Moerike Lieder

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
"Mörike – complete and bargain-priced! Wolf’s masterly settings of Mörike are unique in two respects. They were written in a period of extraordinary inspiration in the spring of 1888, and they surely represent the most comprehensive understanding of a poet’s work by any composer. The 53 pieces, taking in songs of fantasy, happy and unhappy love, religion and philosophy, box the compass of moods...Now Frauke May, controversially, tackles the whole lot, paying no attention to the gender of the protagonist.

May’s achievement, with her thoroughgoing partner, is considerable. Her rich mezzo, expressively used, and her keen intellect match the challenge that she has set herself. She takes the weight of her tone for the lighter pieces, catches the wit of the ‘funnies’, and gives suitable import to the love songs...Arte Nova offers five extra songs not in the published set: it is a real bargain, 160 minutes of accomplished if not wholly convincing interpretation."-GRAMOPHONE

Tracks:

Matthaus-Passion
Johannes-Passion
Weihnachts-Oratorium
Juditha Triumphans
Messiah
Crudel Tiranno Amor
Die Schopfung
Orlando Paladino
7 Lieder
Le Nozze Di Figaro
Exsultate, Jubilate Ch'io Mi Scordi Di Te, K505
Misera! Dove Son! K369
18 Lieder
Frauenliebe Und- Leben
11 Lieder
20 Morike-Lieder

Customer Reviews:

Elly Ameling now more available .......2007-03-07

I had a 33 rpm album of Elly Ameling singing Schubert lieder accompanied by piano and clarinet at times. It was one of my all time favorite albums so I have been disappointed that I have not been able to find it anywhere on CD.

Now I can just buy this excellent collection. So much music in one place! Since I confess that I am far from an expert on the rest of her records, I look forward to hearing her sing many other styles and composers.

I think it is silly to criticize her for not singing Wagner, for example, since her version of many songs, especially lieder, are nothing short of sublime. I would like to hear how many Wagnerians sing Schubert or Mozart.

I doubt if they could approach the skill and soul with which Elly Ameling sings lieder.

Delight in every note.......2006-03-10

To speak as briefly as possible about this superb collection from an equally superb singer, what can I say but that Ms Ameling possessed a voice that shone with radiant warmth and star-like shimmer? And unlike many another light lyric soprano, Elly Ameling was possessed of a very high standard of musicianship, considerable intelligence, and a sort of immediate charm that captivates the listener.

So many of her recordings have still to be released on CD, but this 5CD-set goes some way towards remedying the situation. The repertoire spans a wide variety - French mèlodies, Lieder, light-hearted "sentimental" songs, Bach, etc. - and in each piece, Ms Ameling shows that quality of pearl-like beauty. It is a beauty which is also extremely pretty - a beauty of voice that is never overbearing and over-ripe, but perfectly blossoming upon the tree of inspiration.

I recommend this set unequivocally. It truly is sheer delight.

While they last..........2005-05-17

Elly Ameling held the quiet stage for recitals of great artistry and dignity for several decades and sadly most of the enormously successful CDs of her long career output are now unavailable. For those who have little access to the documentation of this very special artist, this box set is a must. It is a compilation of many of her recordings with differing accompanists, conductors, orchestras and composers. And while not all of the choices for inclusion here would be considered her greatest moments, there are enough works that sustain the warm memories of the little Dutch hausfrau who quietly and simply paid homage to composers with her clear and intelligent musicianship and radiant voice.

Ameling was known to schedule recitals of Schubert cycles and songs and in the afterglow of her performance answer the demand for curtain calls with additional Schubert melodies: she gifted her audience with the dignity of honoring a composer's works by maintaining the focus on that composer rather than milk the audience with the usual encore applause-getting favorites. And special moments such as quietly and pensively strolling through the orchestra during the Mahler 4th symphony to arrive at front stage, unapplauded, just in time for the opening line of her singing - those simple homage to composers and collaborators made her selfless manner endearing to audiences.

Despite the fact that Ameling's voice was on the small side she was always able to muster the projection to carry her message solidly in context with an orchestra. Yes, other more famous singers have recorded Ravel's quintessentially French SHEHERAZADE, but few have the perfection of diction and aura of mystery that Ameling maintained. Whether singing with piano or orchestra, or interpreting Bach, Mozart, Handel, and Vivaldi with the same degree of involvement as Brahms and Schumann and Schubert, Elly Ameling spanned a career that engendered passionate commitment from her fans. And this boxed set is a pocket full of memories to be treasured. Buy it before this too becomes unavailable. Grady Harp, May 05

Treasures From a Treasure.......2004-09-25

Treasures from a Treasure.

Ameling, one of the world's most beloved recitalists is captured here in a 5 CD collection offering some of her most beautiful recordings of song. While we are used to her perfection in songs of Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Faure and Hahn, an added joy is her "pop" side, tackling - without a whiff of pretension, Porter, Kern, Gershwin, Ellington, et al.

What an absolute joy it is listening to this amazing artist sing these songs with an almost uncanny natural ease. There is no resorting to a "pop" voice and yet most of these pop standards songs sound as though they could have been written for her. Clean attacks, sometimes a bit of the pop technique of hanging on to a consonant longer than a classical artist normally would shows an appreciation and understanding of the style. Still, there is never once a compromise of her vocal beauty.

I like the way the songs have been arranged for her voice in that she sort of sings them clean, unaffected in the first half and then lets loose and kinda "swings" with it adding embellishments but never really changing her voice (Price, von Stade and other favorite singers of mine seem to have always added a breathy quality to much of their crossover material.)

Ameling doesn't resort to trying to "let her hair down" or get down and dirty, but rather the honest with which she approaches every one of these songs shows how much she enjoys singing them and her style is as refreshing as stumbling onto a cool spring on a sweltering summer's afternoon. A wonderful surprise.

