Uncharted is a new CD from countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen and pianist John Churchwell.  It appears to be the first time a countertenor has recorded a disc of classic German Lieder which is interestig and perhaps surprising.  There are three sets on the record.  It starts with Korngold’s Lieder des Abschieds Op. 14; four songs I was previously unfamiliar with but I’m glad to have heard them.  The second set alternates mostly well known songs by Brahms and Clara Schumann and the last set is Robert Schumann’s Liederkreis Op. 39 with, appropriately, his “Der Nussbaum” to wrap things up. Continue reading →