Track Listing

1. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
2. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 2. Aus meinen Tränen spriessen
3. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 3. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Traube, die Sonne
4. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 4. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh
5. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen
6. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 6. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome
7. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 7. Ich grolle nicht
8. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 8. Und wüssten's die Blumen, die kleinen
9. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 9. Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen
10. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 10. Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen
11. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 11. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen
12. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
13. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 13. Ich hab im Traum geweinet
14. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 14. Allnächtlich im Traume seh ich dich
15. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 15. Aus alten Märchen winkt es
16. Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48: 16. Die alten bösen Lieder
17. Zärtliche Liebe, song for voice & piano, WoO 123
18. Adelaide, song for voice & piano, Op. 46
19. Resignation ('Lisch aus, mein Licht'), song for voice & piano, WoO 149
20. Der Kuss (The Kiss), arietta for voice & piano, Op. 128
21. Gesang ('Was ist Sylvia,...'), song for voice & piano, ('An Sylvia'), D. 891 (Op. 106/4)
22. Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren ('Dioskuren, Zwillingssterne'), song for voice & piano, D. 360 (Op. 65/1)
23. Liebhaber in allen Gestalten ('Ich wollt', ich wär' ein Fisch'), song for voice & piano, D. 558
24. Der Einsame ('Wenn meine Grillen schwirren'), song for voice & piano, D. 800 (Op. 41)
25. Im Abendrot ('O, wie schön ist deine Welt'), song for voice & piano, D. 799
26. Ständchen ('Leise flehen meine Lieder'), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4
27. An die Laute ('Leiser, leiser, kleine Laute'), song for voice & piano, D. 905 (Op. 81/2)
28. Der Musensohn ('Durch Feld und Wald zu schweifen'), song for voice & piano, D. 764 (Op. 92/1)
29. An die Musik ('Du holde Kunst...'), song for voice & piano, D. 547 (Op. 88/4)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #47581 in Music
• Released on: 1997-08-12
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Customer Reviews

BUY THIS CD! Incredible vocalism.
If you buy one lieder CD this year, buy this CD! Fritz Wunderlich possesses one of the most beautiful voices on record. It is well-preserved on this disc. The Dichterliebe are unbelievable. Listen especially to the emotion on "Ich grolle nicht," for example. There are very few "definitive" lieder recordings--this is one of mine. A definite desert island disc!

One of the greatest
Fritz Wunderlich sings with a truly marvelous voice and an impeccable diction. His short life (he died at age 36, however, certainly did not allow him to reach full musical maturity in some of his interpretations. His youthful voice suits the Beethoven songs the best-`Adelaide' stands among the best I have ever heard in recording. His version of Dichterliebe, although also extremely musical and equally moving, lacks of a bit of the detail and subtlety we find in, for example, the Fischer-Dieskau recordings-arguably among the best. We must consider that Wunderlich, contrary to Fischer Dieskau for instance, sings most of these pieces in its original key, which also makes the experience of listening to this CD one of the best ever. This recording gives me the impression that Wunderlich's voice would surpass any other Beethoven, Schubert or Schumann could have ever dreamt of!

Schumann: Dichterliebe / Wunderlich, Giesen
The cycle of the Poet's love is most probably the greatest and most difficult one to interpret. Each melody is asking from the singer and the pianist equal amount of musical imagination (as later on with Hugo wolf cycles.) Here, Wunderlich sings with such subtleties that it seems as natural as he would speak or read out loud. The words are integrated into the music and the accents help the listener to follow the music and the poems as a whole story instead of considering each melody as a seperate entity. These accents are not cold but beautifully musical sustained by H. Giesen at the piano. His warm voice is an enormous plus in this version and each sound is in place, like breathing is a necessity.