More than fully earned praise for an exceptional singer........2003-07-15

As I had the privilige of hearing this outstanding Lied-singer during her long career in Holland and being the proud possessor of almost all her recordings, I cannot but fully agree with the professional and joyful review of Mr. Robert Holliston from Victoria, B.C. Canada.
Yes, it is unbelievable that of about the 150 recordings Mrs. Ameling made during her long career (for the greater part of course on the 'oldfashioned' LP's, as well as the innumerable Dutch live-recorded radio-concerts), so few CD's have been released.
Speaking of tradition: it was the page-turner of the Wigmore Hall in London who told Mrs. Ameling after her first recital in this hall, that she reminded him of Elisabeth Schumann. (And he certainly didn't mean her looks only!)
For those who are eager to hear her singing Ravel's Shéhérazade (just one example of stirring imagination combined with her Art of Singing) I can tell you that Philips released a 2-box CD of this work in 1999, combined with Debussy's La Damoiselle élue and a compilation of French mélodies, i.e. Debussy, Fauré, Duparc, Satie. One of the gems is Caplet's Le Corbeau et le Renard which even make children, who know the fables of La Fontaine, revel in the singing of the quarrelsome birds....
Her brilliant accompanyist is Rudolf Jansen. Let us cherish great artists in their art!

Average customer rating:

This is a great lieder recital.

Hans Hotter Wolf Lieder Recital

Manufacturer: Testament UK
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Binding: Audio CD

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Hans Hotter Lieder Recital
Schumann: Dichterliebe / Wunderlich, Giesen
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The Hugo Wolf Society - The Complete Edition 1931-1938
Wolf: Lieder - Ian Bostridge with Antonio Pappano

ASIN: B00004YU8M
Release Date: 2000-12-12

Tracks:

Morike-Lieder: No.5 Der Tambour
Goethe-Lieder: No.34 Ob Der Koran Von Ewigkeit Sei?
Goethe-Lieder: No.36 So Lang Man Nuchtern Ist
Italienisches-Liederbuch: No.27 Schon Streckt' Ich Aus Im Bett
Italienisches-Liederbuch: No.22 Ein Standchen Euch Zu Bringen
Goethe-Lieder: No.22 Anakreons Grab
Drei Gedichte Von Michelangelo: No.1 Wohl Denk' Ich Oft
Drei Gedichte Von Michelangelo: No.2 Alles Endet
Drei Gedichte Von Michelangelo: No.3 Fuhlt Meine Seele
Goethe-Lieder: No.14 Cophtisches Lied I
Goethe-Lieder: No.15 Cophtisches Lied II
Goethe-Lieder: No.51 Grenzen Der Menscheit
Goethe-Lieder: No.49 Prometheus
Harfenspieler I, Goethe-Lieder: No.1 Wer Sich Der Einsamkeit
Harfenspieler II, Goethe-Lieder: No.2 An Die Turen
Harfenspieler III, Goethe-Lieder: No.3 Wer Nie Sein Brot
Italienisches-Liederbuch: No.14 Geselle, Woll'n Wir Uns In Kutten Hullen
Morike-Lieder: No.12 Verborgenheit
Eichendorff-Lieder: No.2 Der Musikant
Morike-Lieder: No.10 Fubreise
Morike-Lieder: No.9 Nimmersatte
Goethe-Lieder: No.29 Anakreons Grab

Customer Reviews:

This is a great lieder recital........2001-04-03

Lieder recitals are rarely commercially viable. Even at Salzburg in the 1930s, they were rarely sold out. To hear settings by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf of texts by Goethe, Heine, and other of the great German poets, for solo voice with piano accompaniment, music lovers nowadays can rely more and more on CD issues such as this. I reckon the situation is not one to complain about. Lieder CDs of singers of the present and past can offer good value: clear vocal reproduction, texts in German and translation, and the option of rearranging or repeating items.

Testament have collected the Wolf lieder recorded by Hans Hotter and Gerald Moore during the 1950s. More than 20 lieder were recorded - one twice - and the producer was Walter Legge. Whether as Prometheus fulminating at the gods, or a phoney monk asking to be left alone by the bedside of a sick young woman, whether as an anguished mendicant harper or as a visitor to a beautiful garden who discovers that it contains the grave of Anacreon - Hotter's interpretations are masterly. Gerald Moore accompanies in his usual skilled, robust way.

I detect no technical or performance faults during this 70 minute CD. Some of the later items appear in stereo for the first time. This is a great lieder recital.

Average customer rating:

Wonderful
Terrific recording
Christa in her prime
Christa Ludwig is in great shape

Christa Ludwig - Les Introuvables
Johannes Brahms , Gustav Mahler , Robert Schumann , Max Reger , Franz Schubert , Hugo Wolf , Richard Strauss , Maurice Ravel , Camille Saint-Saens , Sergey Rachmaninov , Gioachino Rossini , Richard Wagner , George Frideric Handel , Johann Sebastian Bach , London Philharmonia Orchestra , Berlin Symphony Orchestra , Otto Klemperer , Horst Stein , Karl Forster , Christa Ludwig , Gerald Moore , Geoffrey Parsons , Herbert Downes , Amaryllis Fleming , Douglas Whittaker , Alexander Pushkin , and Mathilde Wesendonk
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Very Best of Christa Ludwig

ASIN: B000002S2Z
Release Date: 1992-04-14

Tracks:

Sapphische Ode, Op. 94 Nr. 4
Liebestreu, Op. 3 Nr. 1
Der Schmied, Op. 19 Nr. 4
Die Mainacht, Op. 43 Nr. 2
8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): He, Zigeuner
8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): Hochgeturmte Rimaflut
8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen
8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): Lieber Gott, du weisst
8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): Brauner Bursche
8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): Roslein dreie
8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn
8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): Rote Abendwolken ziehn
2 deutsche Volkslieder: Och mod'r, ich well en Ding han!
2 deutsche Volkslieder: We kumm ich dann de Pooz erenn?
Dein blaues Auge, Op. 59 Nr. 8
Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43 Nr. 1
Das Madchen spricht, Op. 107 Nr. 3
O wusst ich doch, Op. 63 Nr. 8
Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op. 105 Nr. 1
Madchenlied, Op. 107 Nr. 5
Vergebliches Standchen
Der Tod, das ist die kuhle Nacht, Op. 96 Nr. 1
Auf dem See, Op. 59 Nr. 2
Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86 Nr. 2
In stiller Nacht ('Deutsche Volkslieder' Nr. 42)
Schwesterlien ('Deutsche Volkslieder', Nr. 15)
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op. 105 Nr. 2
Standchen, Op. 106 Nr. 1
Gestillte Sehnsucht, Op. 91 Nr. 2
Geistilches Wiegenlied, Op. 91 Nr. 2

Tracks:

Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grunen Wald ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
Hans und Grete
Fruhlingsmoren
Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
Der Schildwache Nachtlied ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
Um schlimme Kinder ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
Liebst du um Schonheit
Um Mitternacht
Das irdische Leben ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
Lob des hohen Verstandes ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
Rheinlegendchen ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: Seit ich ihn gesehen
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: Er, der Herrlichste von allen
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: Ich kann's nicht fassen
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: Du Ring, an meinem Finger
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: Susser Freund, du blickest
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: An meinem Herzen
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
Der Brief, Op. 76 No. 8
Waldeinsamkeit, Op. 76 No. 3

Tracks:

Die Allmacht, D. 852
Fischerweise, D. 881
An die Musik, D. 547
Der Musensohn, D. 764
Ganymed, D. 544
Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774
Ave Maria, D. 839
Die Forelle, D. 550
Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118
Fruhlingsglaube, D. 686
Der Tod und das Madchen, D. 531
Lachen und Weinen, D. 777
Litanel auf das Fest 'Aller Seelen', D. 343
Erikonig, D. 328
Der Hirt auf dem Feisen, D. 965
Gesang Weylas
Auf einer Wanderung
Die Nacht, Op. 10 Nr. 3
Allerseelen, Op. 10 Nr. 8
Schlechtes Wetter, Op. 69 Nr. 5

Tracks:

3 Chansons madecasses: Nahandove
3 Chansons madecasses: Aoua! Aoua!
3 Chansons madecasses: Il est doux
Une flute invisible
Chanson georgienne: 'Oh! cesse de chanteer, gentille jeune fille,' Op. 4 No. 4
'Moisson de tristesse'
La regata veneziana: 3 canzonettas en dialecte ventien: Anzoleta avanti la regata
La regata veneziana: 3 canzonettas en dialecte ventien: Anzoleta co passa la regata
La regata veneziana: 3 canzonettas en dialecte ventien: Anzoleta dopo la regata
Wesendonk-Lieder: Der Engel
Wesendonk-Lieder: Stehe still!
Wesendonk-Lieder: Im Treibhaus
Wesendonk-Lieder: Schmerzen
Wesendonk-Lieder: Traume
Julius Caesar: Acte I: 'Es blaut die Nacht' (Cleopatra)
Johannes-Passion, BWV 245: Nr. 58 - Aria: 'Es ist volbracht!'
Tristan und Isolde: III Akt: 'Mild und leise (Isoldes Liebestod)

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful.......2003-07-20

This is a wonderful set. I would like to correct an error below. The climax in the Liebestod is a high A flat not high C. But you have to cut through the dense orchestration. That's why it's hard.

Terrific recording.......2003-07-06

I write this as s service to Christa Ludwig fans. This is a set of Lieder. Christa Ludwig is fabulous - as usual.

But if you want to hear Christa ludwig in a set of operatic recitals that will knock of your socks and blow you to bits. Look for this CD called "Celebrating Christa Ludwig". It has Christa Ludwig singing excerpts from Elektra (as Elektra!!!), Ariadne auf Maxos (as Ariadne!!), Die Frau Ohne Schatten (as the Dyer's Wife), Barber of Serville (as rosina) and the Immolation Scene of Gotterdammerung (as Brunnhilde!!!). She will blow you to bits with her unmatchable dramatic sense, vocal power and beauty of tone - the greatest Brunnhilde that never was and the greatest Elektra that never was. She did sing Ariadne once in Salzburg in 1964, and she sang the Dyer's Wife for 10 years from 1964 (Vienna State Opera) to 1974 (Salzburg Festival). Her complete Ariadne is available under Myto records.

Christa in her prime.......2001-09-19

Being an admirerer of Christa Ludwig, I went into purchasing this recording with great expectations, and it did not disappoint in any way. Ludwig is in her prime and is heard in wonderful interpretations and beautiful singing from among several composers and works. I not only enjoy listening to her personally, but am also able to put it to great use use in my Vocal Literature class here at the college in which I teach.

Christa Ludwig is in great shape.......2000-04-15

She sang all the major mezzo roles, and also some in the dramatic soprano repertory, notably Leonora in Fidelio, Lady Macbeth and the Marschallin.

Her voice is a rich, expressive mezzo capable of dramatic incisiveness and even throughout its considerable range. Her upper register in mezzo music is excintingly projected.

Although this compilation is composed of different recordings in different settings in different years, all of them show a young Ludwig when she had not yet acquired her prime and her status of, arguably, the best mezzo of the world, which would arrive in the years to come.

Ludwig, thirteen years Schwarzkopf's junior, was also a member of the legendary Ensamble of Berlin, which meant that each appearance of hers in any opera produced in Berlin, Munich, Vienna, London, Paris....by this Ensamble was backed by many hours of rehearsals with the same group of musicians. Usually this group comprised Schwarzkopf, Grümmer, Seefried, Berger, Güeden, Dermota, Tauber, and of course Furtwängler. This is how the legendary recording of COSI FAN TUTTE was made, in which she shared credits with Schwarzkopf.

Disc one is devoted to Brahms -not less than 30 Lieder are here. She doesn't sing Brahms with intimacy, rather she attacks each song with open throat. Her diction, her care for words is now proverbial. My favorite Lied in this disc is In stiller Nacht. She sets the melancholic mood of the song with her rich, vibrant contralto-like tones.

Disc two brings us Ludwig singing Mahler, Schumann and Reger. From the melodic lines of Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn to the tortuous inflexions of Max Reger's two songs, she shows an extreme afinity with these composers. Schumann is taken very sensously, one can almost feel her velvety and creamy narrations of the woman-in-love of the song cycle.

Disc three is devoted to Schubert, Wolf and Strauss. Ludwig was not compelled to sing too much Wolf or Strauss (only 5 Lieder by these composers). It is her Schubert that shows her in splendid form. Auf dem Wasser zu singen is sung at such a low speed that her tone can only be described as luxurious. Erlkönig finds in her voice an ideal interpreter for the four characters of the song. In Wolf's Gesang Weylas, Gerald Moore has produced some magical arpeggios in the piano accompaniment, but of course this in only natural in him being the best accompanist ever.

Disc four is a miscellaneous melange of Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Rossini, Wagner, Händel and Bach. Ludwig never tried to sing on stage Isolde, but she recorded it; the Liebestod is taken at an exciting pace and one is only waiting for the climax to see if she can do it (the top c's). Yes, she can do it. Händel's aria from Julius Caesar is, again, sensous and exciting. Händel is another composer with whom she felt communicated. Ravel's Chansons Madécasses can only be described as magical. And of course she was outstanding in Bach oratorios, as is the case of Johannes Passion.

