If you were not aware, countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen’s star is rapidly in the ascendent, his voice astonishingly beautiful and golden-toned (The Guardian).

He has been acclaimed as a complete artist by The New York Times and as extravagantly gifted... Nussbaum Cohen is poised to re-define what’s possible for singers of this distinctive voice type (San Francisco Chronicle).

Uncharted is Aryeh’s solo debut album, and ventures outside typical countertenor territory into 19th and 20th century lieder never before recorded by his soaring voice type. Austro-Germanic lieder was Aryeh’s first musical love and on Uncharted, he indulges in music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Clara and Robert Schumann, and Johannes Brahms - music that resonates profoundly with his family’s German and Jewish heritage.

The moving program is heightened by the deeply sensitive playing of leading collaborative pianist John Churchwell, Head of Music for San Francisco Opera.

The release of Uncharted coincides with a North American tour that takes Aryeh to Houston and St. Paul, with debuts at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and New York’s Carnegie Hall.

ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD (1897–1957)
Lieder des Abschieds, Op. 14
1. I. Sterbelied Christina Rossetti; adapt. Alfred Kerr (4:32)
2. II. Dies eine kann mein Sehnen nimmer fassen Edith Ronsperger (3:15)
3. III. Mond, so gehst du wieder auf Ernst Lothar (4:33)
4. IV. Gefaßter Abschied Ernst Lothar (4:27)

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
5. Mein wundes Herz, Op. 59, No. 7 Klaus Groth (2:22)

CLARA SCHUMANN (1819–1896)
6. Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen, Op. 13, No. 1 Heinrich Heine (2:30)

JOHANNES BRAHMS
7. Dein blaues Auge hält so still, Op. 59, No. 8 Klaus Groth (2:18)

CLARA SCHUMANN
8. Sie liebten sich beide, Op. 13, No. 2 Heinrich Heine (1:59)

JOHANNES BRAHMS
9. In meiner Nächte Sehnen, Op. 57 No. 5 Georg Friedrich Daumer (1:44)

CLARA SCHUMANN
10. Liebeszauber, Op. 13, No. 3 Emanuel Geibel (2.31)
11. Der Mond kommt still gegangen, Op. 13, No. 4 Emanuel Geibel (2:22)

JOHANNES BRAHMS
12. Unbewegte laue Luft, Op. 57 No. 8 Georg Friedrich Daumer (4:12)

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1956)
Liederkreis Op.39 Joseph von Eichendorff
13. I. In der Fremde (2:03)
14. II. Intermezzo (2:00)
15. III. Waldesgespräch (2:19)
16. IV. Die Stille (1:36)
17. V. Mondnacht (4:25)
18. VI. Schöne Fremde 1:25)
19. VII. Auf einer Burg (2:53)
20. VIII. In der Fremde (1:27)
21. IX. Wehmut (4:27)
22. X. Zwielicht (2:48)
23. XI. Im Walde (1:36)
24. XII. Frühlingsnacht (1:31)
25. Der Nussbaum, Op. 25 (Myrthen), No. 3 Julius Mosen (3:19)

Recorded between January 27th-February 1st 2023 at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, California, this majestically grandiose recording opens Korngold’s Lieder des Abschieds, Op. 14: which opens on the gracefulness of Sterbelied, the sterner fare of Dies eine kann mein Sehnen nimmer fassen, the sweeping Mond so gehst du wieder auf, closing on the truly all-embracing Gefaßter Abschied; and up next is Brahms’ affectively moving Mein wundes Herz, Op. 59, No. 7 Klaus Groth.

Along next is Schumann’s veritably shimmering Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen, Op. 13, No. 1 Heinrich Heine, and then Brahms’ delicately hued Dein blaues Auge hält so still, Op. 59, No. 8 Klaus Groth, Schumann’s flourishingly embodied Sie liebten sich beide, Op. 13, No. 2 Heinrich Heine, which in turn is closed out with Brahms’ sumptuous In meiner Nächte Sehnen, Op. 57 No. 5 Georg Friedrich Daumer; then comes Schmann’s gorgeous Liebeszauber, Op. 13, No. 3 Emanuel Geibel and the heartwarming Der Mond kommt still gegangen, Op. 13, No. 4 Emanuel Geibel; before Brahms’ stylish Unbewegte laue Luft, Op. 57 No. 8 Georg Friedrich Daumer.

Along next is Schumann’s 12-partLiederkreis Op.39: which opens on the impassioned duo of In der Fremde and Intermezzo and then proceeds to bring forth the confident Waldesgespräch, the rhythmic Die Stille, the demure Mondnacht, the delightful Schöne Fremde, the austere Auf einer Burg, and then we are presented the sprightly In der Fremde, the refined nature of Wehmut, the dutifully discerning Zwielicht, rounding out on the playful Im Walde and the flirtatiously adventurous Frühlingsnacht; the final track being the sweepingly effective Der Nussbaum, Op. 25 (Myrthen), No. 3 Julius Mosen.

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