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Franz Schubert: Lieder, Vol. 3
CD DetailsPerformer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Composer: Franz Schubert Performer: Gerald Moore Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 1993-04-13 Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon Soundtracks: Music CD 1- Book 1, Das Wandern ("Das Wandern is des Mullers Lust")
- Book 1, Wohin? ("Ich hort' ein Bachlein rauschen")
- Book 1, Halt! ("Eine Muhle seh' ich blinken")
- Book 1, Danksagung An Den Bach ("War es also gemeint, mein rauschender Freund")
- Book 2, Am Feierabend ("Hatt' ich tausend Arme zu ruhren")
- Book 2, Der Neugierige ("Ich frage keine Blume")
- Book 2, Ungeduld ("Ich schnitt' es gern in alle Rinden ein")
- Book 2, Morgengruss ("Guten Morgen, schone Mullerin!")
- Book 2, Des Mullers Blumen ("Am Bach viel kleine Blumen steh'n")
- Book 3, Thranenregen ("Wir sassen so traulich beisammen")
- Book 3, Mein! ("Bachlein, lass dein Rauschen sein")
- Book 3, Pause ("Meine Laute hab' ich gehangt an die Wand")
- Book 4, Mit Dem Grunen Lautenbande ("Schad' um das schone grune Band")
- Book 4 Der Jager ("Was sucht denn der Jager am Muhlbach hier?")
- Book 4, Eifersucht Und Stolz ("Wohin so schnell, so kraus und wild")
- Book 4, Die Liebe Farbe ("In Grun will ich mich kleiden")
- Book 4, Die Bose Farbe ("Ich mochte zieh'n in die Welt hinaus")
- Book 5, Trockne Blumen ("Ihr Blumlein alle, die sie mir gab")
- Book 5, Der Muller Und Der Bach ("Wo ein treues Herze in Liebe vergeht")
- Book 5, Des Baches Wiegenlied ("Gute Ruh', gute Ruh', tu'die Augen zu")
Music CD 2- Book I, Gute Nacht ("Fremd bin ich eingezogen")
- Book I, Die Wetterfahne ("Der Wind spielt mit der Wetterfane")
- Book I, Nicht zu langsam ("Gefror'ne Tropfen fallen")
- Book I, Erstarrung ("Ich such' im Schnee vergebens")
- Book I, Der Lindenbaum ("Am Brunnen vor dem Tore")
- Book I, Wasserflut ("Manche Thran' aus meinen Augen")
- Book I, Auf Dem Flusse ("Der du so lustig rauschtest")
- Book I, Ruckblick ("Es brennt mir unter beiden Sohlen")
- Book I, Irrlicht ("In die tiefsten Felsengrunde")
- Book I, Rast ("Mun merk' ich erst, wie mud' ich bin")
- Book I, Fruhlingstraum ("Ich traumte von bunten Blumen")
- Book I, Einsamkeit ("Wie eine trube Wolke")
- Book II, Die Post ("Von der Strasse her ein Posthorn klingt")
- Book II, Der Greise Kopf ("Der Reif hat einen weissen Schein")
- Book II, Die Krahe ("Eine Drahe war mit mir")
- Book II, Letzte Hoffnung ("Hie und da ist an den Baumen")
- Book II, Im Dorfe ("Es bellen die Hunde, es rasseln die Ketten")
- Book II, Der Strumische Morgen ("Wie hat der Sturm zerrissen")
- Book II, Tauschung ("Ein Licht tanzt freundlich vor mir her")
- Book II, Der Wegweiser ("Was vermeid' ich denn die Wege")
- Book II, Das Wirtshaus ("Auf einen Totenacker")
- Book II, Mut ("Fliegt der Schnee mir in's Cesicht")
- Book II, Die Nebensonnen ("Drei Sonnen sah ich am Himmel steh'n")
- Book II, Der Leiermann ("Druben hinterm Dorfe steht ein Leitermann")
Music CD 3- Liebesbotschaft ("Rauschendes Baclein, so silbern und hell"
- Kriegers Ahnung ("In teifer Ruh liegt m mich her")
- Fruhlingssehnsucht ("Sauseinde Lufte wehend so mild")
- Standchen ("Leise flehen meine Lieder")
- Aufenthalt ("Rauschender Strom, brausender Wald")
- In Der Ferne ("Wehe dem Fliehenden, Welt hinaus Ziehenden!")