Wagner's Wessendonk Lieder are sung lustrously. I especially enjoyed Träume, which actually is sung, as its title suggests, dreamily.

Praised be the two accompanists for the majority of the recordings, Gerald Moore and Geoffrey Parsons. Both have gone now and the musical world seems so empty without their supreme touch. I do believe that 50% of Christa Ludwig's success as a Lieder Singer was due to them.

Tracks:

Moerike-Lieder: 8. Begegnung
Moerike-Lieder: 38. Lied vom Winde
Moerike-Lieder: 15. Auf einer Wanderung
Moerike-Lieder: 41. Rat einer Alten
Spanisches Liederbuch: 12. In dem Schatten meiner Locken
Moerike-Lieder: 37. Heimweh (Anders wird die Welt)
Spanisches Liederbuch: 4. Die ihr schwebet um diese Palmen
Spanisches Liederbuch: 6. Ach, des Knaben Augen
Spanisches Liederbuch: Nun wandre, Maria
Moerike-Lieder: 46. Gesang Weylas
Spanisches Liederbuch: 9. Herr, was traegt der Boden hier
Italiensches Liederbuch: 1. Auch kleine Dinge
Moerike-Lieder: 7. Das verlassene Maegdlein
Eichendorff-Lieder: 4. Das Staendchen
Spanisches Liederbuch: Wenn du zu den Blumen gehst
Italiensches Liederbuch: 34. Und steht Ihr frueh am Morgen auf
Italiensches Liederbuch: 16. Ihr jungen Leute
Italiensches Liederbuch: 10. Du denkst mit einem Faedchen
Italiensches Liederbuch: 12. Nein, junger Herr
Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 1: Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt
Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 2: An die Tueren will ich schleichen
Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 3: Wer nie sein Brot
Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 29. Anakreons Grab
Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 15. Cophtisches Lied 2 (Geh! Gehorche)
Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 21. Genialisch Treiben
Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 11. Der Rattenfenger
Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 19. Epiphanias
Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 26. Die Sproede
Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 27. Die Bekehrte
Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 24. Blumengruss
Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 25. Gleich und gleich
Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 28. Fruehling uebers Jahr

Tracks:

Goethe-Lieder: 49. Prometheus
Goethe-Lieder: 50. Ganymed
Goethe-Lieder: 18. Beherzigung
1-3 Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo: 1: Wohl denk' ich oft
1-3 Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo: 2: Alles endet, was entstehet
1-3 Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo: 3: Fuehlt meine Seele
Moerike-Lieder: 19. Um Mitternacht
Moerike-Lieder: 42. Erstes Liebeslied eines Maedchens
Moerike-Lieder: 45. Nixe Binsefuss
Spanisches Liederbuch: Moegen alle boesen Zungen
Spanisches Liederbuch: 24. Koepfchen, Koepfchen, nicht gewimmert
Spanisches Liederbuch: 11. Klinge, klinge, mein Pandero
Spanisches Liederbuch: 26. Bitt ihn, o Mutter
Italiensches Liederbuch: 6. Wer rief dich denn?
Italiensches Liederbuch: 25. Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen
Italiensches Liederbuch: 43. Schweig einmal still
Italiensches Liederbuch: 35. Benedeit die sel'ge Mutter
Italiensches Liederbuch: 7. Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag' erhoben
Italiensches Liederbuch: 27. Schon streckt' ich aus im Bett die mueden Glieder
Goethe-Lieder: 51. Grenzen der Menschheit
Italiensches Liederbuch: 32. Was soll der Zorn, mein Schatz
Italiensches Liederbuch: 24. Ich esse nun mein Brot nicht trocken mehr
Italiensches Liederbuch: 31. Wie soll ich froehlich sein
Italiensches Liederbuch: 11. Wie lange schon war immer mein Verlangen
Italiensches Liederbuch: 28. Du sagst mir, dass ich keine Fuerstin sei
Italiensches Liederbuch: 26. Ich liess mir sagen
Italiensches Liederbuch: 29. Wohl kenn' ich Euren Stand
Italiensches Liederbuch: 21. Man sagt mir, deine Mutter woll' es nicht
Italiensches Liederbuch: 36. Wenn du, mein Liebster, steigst zum Himmel auf

Tracks:

Italiensches Liederbuch: 20. Mein Liebster singt am Haus im Mondenscheine
Italiensches Liederbuch: 40. O waer' dein Haus durchsichtig wie ein Glas
Italiensches Liederbuch: 39. Gesegnet sei das Gruen
Italiensches Liederbuch: 2. Mir ward gesagt, du reisest in die Ferne
Italiensches Liederbuch: 15. Mein Liebster ist so klein
Italiensches Liederbuch: 46. Ich hab' in Penna einen Liebster wohnen
Italiensches Liederbuch: 4. Gesegnet sei, durch den die Welt entstund
Italiensches Liederbuch: 3. Ihr seid die Allerschoenste
Italiensches Liederbuch: 13. Hoffaertig seid Ihr, schoenes Kind
Italiensches Liederbuch: 9. Dass doch gemalt all deine Reize waeren
Italiensches Liederbuch: 17. Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen
Italiensches Liederbuch: 38. Wenn du mich mit den Augen streifst
Italiensches Liederbuch: 41. Heut Nacht erhob ich mich, um Mitternacht
Italiensches Liederbuch: 22. Ein Staendchen Euch zu bringen
Italiensches Liederbuch: 8. Nun lass uns Frieden schliessen
Italiensches Liederbuch: 19. Wir haben beide lange Zeit geschwiegen
Italiensches Liederbuch: 14. Geselle, woll'n wir uns in Kutten huellen
Italiensches Liederbuch: 18. Heb auf dein blondes Haupt
Italiensches Liederbuch: 33. Sterb' ich, so huellt in Blumen meine Glieder
Italiensches Liederbuch: 37. Wie viele Zeit verlor ich
Italiensches Liederbuch: 23. Was fuer ein Lied soll dir gesungen werden
Spanisches Liederbuch: 7. Muehvoll komm' ich und beladen
Spanisches Liederbuch: 15. Auf dem gruenen Balkon
Spanisches Liederbuch: 14. Treibe nur mit Lieben Spott
Spanisches Liederbuch: 29. Trau nicht der Liebe
Spanisches Liederbuch: 38. Sie blasen zum Abmarsch
Sechs Gedichte: 3. Biterolf (Im Lager von Akkon 1190)
Moerike-Lieder: 22. Seufzer
Moerike-Lieder: 28. Gebet
Moerike-Lieder: 23. Auf ein altes Bild
Moerike-Lieder: 32. An die Geliebte
Moerike-Lieder: 12. Verborgenheit
Moerike-Lieder: 39. Denk es, o Seele!
Moerike-Lieder: 51. Bei einer Trauung
3. Ein Stuendlein wohl vor Tag
Moerike-Lieder: 16. Elfenlied

