Liederabend - Mozart, Wolf, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf-Ferrari [Original recording remastered]

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Artist), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Franz [Vienna] Schubert (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer), Hugo [Composer] Wolf (Composer), Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (Composer), Geoffrey Parsons (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Geoffrey Parsons
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Robert Schumann, Hugo [Composer] Wolf, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
• Audio CD (August 31, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Aura Classics
• ASIN: B00000JHM5
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,979 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #45 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Featured Performers, A-Z > Q to T

Track Listings

1. Abendempfindung an Laura ('Abend ist's'), song for voice & piano, K. 523

2. Das Veilchen, song for voice & piano, K. 476

3. Warnung ('Männer suchen stets zu naschen'), aria for bass & orchestra (fragment), K. 433 (K. 416c)

4. Ich möchte wohl der Kaiser sein, aria for bass & orchestra, K. 539

5. Der Einsame ('Wenn meine Grillen schwirren'), song for voice & piano, D. 800 (Op. 41)

6. Gesang ('Was ist Sylvia,...'), song for voice & piano, ('An Sylvia'), D. 891 (Op. 106/4)

7. Rosamunde, Fürstin von Cypern, incidental music, D. 797 (Op. 26): Romanze

8. Lied der Suleika ('Wie mit innigstem Behangen'), song for voice & piano (Myrthen), Op. 25/9

9. Myrthen, 26 songs for voice & piano, Op. 25: Zwei venezianische Lieder Op.25/17 & 18

10. Myrthen, 26 songs for voice & piano, Op. 25: Der Nußbaum Op.25/3

11. Die Kartenlegerin ('Schlief die Mutter endlich ein'), song for voice & piano, Op. 31/2

12. Mignon ('Kennst du das Land'), song for voice & piano (Goethe Lieder)

13. Das verlassene Mägdlein ('Früh, wann die Hähne krähn'), song for voice & piano (Mörike Lieder)

14. Spanisches Liederbuch, nach Heyse und Geibel, for voice & piano: In dem Schatten meiner Locken

15. Spanisches Liederbuch, nach Heyse und Geibel, for voice & piano: Trau' nicht der Liebe

16. Wie lange schon was immer mein Verlangen, song for voice & piano (Italienisches Liederbuch, No. 11): Wie lange schon

17. Die Zigeunerin ('Am Kreuzweg, da lausche ich'), song for voice & piano (Eichendorff Lieder)

18. Seligkeit ('Freuden sonder Zahl'), song for voice & piano ('Minnelied'), D. 433

19. Il Canzoniere (Italian Song Book), for voice & piano, Op. 17: Preghiera

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Live Schwarzkopf, June 22, 2003

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Dennis R. Winter "winterzeit" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liederabend - Mozart, Wolf, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf-Ferrari (Audio CD)

She practised, fretted, and re-recorded for her performances for EMI produced by her husband until the Voice became fettered. To her, and many of her listeners, they were perfect: each word modulated, dissected. To others, they were not: "mannered and arche" were often used to describe her performance by her haters.

This recording of a live performance is a treasure. Her voice fresh and a sense of spontaniety. Even her critics would yield to her this one time.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If Soprano Music Is Getting Right ino Your Nerve, March 2, 2003

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BLee "bpslee" (HK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Liederabend - Mozart, Wolf, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf-Ferrari (Audio CD)

Then try Schwarzkopf. She is soothing. She was the one who made Furtwangler forsake his baton for a moment, sitting fairly and squarely at the piano when she sang; she was the one who caught, strangely enough, even the ears and admiration of the loneliest musician of the century, Glenn Gould.

The recording is very nice and the equilibrium between the piano and the singer is superb. And Schwarzkopf was obviously still at her best. Well, if Callas is more dramatic, Schwarzkopf is more lyrical.

My only grumble for this record is the thundering big applause from the audience of this recital. But look at the price, it's a real bargain whichever way you look at it.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Recital, April 20, 2009

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D. Horowitz (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liederabend - Mozart, Wolf, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf-Ferrari (Audio CD)

This seems to be discontinued but still available through Amazon sellers. It's a great recital, given in Italy in the late 60's with Geoffrey Parsons at the piano. The sound is quite good- better than her early 50s EMI recordings- but watch out for audience applause which can be quite jarring, especially if you're wearing headphones.
Schwarzkopf's voice is darker and her singing is more emotive here than her studio lieder recordings, which are now on Great Recordings of the Century. There really is no reason to hesitate buying this, that is unless you do all your music listening with headphones.