- Abschield ("Ade! du muntre, du frohliche Stadt")
- Der Atlas ("Ich unglucksel'ger Atlas")
- Ihr Bild ("Ich stand in dunklen Traumen und starrt' ihr Bildnis an")
- Das Fischermadchen ("Du schones Fischermadchen")
- Die Stadt ("Am fernen Horizonte")
- Am Meer ("Das Meer erglanzte weit hinaus")
- Der Doppelganger ("Still ist die Nacht, es ruhen die Gassen")
- Die Taubenpost ("Ich hab' eine Brieftaub' in meinem Sold")
Music reviews of Franz Schubert: Lieder, Vol. 3Music Review: PERFECTION Rating: 5 StarsSchubert wrote over 500 German art-songs or "Lieder". That is to say, he took over 500 poems by famous German poets (Schiller, etc.) and set them to music. He was not a great judge of quality in poetry, and thus the lyrics of his songs range from the sublime to the ridiculous. However his settings are almost invariably works of genius.The essence of Lieder is that the voice and the piano should be equal partners. The piano part is not mere accompaniment to the song, but carries a fair share of the meaning. Similarly the voice has to extract the full dramatic meaning from the lyric (easier in some cases than in others). Good lieder thus calls for an almost telepathic rapport between a singer and a pianist both of outstanding range and sensitivity. Fischer-Dieskau and Moore are certainly the greatest exponents of their generation, perhaps of all time. Not only were their gifts extraordinary, but they were there at the right moment: they were the leading interpreters of lieder at the point in history when the studio recording was first overtaking concert performance as the principal medium through which music reached the masses. In consequence, whether or not these particular performers were "better" than any other in history is academic; to an unprecedented and unsurpassed extent they double-handedly defined the art of lieder. This boxed set is part of a survey of nearly all the Schubert lieder suitable for male voice, recorded when both men were at their peak. It is impossible to do justice in words to the sheer, inexhaustible depth of beauty and emotion in this work. The three song cycles: Die Schone Mullerin (The Miller's Beautiful Daughter); Winterreise (Winter Journey) and Schwanengesang (Swan Song) do not necessarily contain a concentration of Schubert's best settings. However, the first two titles show off the performers' craft to particularly wonderful effect, simply because their narrative thread makes particularly gruelling demands on their sense of mood and pacing. Schwanengesang is not a true song-cycle - it represents a collection of unconnected settings put together posthumously by Schubert's publisher. However, unlike the unmitigated gloom of the two earlier works, Schwanengesang boasts an astonishing range of emotions from the dread of Kriegers Ahnung (Warrior's Foreboding) to the despair of Doppelganger (it means what it says) to the frivolous joy of Taubenpost (Pigeon Post). This is earth-shatteringly beautiful music, flawless technical perfection and concentrated emotional dynamite. It's also an acquired taste, so don't take the risk without hearing a few samples first. But on the other hand, don't dismiss it after just one quick listen. Work at it as I had to - the pay-off is unequalled in the world of music.
Description of Franz Schubert: Lieder, Vol. 3The third volume of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's performances of Schubert lieder include three cycles: "Die Schone Mullerin," "Winterreise," and "Schwanengesang." Among the highlights are the despairing "Die Nebensonnen," the tender resignation of "Der Muller und der Bach," and the heartrending "Erstarrung." Gerald Moore's piano provides a rippling, unobtrusive canvas for the singer's artistry, and Fischer-Dieskau's intimacy with the music creates an authoritative reading of Schubert's spiritual self-portrait. --Joshua Cody
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