Tracks:

Sechs Alte Weisen: 6. Wie glaenzt der helle Mond
Goethe-Lieder: 14. Cophtisches Lied 1
Eichendorff-Lieder: 2. Der Musikant
Eichendorff-Lieder: 5. Der Soldat
Eichendorff-Lieder: 9. Der Schreckenberger
Moerike-Lieder: 44. Der Feuerreiter
Drei Gedichte von Robert Reinick: 1. Gesellenlied (Kein Meister faellt)
Goethe-Lieder: 5. Mignon 1 (Heiss mich nicht reden)
Goethe-Lieder: 7. Mignon 3 (So lasst mich scheinen)
Moerike-Lieder: 29. An den Schlaf
Moerike-Lieder: 36. Liebe wohl
Spanisches Liederbuch: 30. Ach, im Maien war's
Spanisches Liederbuch: 21. Herz, verzage nicht geschwind
Moerike-Lieder: 30. Neue Liebe
Moerike-Lieder: 48. Storchenbotschaft
Spanisches Liederbuch: 32. Dereinst, dereinst, Gedanke mein
Spanisches Liederbuch: 31. Alle gingen, Herz, zur Ruh
Spanisches Liederbuch: 33. Tief im Herzen trag' ich Pein
Sechs Gedichte: 6. Zur Ruh, zur Ruh
Spanisches Liederbuch: 34. Komm, o Tod, von Nacht umgeben
Sechs Lieder fuer eine Frauenstimme: 4. Wiegenlied (Im Sommer)
Sechs Lieder fuer eine Frauenstimme: 5. Wiegenlied (Im Winter)
Moerike-Lieder: 20. Auf eine Christblume I (Tochter des Walds)
Moerike-Lieder: 24. In der Fruehe
Moerike-Lieder: 25. Schlafendes Jesuskind

Tracks:

Goethe-Lieder: 20. Sankt Nepomuks Vorabend
Goethe-Lieder: 12. Ritter Kurts Brautfahrt
Moerike-Lieder: 47. Die Geister am Mummelsee
Moerike-Lieder: 10. Fussreise
Moerike-Lieder: 43. Lied eines Verliebten
Moerike-Lieder: 25. Schlafendes Jesuskind
Moerike-Lieder: 4. Jaegerlied
Moerike-Lieder: 17. Der Gaertner
Moerike-Lieder: 50. Auftrag
Moerike-Lieder: 9. Nimmersatte Liebe
Spanisches Liederbuch: 44. Geh, Geliebter, geh jetzt!
Goethe-Lieder: 10. Der Saenger
Eichendorff-Lieder: 13. Der Scholar
Eichendorff-Lieder: 14. Der verzweifelte Liebhaber
Eichendorff-Lieder: 15. Unfall
Vier Gedichte: 1. Wo wird einst (Heine)
Vier Gedichte: 3. Sonne der Schlummerlosen
Vier Gedichte: 4. Keine gleicht von allen Schoenen
Eichendorff-Lieder: 1. Der Freund
Eichendorff-Lieder: 2. Der Musikant
Sechs Gedichte: 1. Waechterlied auf der Wartburg
Moerike-Lieder: 40. Der Jaeger
Goethe-Lieder: 32. Phaenomen
Eichendorff-Lieder: 3. Verschwiegene Liebe
Vier Gedichte: 1. Wo wird einst (Heine)
Ueber Nacht (Sturm)

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EMI's "society" subscription editions in the 1930s yielded a wealth of recordings long considered gramophone classics, such as the present collection of roughly half of Hugo Wolf's lieder output. Each song occupies its own specific world, due to Wolf's resourceful word setting and his avoidance of anything generic. In turn, the performers illuminate each song's felicities with effortless authority, and they avoid overpointing or enacting. Full texts and translations are included. Ernest Newman's penetrating annotations for the original 78 albums, reprinted in EMI's 1981 LP reissue, are absent. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

The Hugo Wolf Society Recordings.......2005-12-28

The songs of Hugo Wolf (1860 -- 1903)combine great attention to textual detail with closely intertwined writing for the voice and the piano. In this small form, Wolf was a master and took song in a different direction from that of Schubert, Schumann and Brahms. He wrote most of his songs in bursts of activity in five large collections, devoted to the poetry of Morike, Eichendorff, Goethe, and to collections of Spanish and Italian texts. He also composed a number of songs in shorter sets.

In the early 1930s, a young Walter Legge began a project of recording Wolf songs on a subscribtion basis to be limited to 500 sets. The recording industry was relatively new, and Wolf, then as now, too little appreciated. The result was an extensive series of recordings of issued between 1931 and 1938 consisting of 145 songs, about one-half Wolf's output, performed by fourteen singers. The Hugo Wolf Society recordings remain a high moment in the recording of song. They were remastered on LPs and, in 1998, in this 5 CD collection which includes previously unreleased selections.

The Wolf Society collection offers an unparalleled opportunity to get to know Wolf's songs performed by artists of the past that might otherwise be unfamiliar to many listeners. The performers include mezzo-soprano Elena Gerhardt, who recorded the initial volume for the society, baritones Herbert Janssen, Gerhard Husch, tenors John McCormack, Karl Erb, and Helge Roswaenge, the basses Alexander Kipnis, Frederich Schorr, and Ludwig Weber, and sopranos Alexandra Trianti, Elizabeth Rethberg, Ria Ginster, Marta Fuchs, and Tiana Lemnitz. The pianists include Conrad Bos, Gerald Moore, Michael Raucheisen, Hans Udo Muller, and Ernest Victor Wolff.

