Kupfer/Amaral - Hans Sommer: Lied Edition Vol. 1

Hans Sommer was a respected composer in his day and achieved widespread popularity with his songs, especially the melodic and catchy pieces in Op. 4 and Op. 5. One biographer described him as �a direct predecessor of Hugo Wolf� the lines that start out with Schumann and Liszt meet in Sommer�, and his friend Richard Strauss considered him �an outstanding artist�. Quirks of publishing resulted in Sommer�s work being forgotten for a century, with the sensitive light and shade of his songs Op. 30 and Op. 40 remaining virtually unknown. As a result, this album includes mostly world premiere recordings.