The Songmakers' Almanac Schubertiade [Import]

Richard Jackson (Performer), Franz [Vienna] Schubert (Composer), Ann Murray (Performer), Graham Johnson (Performer), Felicity Lott (Performer), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Richard Jackson, Ann Murray, Graham Johnson, Felicity Lott, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
• Composer: Franz [Vienna] Schubert
• Audio CD (March 10, 1997)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B000002ZEG
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #531,176 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Die junge Nonne ('Wie braust durch die Wipfel'), song for voice & piano, D. 828 (Op. 43/1)

2. Der zürnenden Diana ('Ja, spanne nur den Bogen'), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 707 (Op. 36/1)

3. Vom Mitleiden Mariä ('Als bei dem Kreuz'), song for voice & piano, D. 632

4. Lachen und Weinen, song for voice & piano, D. 777 (Op. 59/4)

5. Selige Welt ('Ich treibe auf des Lebens Meer'), song for voice & piano, D. 743 (Op. 23/2)

6. Mignon und der Harfner ('Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt'), song for voice & piano, D. 877/1 (Op. 62/1)

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

8. Lebensmut ('O wie dringt das junge Leben'), song for voice & piano, D. 883

9. Willkommen und Abschied ('Es schlug mein Herz'), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 767 (Op. 56/1)

10. An die Laute ('Leiser, leiser, kleine Laute'), song for voice & piano, D. 905 (Op. 81/2)

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Fischerweise ('Den Fischer fechten Sorgen'), song for voice & piano, D. 881 (Op. 96/4)

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

3. Der Schiffer ('Friedlich lieg' ich hingegossen'), song for voice & piano, D. 694

4. Nähe des Geliebten ('Ich denke dein'), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 162 (Op. 5/2)

5. Frühlingsglaube ('Die Linden Lüfte'), song for voice & piano (3 versions), D. 686 (Op. 20/2)

6. Wandrers Nachtlied ('Der du von dem Himmel bist'), song for voice & piano, D. 224 (Op. 4/3)

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

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

9. Auf der Bruck ('Frisch trabe sonder Ruh' und Rast'), song for voice & piano, D. 853 (Op. 93/2)

10. Seraphine an ihr Klavier ('Sanftes Clavier'), song for voice and piano, D. 342

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars English singers in their prime, February 4, 2009

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Michael Bouman (St. Louis area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Songmakers' Almanac Schubertiade (Audio CD)

A friend gave me this today and I'm enchanted. Recorded in 1983, the sound quality is wonderful, with voices and piano sounding as if in a concert hall with "live" acoustics. All but one of the singers were in their prime. Baritone Richard Jackson was, amazingly, only 23 when he made this recording. He sounds much, much more mature. Felicity Lott's "Nacht und Traume" will melt you! Graham Johnson's touch in the piano parts is perfectly apt. He plays a thunderous gallop for Richard Jackson's "Auf der Bruck" and a buoyant, lilting sound for Felicity Lott's "Viola." What a wonderful set! I've got a shelf of CDs by Fisher-Dieskau, Wunderlich, Hotter, Prey, and while the performances here don't beat the German singers of the same era, they don't hide in their shadow, either.