The singers perform in a variety of styles from the highly operatic to the quietly lyrical. There is a Wagnerian performance of Goethe's "Prometheus" by Friedrich Schorr with the London Symphony Orchestra -- the only track using an orchestral accompaniment. The Irish tenor John McCormack shows a more lyrical approach in his renowned performance of Goethe's poem "Ganymed". The sopranos, Alexandra Trianti, Ria Ginster, and Tiana Lemitz have light, clear, bell-like voices. I find the singers on this compilation take a much more individualized, idiosyncratic, and romantic approach to song than do their modern counterparts, who sometimes seem restrained and chaste by comparison.

Each of Wolf's great collections of songs is well-represented. Elena Gerhardt performs songs from each of Wolf's five books, with the exception of the Goethe songs. The young Alexander Kipnis gives a powerful reading of Wolf's three songs from Michaelangelo. The third CD in this collection features many songs from the Italian songbook performed by soprano Ginster, baritone Husch, and bass Kipnis together with recordings from the Spanish songbook by sopranos Rethberg and Ginster and baritone Husch. There are lovely performances by soprano Tiana Lemnitz in the previously uncollected supplementary material, which also includes several Eichendorff songs and a performance of the Goethe-song "Phanomen" by Alexander Kipnis.

There is a great amount of material in this collection, with each of the 5 CDs including in excess of 70 minutes of music. Most of Wolf's songs are highly concentrated and intense. They may prove difficult to the listener coming to them knowing only the lyricism of Schubert. I would not recommend trying to rush through this set at one or two hearings. It is best to take this music in small sections and to listen with text in hand. The compilation includes texts and translations for each of the songs together with good notes about the Wolf Society recording project. There is little discussion about Wolf or about the songs themselves.

This is an essential collection for those who love song, historical recordings, and the music of Hugo Wolf.

Robin Friedman

"Even little things can delight us.".......2003-06-02

If these six words give an approximate translation of the song "Auch kleine Dinge", then they might also describe a music lover's reaction as he makes a journey of exploration through the hundreds of little songs composed by Hugo Wolf.

Walter Legge, a very young EMI record producer in the 1930s, first made such a journey possible when he pioneered the Hugo Wolf Society and began releasing the volumes now reissued in this boxed set. Many singers were invited to participate. Legge's choice of singers was sometimes idiosyncratic. You might wonder how an Irish tenor, a Ukrainian bass and a Greek soprano were admitted to the roster. The results, however, especially in the case of the contributions of John McCormack and Alexander Kipnis, prove the sureness of his instincts.

About half Wolf's songs were made available in the original issue, between 1931 and 1938. With this reissue comes unused and hitherto unissued recordings, many by Tiana Lemnitz and Herbert Jannsen. So there is now more to discover and exploration is made easier for us in 2003 than it was in the 1930s. The remastering has improved the sound, Legge's widow Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is able to provide a perceptive introduction in an accompanying booklet, and the texts of the songs are now provided in German and English.

"Even little things can delight us.".......2003-06-02

If these six words give an approximate translation of the song titled "Auch kleine Dinge", then they might also describe a music lover's reaction as he makes a journey of exploration through the hundreds of little songs composed by Hugo Wolf.

Wolf sung by various Lieder singers.......2000-08-15

This is an extraordinary collection of Wolf songs. It is frustrating that the project was not completed, as the quality of what was recorded is so extraordinarily revelatory. My personal favourites are the Michelangelo settings sung by the bass Alexander Kipnis, although he uncharacteristically makes some textual errors. The contributions of Hüsch are numerous and thoughtfully sung, and Karl Erb, Herbert Janssen, Ludwig Weber, Rita Ginster and Marta Fuchs are all caught on extraordinary form, with accompanists of admittedly variable quality, ranging from the sublime Gerald Moore to some very interesting contributions from some accompanists who did not really capture the true essence of Lieder accompanying, which surely cannot permit the piano to be subservient to the voice!

Customer Reviews:

Fresh voices, Wonderful piano.......2002-05-02

These 2 discs contains all Moerike Lieder of Hugo Wolf, sung in the publish order. Two singers are at their best, especially Stephan Genz, a really good young voice.

Tracks:

Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai
Aus Meinen Tranen SprieBen
Die Rose, Die Lilie, Die Taube, Die Sonne
Wenn Ich In Deinene Augen Seh'
Ich Will Meine Seele Tauchen
Im Rhein, Im Heiligen Strome
Ich Grolle Nicht
Und WuBten's Die Blumen, Die Kleinen
Das Ist Ein Floten Und Geigen
Hor' Ich Das Liedchen Klingen
Ein Jungling Liebt Ein Madchen
Am Leuchtenden Sommermorgen
Ich Hab' Im Traum Geweinet
Allnachtlich Im Traume
Aus Alten Marchen
Die Alten, Bosen Lieder
Du Bist Wie Eine Blume
Gestandnis
Der NuBbaum
Der Sandmann
Morgens Steh' Ich Auf Und Frage
Es Treibt Mich Hin
Ich Wandelte Unter Den Baumen
Lieb' Liebchen
Schone Wiege Meiner Leiden
Warte, Warte, Wilder Schiffmann
Ber' Und Burgen Schau'n Herunter
Anfangs Wollt Ich Fast Verzagen
Mit Myrten Und Rosen
Schlafendes Jesuskind
Begegnung
Fussreise
In Der Fruhe
Der Gartner
Verborgenheit
Gesang Weylas

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Lisa Della Casa sings Brahms, Schubert, Strauss, Wolf, Schumann

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Release Date: 2004-05-04

Tracks:

