Elly Ameling ~ Schubert · Schumann: Songs / Lieder

Elly Ameling (Artist), Jörg Demus (Artist), Hans Deinzer (Artist), Franz Schubert (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann
• Audio CD (November 5, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA / Sony / BMG / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
• ASIN: B000001TWU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,522 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Heavenly Voice and Uncompromised Musicality, April 15, 2000

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Craig L. Frutiger (Missouri, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elly Ameling ~ Schubert · Schumann: Songs / Lieder (Audio CD)

I have owned these recordings on vinyl and every time I listen to them they seem to get better. It is truly a marvel to hear such a beautiful voice singing these works along side the solid musicianship of a master like Jorg Demus (who performs on a Conrad Graf Hammerflugel).

The original title of the Schubert release was Schubertiade, indicating that the spirit of the album was to resurrect what it might have been like to be at one of Schubert's many gatherings, where musicians got together to play and listen to his music. The result is that we are transported to another time and place by these perfomances (all of which are on authentic instruments, thus heightening this feeling). The playing by Demus is truly of the highest musical order. It is easy to understand why Paul Badura-Skoda (himself, a great Schubert and Mozart interpreter) has expressed so much admiration for Jorg Demus.

The Schumann Lieder are no less stunning--and reveal to us a side of the composer which is often left unheard. In some of the earlier songs, we can hear a connection to the music of his upbringing, in a way which is more obvious than in some of the composer's other works. Throughout all of the individual Lieder the voice and phrasing of Elly Ameling is simply stunning and can only be described as Heavenly.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most beautiful singing of the most beautiful song, December 14, 2002

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Russell F Scalf (Berkeley, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elly Ameling ~ Schubert · Schumann: Songs / Lieder (Audio CD)

Elly Ameling's breathtaking performance of The Shepherd on the Rock just goes right through me. This may be my 'island' recording. You know, if you are banished to an island with just one recording forever, which one would it be? Maybe this one.

Ameling has the purest soprano voice I have ever heard.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than just a pretty voice ..., September 17, 2006

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Corsendonk (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elly Ameling ~ Schubert · Schumann: Songs / Lieder (Audio CD)

It is tempting to dismiss Ameling as a "pretty voice" and reach for Elisabeth Schwarzkopf instead, as a previous reviewer suggests. Ameling's interpretations place a premium on simplicity and directness - two traits that are often undervalued. To my ears, however, Ameling's self-effacing approach is ideally suited to lieder performance. Schwarzkopf's recording with Edwin Fischer on EMI, while admirable in its own way, is too fussy for my tastes. Take, for example, the rendition of "Im Fruehling" by each singer: where others find Schwarzkopf to be intense and dramatic, I find her to be mannered and melodramatic. Ameling's version strikes closer to the heart and shows greater insight and intellect, in my view. Note: on this CD, Ameling's ravishing voice is at its peak.