Lieder

Schubert (Artist), Cheryl Studer (Artist), Irwin Gage (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 8, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000E4S6
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #502,023 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Im Frühling ('Still sitz ich'), song for voice & piano, D. 882

2. Ganymed ('Wie im Morgenglanze'), song for voice & piano, D. 544 (Op. 19/3)

3. Auflösung ('Verbirg dich, Sonne'), song for voice & piano, D. 807

4. Die Rose ('Es lockte schöne Wärme'), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 745 (Op. 73)

5. Das Lied im Grünen ('Ins Grüne...'), song for voice & piano, D. 917 (Op. posth. 115/1)

6. Wehmut ('Wenn ich durch Wald und Fluren geh'), song for voice & piano, D. 772 (Op. 22/2)

7. Der Fluss ('Wie rein Gesang sich winder'), song for voice & piano, D. 693

8. Die Forelle ('In einem Bächlein helle'), song for voice & piano, D. 550 (Op. 32)

9. Auf dem Wasser zu singen ('Mitten im Schimmer der spiegelnden Wellen'), song for voice & piano, D. 774 (Op. 72)

10. Im Abendrot ('O, wie schön ist deine Welt'), song for voice & piano, D. 799

11. Am See ('In des Sees Wogenspiele'), song for voice & piano, D. 746

12. Die Vögel ('Wie lieblich und fröhlich'), song for voice & piano, D. 691 (Op. posth. 172/6)

13. Die Gebüsche ('Es wehet kühl'), song for voice & piano, D. 646

14. Nacht und Träume (Heil'ge Nacht, du sinkest nieder!'), song for voice & piano, D. 827 (Op. 43/2)

15. Klage der Ceres ('Ist der holde Lenz erchienen'), song for voice & piano, D. 323

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent lieder album, July 7, 2007

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groucho "groucho_nc" (Chapel Hill, NC, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lieder (Audio CD)

American soprano Cheryl Studer has excelled as one of the most formidable Queen of the Nights produced on record not to mention her interpretations in Viennese operettas, but in this lieder singing setting, she proved that her silvery soprano is just as ideally matched when scored by a solo piano. Assisted very ably by Irwin Cage on klavier, Studer's limpid and sparkling voice is at its unblemished excellence around the time of this recording (1991). She proved that her musical understanding of the nuances of text and melody can rival the performances of Anne Sofie von Otter and Jessye Norman in the same repertoire. In "Im Fruhling", the piano-voice interplay exquisitely locates the beauty of spring in Ernst Schulze's poetry. In "Ganymed", she shows that her glorious voice can soar one minute and be meditative the next. Her moving and still-beauty rendition of the almost-18-minute song "Klage der Ceres" brought out the heartbreaking lament of the mythological figure Ceres for the abduction of her daughter Proserpina by Pluto. Studer's perpspicacious understanding of the texts and her moving and celebratory performances of the music of Schubert are the true standouts of this outstanding disc.

Highly recommended album.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Loveliest of Recitals . . ., November 13, 2011

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Sébastien Melmoth (Hôtel d'Alsace, PARIS) - See all my reviews

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The Loveliest of Recitals . . .

Virtually every vocal artist (of whatever range) makes at least one disc of Schubert's lieder.

(Notable recordings by von Otter, Schäfer, Holzmair, Ameling, Fassbaender, and of course Fischer-Dieskau quickly come to mind.)

Singers generally select a programme of songs which will showcase the unique characteristics of their instrument.
Sometimes they choose lieder with an eye towards the poetic connotations in the texts.
Usually several of the more `popular' or well-known songs are presented with one or two lesser-heard rarities.

For this 1990 Berlin recording Studer (who studied with Irmgard Seefried and Hans Hotter) framed a recital round Schubert's Romantic notions of Nature, carefully selecting several of the Schlegel settings in the Abendröte Cycle.
The recital concludes with an extraordinary realization of the solo-cantata Klage der Ceres--(Schiller's narrative of Hellenic mythos)--which runs to nearly twenty minutes duration!

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Studer's mellifluous spinto-soprano is comfortably lain towards the lower end of the type's range; and while she can easily spring to the starry heights, her natural rich timbre is lusciously delectable to the ear.

Her reading of Der Fluß is gorgeous in the extreme: oh-so-effortlessly she floats her vocalise on the light bateau of the gentle flow: this is `pure song' of phenomenal concentration of mood and fluency.

Another of Schubert's beloved water-songs--Auf dem Wasser zu singen--(in the rare key of ab-minor) offers Schubert the opportunity of capturing the impression of lapping waves in a rhythmical figure. The recurring major-key shift at the end of each verse is quintessential Schubertian harmonic thrill-inducement.

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The recording itself is very well made with just the right miking and ambience to Studer's voice, with an excellent balance between voice and piano. Irwin Gage (pupil of Erik Werba) too gives a nice performance in this remarkable recital.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful performance, November 8, 2010

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Paul S. Jellinek (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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Although Studer is perhaps better known for her operatic roles, she turns in a beautiful performance of these Schubert classics, bringing them to life with exceptional emotional range. Her passionate rendition of Ganymed alone is worth the price of the disc.