Nr.1: Auch Kleine Dinge
Nr.3: Ihr Seid Die Allerschonste
Nr.4: Gesegnet Sei, Durch Den Die Welt Entstund
Nr.5: Selig Ihr Blinden
Nr.7: Der Mond Hat Eine Schwere Klag' Erhoben
Nr.8: Nun Lass Uns Frieden Schliessen
Nr.9: Dass Doch Gemalt All Deine Reize Waren
Nr.13: Hoffartig Seid Ihr, Schones Kind
Nr.14: Geselle, Woll'n Wir Uns In Kutten Hullen
Nr.17: Und Willst Du Deinen Liebsten Sterben Sehen
Nr.18: Heb Auf Dein Blondes Haupt
Nr.22: Ein Standchen Euch Zu Bringen
Nr.23: Was Fur Ein Lied Soll Dir Gesungen Werden?
Nr.27: Schon Streckt' Ich Aus Im Bett
Nr.30: Lass Sie Nur Gehn, Die So Die Stolze Spielt
Nr.33: Sterb' Ich, So Hullt In Blumen Meine Glieder
Nr.34: Und Steht Ihr Fruh Am Morgen Auf
Nr.35: Benedeit Die Sel'ge Mutter
Nr.37: Wie Viele Zeit Verlor Ich, Dich Zu Lieben!
Nr.38: Wenn Du Mich Mit Den Augen Streifst
Nr.41: Heut' Nacht Erhob Ich Mich, Um Mitternacht
Nr.42: Nicht Langer Kann Ich Singen
Nr.44: O Wusstest Du, Wie Viel Ich Deinetwegen
Seufzer (Dein Liebesfeuer, Ach Herr!)
Wo Find' Ich Trost (Eine Liebe Kenn' Ich)
Neue Liebe (Kann Auch Eine Mensch)
Auf Eine Christblume I (Tochter Des Walds)
Auf Eine Christblume II (Im Winterboden Schlaft)
Auf Eine Altes Bild (In Gruner Landschaft Sommerflor)
Schlafendes Jesuskind (Sohn Der Jungfrau)
An Den Schlaf (Schlaf! Susser Schlaf)
Verborgenheit (Lass, O Welt, O Lass Mich Sein)

Tracks:

Gesang Weylas (Du Bist Orplid, Mein Land)
Lied Eines Verliebten (In Aller Fruh)
Zur Warnung (Einmal Nach Einer Lustigen Nacht)
Der Tambour (Wenn Meine Mutter Hexen Konnt)
Auftrag (In Poetischer Epistel)
Bei Einer Trauung (Vor Lauter Hochadligen Zeugen)
Selbstgestandnis (Ich Bin Meiner Mutter Einzig Kind)
Abschied (Unangeklopft Ein Herr Tritt Abends Bei Mir Ein)
Der Genesene An Die Hoffnung (Todlich Graute Mir Der Morgen)
In Der Fruhe (Kein Schlaf Noch Kuhlt Das Auge Mir)
Fussreise (Am Frisch Geschnittnen Wanderstab)
Gebert (Herr! Schicke, Was Du Willt)
Im Fruhling (Hier Lieg Ich Auf Dem Fruhlingshugel)
Karwoche (O Woche, Zeugin Heiliger Beschwerde!)
Auf Einer Wanderung (In Ein Freundliches Stadtchen Tret' Ich Ein)
Denk Es, O Seele! (Ein Tannlein Grunet Wo)
Die Geister Am Mummelsee (Vom Berge Was Kommt Dort)
Begegnung (Was Doch Heut Nacht Ein Sturm Gewesen)
Zitronenfalter Im April (Grausame Fruhlingssonne)
Der Gartner (Auf Ihrem Leibrosslein)
Nimmersatte Liebe (So Ist Die Lieb'!)
Heimweh (Anders Wird Die Welt)
Der Jager (Drei Tage Regen Fort Und Fort)
Storchenbotschaft (Des Schafers Sein Haus)
Jagerlied (Zierlich Ist Des Vogels Tritt)
An Die Geliebte (Wenn Ich, Von Deinem Anschaun)
Peregrina I (Der Spiegel Dieser Treuen Braunen Augen)
Peregrina II (Warum, Geliebte, Denk Ich Dein)

Tracks:

Lebe Wohl (Lebe Wohl! - Du Fuhlest Nicht)
Um Mitternacht (Gelassen Stieg Die Nacht)
Der Feuerreiter (Sehet Ihr Am Fensterlein Dort)
Der Konig Bei Der Kronung (Dir Angetrauet Am Altare)
Der Freund (Wer Auf Den Wogen Schliefe)
Der Musikant (Wandern Lieb' Ich Fur Mein Leben)
Verschwiegene Liebe (Uber Wipfel Und Saaten)
Das Standchen (Auf Die Dacher Zwischen Blassen Wolken)
Der Soldat I (Ist Auch Schmuck Nicht Mein Rosslein)
Der Soldat II (Wagen Musst Du Und Fluchtig Erbeuten)
Nachtzauber (Horst Du Nicht Die Quellen Gehen)
Der Schreckenberger (Auf's Wolsein Meiner Dame)
Der Glucksritter (Wenn Fortuna Sprode Tut)
Lieber Alles (Soldat Sein Ist Gefahrlich)
Heimweh (Wer In Die Fremde Will Wandern)
Der Scholar (Bei Dem Angenehmsten Wetter)
Der Verzweifelte Liebhaber (Studieren Will Nichts Bringen)
Unfall (Ich Ging Bei Nacht Einst Uber Land)
Liebesgluck (Ich Hab' Ein Liebchen Lieb)
Seemanns Abschied (Ade, Mein Schatz)
In Der Fremde I (Da Fahr' Ich Still Im Wagen)
Erwartung (Gruss Euch Aus Herzenzgrund)
Die Nacht (Nacht Ist Wie Ein Stilles Meer)
Nachruf (Du Liebe, Treue Laute)
Harfenspieler I (Wer Sich Der Einsamkeit Ergibt)
Harfenspieler II (An Die Turen Will Ich Schleichen)
Harfenspieler III (Wer Nie Sein Brot Mit Tranen Ass)
Der Sanger (Was Hor' Ich Draussen)
Spottlied (Ich Armer Teufel) Aus Wilhelm Meister

Tracks:

