Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Das Wandern
2. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Wohin?
3. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Halt!
4. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Danksagung an den Bach
5. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Am Feierabend
6. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Der Neugierige
7. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Ungeduld
8. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Morgengruss
9. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Des Mullers Blumen
10. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Tranenregen
11. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Mein!
12. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Pause
13. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Mit dem grunen Lautenbande
14. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Der Jager
15. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Eifersucht und Stolz
16. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Die liebe Farbe
17. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Die bose Farbe
18. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Trockne Blumen
19. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Der Muller und der Bach
20. Die schone Mullerin, D.795: Des Baches Wiegenlied

Disc 2:

1. Winterreise, D. 911: Gute Nacht
2. Winterreise, D. 911: Die Wetterfahne
3. Winterreise, D. 911: Gefrorne Tranen
4. Winterreise, D. 911: Erstarrung
5. Winterreise, D. 911: Der Lindenbaum
6. Winterreise, D. 911: Wasserflut
7. Winterreise, D. 911: Auf dem Flusse
8. Winterreise, D. 911: Ruckblick
9. Winterreise, D. 911: Irrlicht
10. Winterreise, D. 911: Rast
11. Winterreise, D. 911: Fruhlingstraum
12. Winterreise, D. 911: Einsamkeit
13. Winterreise, D. 911: Die Post
14. Winterreise, D. 911: Der greise Kopf
15. Winterreise, D. 911: Die Krahe
16. Winterreise, D. 911: Letzte Hoffnung
17. Winterreise, D. 911: Im Dorfe
18. Winterreise, D. 911: Der sturmische Morgen
19. Winterreise, D. 911: Tauschung
20. Winterreise, D. 911: Der Wegweiser
21. Winterreise, D. 911: Das Wirtshaus
22. Winterreise, D. 911: Mut!
23. Winterreise, D. 911: Die Nebensonnen
24. Winterreise, D. 911: Der Leiermann

Disc 3:

1. Schwanengesang, D.957: Liebesbotschaft
2. Schwanengesang, D.957: Kriegers Ahnung
3. Schwanengesang, D.957: Fruhlingssehnsucht
4. Schwanengesang, D.957: Standchen
5. Schwanengesang, D.957: Aufenthalt
6. Schwanengesang, D.957: In der Ferne
7. Schwanengesang, D.957: Abschied
8. Schwanengesang, D.957: Der Atlas
9. Schwanengesang, D.957: Ihr Bild
10. Schwanengesang, D.957: Das Fischermadchen
11. Schwanengesang, D.957: Die Stadt
12. Schwanengesang, D.957: Am Meer
13. Schwanengesang, D.957: Der Doppelganger
14. Schwanengesang, D.957: Die Taubenpost
15. Erlkonig, D.328
16. Nacht und Traume, D. 827
17. Du bist die Ruh, D.776

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #216722 in Music
• Released on: 1991-07-01
• Number of discs: 3

Customer Reviews

So heart-rending, it's almost unbelievable. Superb. Supreme.
This set contains three very different recordings: Die schöne Müllerin, Winterreise, and Miscellaneous Lieder. Let me review each in turn. But before that, let me assure you that if you are going to purchase a Winterreise recording, this is THE one. Moore's piano accompaniment is legendary, and the sound is top-notch DG.

First off, one needs to know a little German, or at least follow the translation well, in order to appreciate these Lieder. Fischer-Dieskau brings such a depth of emotion into the music that the lyrics must be followed by the listener, or else much is lost.

"Die schöne Müllerin" is relatively more accessible to the first-time Schubert listener or the first-time classical vocal-music listener. Each song is melodious, and the structure of most of the songs makes for relatively easy listening. The cycle is the tale of a miller hurt in love, and though the lyrics are simplistic, Schubert's setting of these lyrics resulted in a work of powerful emotion.

Fischer-Dieskau is not at his most inspired in this recording. There is not enough exuberance in places where it is warranted; but this is more than made up by the tenderness and sensitivity in the appropriate songs. The petulant anger in "Der Jäger"; the dreamy satisfaction in "Halt!"; the finality of the outburst in "Trockne Blumen" - these are wonderful.

"Die Winterreise" in this set is the most, repeat, the most beautiful rendition of ANY of Schubert's Lieder that I have heard. Someone once reviewed this CD saying "it makes you feel like slashing your wrists". True! "Die Winterreise" is, as Schubert said, morose and devoid of hope; Fischer-Dieskau carries the mood and emotion to the extreme limits, and what we get is such a heart-rending performance, it's almost unbearable. It's also almost unbelievable that a human voice can carry so much emotion.

Fischer-Dieskau's voice in this recording (Winterreise) is at its best. It sounds totally spontaneous; it is from the depths of a miserable heart - and yet it is perfect. So perfect, in fact, that it seems that not even a syllable could have been improved! The horror of the waking from the dream - "Es shrieen die Raben vom Dach!"; the resigned yet infinitely pining tone in "wann halt ich mein Liebchen in Arm?"; and most of all, the soul-shaking tremor in the words "Ob wohl auch so reisend schwillt?" -- these stick in the heart. If any one recording opens the ear to Schubert's infinite world of painful beauty, this is the one.

The third CD is miscellaneous Lieder; again, Fischer-Dieskau's voice is in good form. However, there is nothing particularly noteworthy about this CD - there have been better performances.

To sum up, this set is some of the best Schubert you will ever procure - even if only for the "Winterreise".

Deserves 7 stars
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau rivals Sinatra as the best voice of the century (sorry, Luciano). His voice is neither strained nor overtrained. Something of a romantic/classical crooner. Find out why he has sold worldwide even more recordings than Sinatra, by investing in these renditions, with the superbly understated piano accompaniment of the legendary Gerald Moore. Here are two of the best song cycle artists available on one CD, playing the works of a genius who, in the words of Garrison Keillor, could put a poem to music as easily as most of us could write a post card. Schubert is to lieder what Beethoven is to symphonies. Enjoy!