Schubert: Lieder, Vol. 2
performed by
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
composed by
Franz Schubert
Is the second set of Fischer-Dieskau's nearly complete recordings of Schubert's songs even better than the first set? The performances are just as great: Fischer-Dieskau's voice is still one of the marvels of the age: strong, supple, sensitive, and soulful and his interpretations are so completely at one with the songs that one can hardly speak of something so vulgar as "interpretation." And accompanist Gerald Moore is still one of the finest accompanists who ever plunked at the piano, fitting himself to Fischer-Dieskau ...
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Is the second set of Fischer-Dieskau's nearly complete recordings of Schubert's songs even better than the first set? The performances are just as great: Fischer-Dieskau's voice is still one of the marvels of the age: strong, supple, sensitive, and soulful and his interpretations are so completely at one with the songs that one can hardly speak of something so vulgar as "interpretation." And accompanist Gerald Moore is still one of the finest accompanists who ever plunked at the piano, fitting himself to Fischer-Dieskau like a hand-tailored suit. But it is possible that the second set is even better than the first set because it includes Schubert's songs from 1818 through 1828 and, say what you will, but Schubert's later songs are better than his earlier songs. Which is saying quite a bit: how does one improve on perfection? But Schubert did and Fischer-Dieskau is right there with him, rising to heights beyond even those of the earlier songs. One of the greatest sets of recordings ever released,...
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- An die Musik ("Du holde Kunst..."), song for voice & piano, D. 547 (Op. 88/4)
- Pax Vobiscum ("Der Friede sei mit euch!"), song for voice & piano, D. 551
- Hänflings Liebeswerbung ("Ahidi, ich liebe"), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 552 (Op. 20/3)
- Auf der Donau ("Auf der Wellen Spiegel"), song for voice & piano, D. 553 (Op.21/1)
- Der Schiffer ("Im winde, im Sturme befahr' ich den Fluss"), song for voice & piano, D. 536 (Op. 21/2)
- Nach einem Gewitter ("Auf den Blumen"), song for voice & piano, D. 561
- Fischerlied II ("Das Fischergewerbe"), song for voice & piano, D. 562
- Das Grab III ("Das Grab ist tief und stille"), song for voice & piano (or male chorus), D. 569
- Der Strom ("Mein Leben wälzt sich"), song for voice & piano, D. 565
- An den Tod ("Tod, du Schrecken der Natur"), song for voice & piano, D. 518
- Abschied ("Lebe wohl! lebe wohl!"), song for voice & piano, D. 578
- Die Forelle ("In einem Bächlein helle"), song for voice & piano, D. 550 (Op. 32)
- Gruppe aus dem Tartarus II ("Horch, wie Murmeln"), song for voice & piano, D. 583 (Op. 24/1)
- Elysium ("Vorüber die stöhnende Klage"), song for voice & piano, D. 584
- Atys ("Der Knabe seufzt"), song for voice & piano, D. 585
- Erlafsee ("Mir ist so wohl, so weh'"), song for voice & piano, D. 586 (Op. 8/3)
- Der Alpenjäger ("Willst du nicht das Lämmlein hüten"), song for voice & piano, D. 588 (Op. 37/2)
- Der Kampf ("Nein, länger werd' ich"), song for voice & piano, D. 594 (Op. posth. 110)
- Der Knabe in der Wiege ("Er schläft so süss"), song for voice & piano, D. 579
- Auf der Riesenkoppe ("Hoch auf dem Gipfel"), song for voice & piano, D. 611
- An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht ("Freundlich ist dein Antlitz"), song for voice & piano, D. 614
- Grablied für die Mutter ("Hauche milder"), song for voice & piano, D. 616
- Einsamkeit ("Gib mir die Fülle der Einsamkeit"), song for voice & piano, D. 620
- Der Blumenbrief ("Euch Blümlein will ich senden"), song for voice & piano, D. 622
- Das Marienbild ("Sei gegrüsst, du Frau der Huld"), song for voice & piano, D. 623
- Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen ("Ruh'n in Frieden alle Seelen"), song for voice & piano, D. 343
- Blondel zu Marien ("In düstrer Nacht"), song for voice & piano, D. 626
- Das Abendrot ("Du heilig, glühend Abendrot"), song for voice & piano, D. 627 (Op. posth. 173/6)
- Sonnet I ("Apollo, lebet noch dien hold Verlangen"), song for voice & piano, D. 628
- Sonnet II ("Allein, nachdenklich, wie gelähmt"), song for voice & piano, D. 629
- Sonnet III ("Nunmehr, da Himmel, Erde"), song for voice & piano D. 630
- Vom Mitleiden Mariä ("Als bei dem Kreuz"), song for voice & piano, D. 632
- Die Gebüsche ("Es wehet kühl"), song for voice & piano, D. 646
- Der Wanderer ("Wie deutlich des Mondes Licht"), song for voice & piano, D. 649 (Op. 65/2)
- Abendbilder ("Still beginnt's im Hain"), song for voice & piano, D. 650
- Himmelsfunken ("Der Odem Gottes wehr"), song for voice & piano, D. 651
- An die Freunde ("Im Wald...da grabt mich ein"), song for voice & piano, D. 654
- Sehnsucht ("Ach, aus dieses Tales gründen"), song for voice & piano (second version), D. 636 (Op. 39)
- Hoffnung II ("Es reden und träumen die Menschen viel"), song for voice & piano, D. 637 (Op. 87/2)
- Der Jüngling am Bache III ("An der Quelle sass der Knabe"), song for voice & piano, D. 638 (Op. 87/3)
- Hymne I ("Wenige wissen das Geheimnis"), song for voice & piano, D. 659
- Hymne II ("Wenn ich ihn nur habe"), song for voice & piano, D. 660
- Hymne III ("Wenn alle untreu werden"), song for voice & piano, D. 661
- Hymne IV ("Ich sag' es jedem, daß er lebt"), song for voice & piano, D. 662
- Marie ("Ich sehe dich in tausend Bildern"), song for voice & piano, D. 658
- Beim Winde ("Es traümen die Wolken"), song for voice & piano, D. 669
- Die Sternennächte ("In monderhellten Nächten"), song for voice & piano, D. 670 (Op. posth. 165/2)
- Trost ("Hörnerklänge rufen klangend"), song for voice & piano, D. 671
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