Der Neue Amadis (Als Ich Noch Ein Knabe War)
Genialisch Treiben (So Walz' Ich Ohne Unterlass)
Gleich Und Gleich (Ein Blumenglockchen Vom Boden)
Fruhling Ubers Jahr (Das Beet, Schon Lockert Sich's)
Der Rattenfanger (Ich Bin Der Wohlbekannte Sanger)
Ritter Kurts Brautfahrt (Mit Des Brautigams Behagen)
Gutmann Und Gutweib (Und Morgen Fallt Sankt Martins Fest)
Frech Und Froh I (Mit Madchen Sich Vertragen)
Frech II (Liebesqual Verschmaht Mein Herz)
Cophtisches Lied I (Lasset Gelehrte Sich Zanken Und Streiten)
Cophtisches Lied II (Geh! Gehorche Meinen Winken)
Beherzigung I (Ach, Was Soll Der Mensch Verlangen?)
Beherzigung II (Feiger Gedanken Bangliches Schwanken)
Dank Des Paria (Grosser Brahma)
Phanomen (Wenn Zu Der Regenwand)
Der Schafer (Es War Ein Fauler Schafer)
Blumengruss (Der Strauss, Den Ich Gepflucket)
Ob Der Koran Von Ewigkeit Sei? (Ob Der Koran Von Ewigkeit Sie?)
Trunken Mussen Wir Alle Sein! (Trunken Mussen Wir Alle Sein!)
Solang Man Nuchtern Ist (Solang Man Nuchtern Ist)
Sie Haben Wegen Der Trunkenheit (Sie Haben Wegen Der Trunkenheit)
Was In Der Schenke Waren Heute (Was In Der Schenke Waren Heute)
Erschaffen Und Beleben (Hans Adam War)
Epiphanias (Die Heiligen Drei Konig')
St. Nepomuks Vorabend (Lichtlein Schwimmen)
Anakreons Grab (Wo Die Rose Hier Bluht)
Koniglich Gebet (Ha, Ich Bin Der Herr Der Welt)
Prometheus (Bedecke Deinen Himmel, Zeus

Tracks:

Ganymed (Wie Im Morgenglanze)
Grenzen Der Menschheit (Wenn Der Uralte Heilige Vater)
Nr.1: Nun Bin Ich Dein, Du Aller Blumen Blume
Nr.2: Die Du Gott Gebarst, Du Reine
Nr.3: Nun Wandre, Maria, Nun Wandre Nur Fort
Nr.5: Fuhr' Mich, Kind, Nach Bethlehem!
Nr.6: Ach, Des Knaben Augen Sind Mir
Nr.8: Ach, Wie Lang Die Seele Schlummert
Nr.9: Herr, Was Tragt Der Boden Hier
Nr.3: Seltsam Ist Juanas Weise
Nr.4: Treibe Nur Mit Lieben Spott
Nr.5: Auf Dem Grunen Balkon
Nr.27: Und Schlafst Du, Mein Madchen
Nr.6: Wenn Du Zu Den Blumen Gehst
Nr.7: Wer Sein Holdes Lieb Verloren
Nr.8 Ich Fuhr Uber Meer
Nr.31: Deine Mutter, Susses Kind
Nr.11: Herz, Verzage Nicht Geschwind
Nr.20: Ach, Im Maien War's
Nr.21: Alle Gingen, Herz, Zur Ruh
Nr.22: Dereinst, Dereinst, Gedanke Mein
Nr.9: Blindes Schauen, Dunkle Leuchte
Nr.24: Komm, O Tod, Von Nacht Umgeben
Nr.23: Tief Im Herzen Trag' Ich Pein
Nr.32: Da Nur Leid Und Leidenschaft
Biterolf - Im Lager Von Akkon 1190 (Victor Von Scheffel)
Uber Nacht (Julius Sturm) (Uber Nacht Kommt Still Das Leid)
Wo Wird Einst (Heinrich Heine)

Tracks:

Sonne Der Schlummerlosen
Wanderers Nachtlied (Der Du Von Dem Himmel Bist)
Morgenstimmung (Bald Ist Der Nacht Ein End')
Lied Des Transfereierten Zettel (Die Schwalbe, Die Den Sommer Bringt)
Gesellenlied (Kein Meister Fallt Vom Himmel)
Keine Gleicht Von Allen Schonen
Zur Ruh, Zur Ruh
Wohl Denk' Ich Oft
Alles Endet, Was Entstehet
Fuhlt Meine Seele
Harfenspieler I (Wer Sich Der Einsamkeit Ergibt)
Harfenspieler II (An Die Turen Will Ich Schleichen)
Harfenspieler III (Wer Nie Sein Brot Mit Tranen Ass)
Erschaffen Und Beleben (Hans Adam War)
Genialisch Treiben (So Walz' Ich Ohne Unterlass)
Phanomen (Wenn Zu Der Regenwand)
Anakreons Grab (Wo Die Rose Hier Bluht)
Ob Der Koran Von Ewigkeit Sei? (Ob Der Koran Von Ewigkeit Sie?)
Cophtisches Lied I (Lasset Gelehrte Sich Zanken Und Streiten)
Cophtisches Lied II (Geh! Gehorche Meinen Winken)
Alle Gingen, Herz, Zur Ruh
Wer Sein Holdes Lieb Verloren
Verschwiegene Liebe (Uber Wipfel Und Saaten)
Lebe Wohl (Lebe Wohl! - Du Fuhlest Nicht)
In Der Fruhe (Kein Schlaf Noch Kuhlt Das Auge Mir)
Fussreise (Am Frisch Geschnittnen Wanderstab)

Tracks:

Der Tambour (Wenn Meine Mutter Hexen Konnt)
Der Feuerreiter (Sehet Ihr Am Fensterlein Dort)
Storchenbotschaft (Des Schafers Sein Haus)
Italienische Serenade G-Dur Fur Kleines Orchester In G For Small Orchestra
Scherzo
Finale
Vorspiel
Zwischenspiel
Aufbruch Der Amazonen Nach Troja
Der Traum Der Penthesilea Vom Rosenfest
Kampfe, Leidenschaften, Wahnsinn, Vernichtung

Customer Reviews:

The singing of a master!.......2006-09-30

Since Amazon seems a little sparse on details, here's what you get: 7 CDs, containing most of Wolf's lieder. Some of the lieder are not complete, since there is no soprano on the album. However, present in entirety are:
*Morike-Lieder
*Eichendorff-Lieder
*Goethe-Lieder
*Lieder Nach Verschiedenen Dichtern
Also included are 46 songs from the Italienisches Liederbuch, 44 songs from the Spanisches Liederbuch, 1955 recordings of some of the songs, and various orchestra works.

The quality of the performances are superb. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's voice is strong, beautiful, sensitive to the sentiments expressed in the poems, and very expressive (even humorous or bold and daring on some).
Gerald Moore is the perfect accompanist, very aware of what Dieskau is doing. The recordings, though from the '50s and '60s, are crystal clear and very good quality.

I probably needn't mention the beauty of Wolf's music, but it is truly wonderful. It is some of the best of the romantic lieder, and very varied and interesting.

For an album that has recieved so little attention from other reviewers, I am very astonished at how good this is. The value is great, too, when one realizes that 7 CDs are included! Highly recommended...