D. 369 02:32
• Carl Loewe: 3 Gesänge, Op. 123:
• 14 Loewe: 3 Gesänge, Op. 123: No. 3, Die Uhr 04:55
• Total Runtime 01:07:50

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Passion, solitude, nostalgia, the pain of the world, flight, death — these are the typical themes of Romanticism. Konstantin Krimmel has already explored this era of extreme emotion in Saga, his first recital album (Alpha549). Now, with collaborative pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz, he plunges even deeper into this cosmos. "I simply love telling stories. Even as a child, I loved listening to old legends and tales", says Krimmel, who is indeed a fabulous storyteller-singer. The two artists have chosen here to compare songs by Franz Schubert and Carl Loewe that embody these great themes. The two composers, both masters of the Lied, had very different destinies: Loewe lived to be 72 years old, more than twice as old as Schubert, who had died aged 31.

Konstantin Krimmel, baritone
Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano

Konstantin Krimmel
with German-Romanian roots, first got in touch with music sining at the St. George's Choir Boys in Ulm and from this moment on, the fascination of music never left him. At the age of 21, he began his vocal studies with Prof. Teru Yoshihara, which the singer completed with distinction in 2020. In the meantime he is being coached by Tobias Truniger in Munich.

Even in his student days, Konstantin Krimmel developed a special love for the concert and lied repertoire, which he quickly expanded. He has won numerous competitions since, including the German Music Competition 2019 as well as 1st prize at the International Helmut Deutsch Lied Competition, 2nd prize at the International Singing Competition 'Das Lied' in Heidelberg and the Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition.

Accordingly, the artist has already toured nationally and internationally. These include recitals at the Kölner Philharmonie, the Deutsche Opern Berlin, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Oper Frankfurt, the Heidelberger Frühling, as a guest at the Schubertíada de Vilabertran, the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, in Madrid, in London (Wigmore Hall) and at the Lied Festival in Oxford. In 2021/2022 he will be heard in Strasbourg, Nuremberg and Hohenems, among other places.

Further fine tasks are waiting the young baritone in the oratorio field. In summer 2021, the Brahms Requiem under the direction of Raphael Pichon (together with Sabine Devieilhe, soprano) him in Bordeaux and the surrounding area, an extensive tour (Christmas Oratorio by J.S.Bach) with the Nederlands Kamerkoor under the direction of P.Dijkstra in December and concerts with Bach's St. Matthew Passion under the direction of Ph. Herreweghe at Easter 2022.

Konstantin Krimmel will open a whole new chapter in the field of opera when he becomes a member of the Bavarian State Opera beginning in autumn 2021. There he can be seen in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos (Harlequin), in Britten's Peter Grimes (Ned Keene) and in Thomas (Matthias) by Georg Friedrich Haas in the next season. In the next few years, he will be performing major Mozart roles in particular. He also returns to the Staatstheater Wiesbaden as 'Figaro' in Mozart's Figaro's Wedding.

Since 2019 Konstantin Krimmel has been an exclusive artist of the French label Alpha - a recording of Handel's 'Brockes Passion' together with the Ensemble Arcangelo under Jonathan Cohen has recently been released. His first Lied CD entitled 'Saga' (Lieder and Ballads by Loewe, Schumann, Schubert, Adolf Jensen) was highly praised by Thilo Braun, Deutschlandfunk, among others: "At only 26 years of age, he already possesses an interpretative depth and a technical sovereignty with which he doesn’t need to fear comparison with great Lied singers in his vocal field.“

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