Pia Davila & Linda Leine - Irgendwo auf der Welt (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Out of the drawers! Pia Davila and Linda Leine give new perspectives on "ostracised music".

Erich Zeisl, Ilse Weber, Rosy Wertheim, Georg Kreisler - we know them all as great composers of the early 20th century. Above all, however, we know not only their music but also the stories about their humiliation, expulsion or death at the hands of those in power of the National Socialist regime. Many of their works are only slowly re-entering the public consciousness and concert halls, in this case mostly under the title of "Verfemte Musik" (ostracised music).

Too often, found soprano Pia Davila and pianist Linda Leine. The two musicians have been successfully making music together since 2014; the first prize at the Verfemte Musik competition in Schwerin was the beginning of their joint work on this theme. In doing so, they are pursuing a common goal: "This music is so beautiful, it has such great harmonies and so many subtleties - and it is new every time you play it! That's why we want so much for this music to be performed more often and simply played as a matter of course in the repertoire," says Pia Davila. "These artists are always named only as 'ostracised composers' - we think that's such a shame, because it means that they are seen mainly from this one angle, 'What has been done to them?' It's really time to look at and listen to these composers differently."

And so the composers that Linda Leine and Pia Davila have chosen for their first joint album, Somewhere in the World, have one thing in particular in common: almost all of them have a tragic life story, but their works are characterised by humour, radiate a love of life and cheerfulness. "We were particularly struck by the fact that the humour of the artists we selected 100 years ago is still relevant today. And not only the lyrics of the songs are humorous, the music is too! We notice this especially in our concerts: people are often amused by the solo piano pieces because the music is so mischievous," says Linda Leine. This was also used by performers of the time, such as the Comedian Harmonists, who celebrated great successes in the early 1930s with the album's eponymous title, Irgendwo auf der Welt (Somewhere in the World), or the song Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus (My Little Green Cactus). The better-known repertoire on the album is complemented by numerous first recordings, such as On Top of a Hill by Ursula Mamlok, Arabic Song by Paul Ben-Chaim or Kater and The Lonely Sheperd by Erich Zeisl.

The songs chosen for Somewhere in the World have one more thing in common: they are all about nature and animals. A deliberately chosen theme, because "we all know how nature influences our lives, we all know animals that we love and pamper", as the musicians write in the foreword to the CD. And: "We all know their language, see ourselves in them". On the subject of animals, Othmar Schoeck and Rudi Stephan also enrich the recording, the only composers represented on the album who do not share the fate of ostracism with the others.

Thus, on Irgendwo auf der Welt, Pia Davila and Linda Leine take us on a humorous journey, show us how much animalism there can be in people and remind us: Erich Zeisl, Ilse Weber, Rosy Wertheim and all the other composers whose songs we can hear on Irgendwo auf der Welt were, above all, fantastic musicians whose works belong on stage!

Tracklist:
1. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Sieben Lieder: No. 1 Vor meinem Fenster (01:44)
2. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Drei Lieder, Op. 53: No. 2 Das Täubchen flog vorüber (02:43)
3. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein saß (02:38)
4. Linda Leine – Sonate für Klavier: Waltz, graceful, but not too Fast (03:35)
5. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Seven Songs of Love and Sorrow: No. 3 Poor Bit of a Wench (01:10)
6. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Sieben Lieder: No. 7 Die fünf Hühnerchen (01:02)
7. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Frühlingslied (Tauben vergiften im Park) (02:33)
8. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – So regnet es sich langsam ein (02:42)
9. Linda Leine – November, 8 Stücke für Klavier: Ein Regentag (02:21)
10. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Und der Regen rinnt (02:13)
11. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Regen (01:56)
12. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Zufall auf den Wiesen (02:35)
13. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – 100 Meter Glück: Ich bin ein Vamp! (04:25)
14. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Brettl-Lieder: No. 1 Der genügsame Liebhaber (02:45)
15. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Fünf venezianische Epigramme, Op. 19b: No. 7a Warum leckst du dein Mäulchen? (00:37)
16. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Ich will dir singen ein Hohelied: No. 2 Pantherlied (01:02)
17. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Sieben Lieder: No. 5 Der Schäfer (01:48)
18. Linda Leine – Pieces for Barbara: The Lonely Shepherd (04:40)
19. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Wiegala (03:09)
20. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Arabic Song (Version for Piano and Voice) (02:14)
21. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – On Top of a Hill (01:28)
22. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Seven Songs of Love and Sorrow: No. 5 A Woman's Last Word (04:14)
23. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Vier Lieder nach niederländischen Gedichten: No. 1 Scherzo (02:29)
24. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus (02:45)
25. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Sieben Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, Op. 7: No. 2 So sprach ein Weib voll Schüchternheit (01:26)
26. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Kater (01:22)
27. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Erich Kästner: No. 3 Ansprache einer Bardame (04:22)
28. Pia Davila & Linda Leine – Irgendwo auf der Welt (04:13)


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