Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 1, Das Wandern ("Das Wandern is des Mullers Lust")
2. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 1, Wohin? ("Ich hort' ein Bachlein rauschen")
3. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 1, Halt! ("Eine Muhle seh' ich blinken")
4. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 1, Danksagung An Den Bach ("War es also gemeint, mein rausc
5. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 2, Am Feierabend ("Hatt' ich tausend Arme zu ruhren")
6. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 2, Der Neugierige ("Ich frage keine Blume")
7. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 2, Ungeduld ("Ich schnitt' es gern in alle Rinden ein")
8. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 2, Morgengruss ("Guten Morgen, schone Mullerin!")
9. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 2, Des Mullers Blumen ("Am Bach viel kleine Blumen steh'n")
10. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 3, Thranenregen ("Wir sassen so traulich beisammen")
11. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 3, Mein! ("Bachlein, lass dein Rauschen sein")
12. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 3, Pause ("Meine Laute hab' ich gehangt an die Wand")
13. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 4, Mit Dem Grunen Lautenbande ("Schad' um das schone grune
14. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 4 Der Jager ("Was sucht denn der Jager am Muhlbach hier?")
15. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 4, Eifersucht Und Stolz ("Wohin so schnell, so kraus und wi
16. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 4, Die Liebe Farbe ("In Grun will ich mich kleiden")
17. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 4, Die Bose Farbe ("Ich mochte zieh'n in die Welt hinaus")
18. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 5, Trockne Blumen ("Ihr Blumlein alle, die sie mir gab")
19. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 5, Der Muller Und Der Bach ("Wo ein treues Herze in Liebe v
20. Die sch�ne M�llerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Book 5, Des Baches Wiegenlied ("Gute Ruh', gute Ruh', tu'die Aug

Disc 2:

1. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book I, Gute Nacht ("Fremd bin ich eingezogen")
2. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book I, Die Wetterfahne ("Der Wind spielt mit der Wetterfane")
3. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book I, Nicht zu langsam ("Gefror'ne Tropfen fallen")
4. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book I, Erstarrung ("Ich such' im Schnee vergebens")
5. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book I, Der Lindenbaum ("Am Brunnen vor dem Tore")
6. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book I, Wasserflut ("Manche Thran' aus meinen Augen")
7. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book I, Auf Dem Flusse ("Der du so lustig rauschtest")
8. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book I, Ruckblick ("Es brennt mir unter beiden Sohlen")
9. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book I, Irrlicht ("In die tiefsten Felsengrunde")
10. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book I, Rast ("Mun merk' ich erst, wie mud' ich bin")
11. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book I, Fruhlingstraum ("Ich traumte von bunten Blumen")
12. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book I, Einsamkeit ("Wie eine trube Wolke")
13. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book II, Die Post ("Von der Strasse her ein Posthorn klingt")
14. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book II, Der Greise Kopf ("Der Reif hat einen weissen Schein")
15. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book II, Die Krahe ("Eine Drahe war mit mir")
16. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book II, Letzte Hoffnung ("Hie und da ist an den Baumen")
17. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book II, Im Dorfe ("Es bellen die Hunde, es rasseln die Ketten")
18. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book II, Der Strumische Morgen ("Wie hat der Sturm zerrissen")
19. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book II, Tauschung ("Ein Licht tanzt freundlich vor mir her")
20. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book II, Der Wegweiser ("Was vermeid' ich denn die Wege")
21. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book II, Das Wirtshaus ("Auf einen Totenacker")
22. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book II, Mut ("Fliegt der Schnee mir in's Cesicht")
23. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book II, Die Nebensonnen ("Drei Sonnen sah ich am Himmel steh'n")
24. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Book II, Der Leiermann ("Druben hinterm Dorfe steht ein Leitermann")

Disc 3:

1. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957: Liebesbotschaft ("Rauschendes Baclein, so silbern und hell"
2. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957: Kriegers Ahnung ("In teifer Ruh liegt m mich her")
3. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957: Fruhlingssehnsucht ("Sauseinde Lufte wehend so mild")
4. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957: Standchen ("Leise flehen meine Lieder")
5. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957: Aufenthalt ("Rauschender Strom, brausender Wald")
6. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957: In Der Ferne ("Wehe dem Fliehenden, Welt hinaus Ziehenden!")
7. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957: Abschield ("Ade! du muntre, du frohliche Stadt")
8. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957: Der Atlas ("Ich unglucksel'ger Atlas")
9. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957: Ihr Bild ("Ich stand in dunklen Traumen und starrt' ihr Bildnis an"
10. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957: Das Fischermadchen ("Du schones Fischermadchen")
11. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957: Die Stadt ("Am fernen Horizonte")
12. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957: Am Meer ("Das Meer erglanzte weit hinaus")
13. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957: Der Doppelganger ("Still ist die Nacht, es ruhen die Gassen")
14. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957: Die Taubenpost ("Ich hab' eine Brieftaub' in meinem Sold")

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #361765 in Music
• Released on: 1993-04-13
• Number of discs: 3

Amazon.com
The third volume of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's performances of Schubert lieder include three cycles: "Die Schone Mullerin," "Winterreise," and "Schwanengesang." Among the highlights are the despairing "Die Nebensonnen," the tender resignation of "Der Muller und der Bach," and the heartrending "Erstarrung." Gerald Moore's piano provides a rippling, unobtrusive canvas for the singer's artistry, and Fischer-Dieskau's intimacy with the music creates an authoritative reading of Schubert's spiritual self-portrait. --Joshua Cody

Customer Reviews

PERFECTION
Schubert wrote over 500 German art-songs or "Lieder". That is to say, he took over 500 poems by famous German poets (Schiller, etc.) and set them to music. He was not a great judge of quality in poetry, and thus the lyrics of his songs range from the sublime to the ridiculous. However his settings are almost invariably works of genius.

The essence of Lieder is that the voice and the piano should be equal partners. The piano part is not mere accompaniment to the song, but carries a fair share of the meaning. Similarly the voice has to extract the full dramatic meaning from the lyric (easier in some cases than in others). Good lieder thus calls for an almost telepathic rapport between a singer and a pianist both of outstanding range and sensitivity.

Fischer-Dieskau and Moore are certainly the greatest exponents of their generation, perhaps of all time. Not only were their gifts extraordinary, but they were there at the right moment: they were the leading interpreters of lieder at the point in history when the studio recording was first overtaking concert performance as the principal medium through which music reached the masses. In consequence, whether or not these particular performers were "better" than any other in history is academic; to an unprecedented and unsurpassed extent they double-handedly defined the art of lieder.

This boxed set is part of a survey of nearly all the Schubert lieder suitable for male voice, recorded when both men were at their peak. It is impossible to do justice in words to the sheer, inexhaustible depth of beauty and emotion in this work.

The three song cycles: Die Schone Mullerin (The Miller's Beautiful Daughter); Winterreise (Winter Journey) and Schwanengesang (Swan Song) do not necessarily contain a concentration of Schubert's best settings. However, the first two titles show off the performers' craft to particularly wonderful effect, simply because their narrative thread makes particularly gruelling demands on their sense of mood and pacing.

Schwanengesang is not a true song-cycle - it represents a collection of unconnected settings put together posthumously by Schubert's publisher. However, unlike the unmitigated gloom of the two earlier works, Schwanengesang boasts an astonishing range of emotions from the dread of Kriegers Ahnung (Warrior's Foreboding) to the despair of Doppelganger (it means what it says) to the frivolous joy of Taubenpost (Pigeon Post).

This is earth-shatteringly beautiful music, flawless technical perfection and concentrated emotional dynamite. It's also an acquired taste, so don't take the risk without hearing a few samples first. But on the other hand, don't dismiss it after just one quick listen. Work at it as I had to - the pay-off is unequalled in the world of music.