The Hyperion Schubert Edition 34 / 1817 - 1821 [IMPORT]

Franz Schubert (Composer), Graham Johnson (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Graham Johnson
• Composer: Franz Schubert
• Audio CD (February 8, 2000)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B00004GLLD
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #188,046 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Der Alpenjäger ('Auf hohen Bergesrücken'), song for voice & piano, D. 524 (Op. 13/3)

2. La pastorella al prato, quartet for male voices & piano, D. 513

3. Frohsinn ('Ich bin von lockerem Schlage'), song for voice & piano, D. 520

4. Das Grab III ('Das Grab ist tief und stille'), song for voice & piano (or male chorus), D. 569

5. Die Einseidelei II ('Es rieselt klar'), song for voice & piano, D. 393

6. Atys ('Der Knabe seufzt'), song for voice & piano, D. 585

7. Das Dörfchen, quartet for male voices (2 versions, 2nd formerly D. 641), D. 598 (Op 11/1)

8. Der Kampf ('Nein, länger werd' ich'), song for voice & piano, D. 594 (Op. posth. 110)

9. Die Geselligkeit ('Wer Lebenslust fühlet'), quartet for mixed voices & piano (Lebenslust), D. 609

10. Vocal Exercises, for two voices (soprano & alto) & continuo ('Sing-Übungen'), D. 619

11. Das Abendrot ('Du heilig, glühend Abendrot'), song for voice & piano, D. 627 (Op. posth. 173/6)

12. Abend ('Wie ist es denn'), song for voice & piano, D. 645 (fragment)

13. Das Mädchen ('Wie so innig'), song for voice & piano, D. 652

14. Kantate zum Geburtstag des Sängers Johann Michael Vogl, for vocal trio (S.T.B.) & piano, D. 666 (Op. posth. 158)

15. Prometheus ('Bedecke deinen Himmel'), song for voice & piano, D. 674

16. Über allen Zauber Liebe ('Sie hüpfe mit mir'), song for voice & piano (fragment), D. 682

17. Die gefangenen Sänger ('Hörst du von den Nachtigallen'), song for voice & piano, D. 712

18. Grenzen der Menschheit ('Wenn der uralte heilige Vater'), song for voice & piano, D. 716

19. Wandrers Nachtlied ('Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh'), song for voice & piano, D. 768 (Op. 96/3)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The Hyperion Schubert edition has moved into its final phase--surveys of songs not yet covered, arranged by period. The years 1817-21 were some of the most productive of Schubert's short life--he left home and lived with friends, possibly lovers, was briefly arrested by the secret police, and started to be recognized as a real force in Viennese music. Among the high points of this disc of songs, part songs, and a chamber cantata are Thomas Hampson's dangerous, dreamy performance of "Atys," a setting of a poem about sexual ambiguity and ambivalence by Schubert's roommate Mayrhofer and Christopher Maltman's delicate rendering of the well-known "Wanderer's Nightsong." Philip Langridge is charming in "Die Einsiedelei" with its sense of the need for pastoral retreat. The various part songs, in which singers as well-known as Ian Bostridge and John-Mark Ainsley put in guest appearances, make relaxing interludes between masterpieces. Graham Johnson's commentary in the accompanying booklet is as helpful and intelligent as his piano accompaniment. --Roz Kaveney