Track Listing

1. An Die Entfernte, D.765
2. Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen, D.744
3. Der Schiffer, D.536
4. Der Wanderer, D.649
5. Nachtgesang, D.314
6. Das Zugenglocklein, D.871
7. Der Junging Und Der Tod, D.545
8. Das Heimweh, D.456
9. Das Lied Im Grunen, D.917
10. Der Tod Und Das Madchen, D.531
11. Der Winterabend, D.938
12. Der Zurnende Barde, D.785
13. Der Strom, D.565
14. Litanei Auf Das Fest Aller Seelen, D.343
15. Sei Mir Gegrusst!, D.741
16. Du Bist Die Ruh', D.776
17. Heidenroslein, D.257
18. Standchen (Horch, Horch), D.889
19. Der Jungling An Der Quelle, D.300
20. Die Forelle, D.550
21. Erlkonig, D.328

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56865 in Music
• Released on: 2003-08-19
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Great collection and performance
These are wonderful performances and a good selection of songs. Those familiar with Schubert's chamber music will recognize "Der Tod und das Mädchen", which is the basis of the variations in the 2nd movement of the "Death and the Maiden" quartet (D. 810), and "Die Forelle" from the theme and variations in the fourth movement of the Trout Quintet (Forellenquintet).

The previous reviewer is well-intentioned, but evidently does not understand the text of these songs, which makes me wonder if any translations are provided with this CD. For example, he says "Die Forelle, which is the last song on here, is a happier story. It tells of a fisherman and a fish."

It's quite an unhappy story, in fact. However, there should be plenty of information available online about these songs and the poems Schubert set, as well as about Schubert.

The following is not completely accurate: "Tragically, he died of syphillis while he was still in his 30's but he had written over hundreds of great musical compositions and 600 songs. Among his finest are the Lieder, the Winteressen"...

It's true that Schubert contracted syphillis as a young man, but he died (at the age of 31) of typhus. The song cycle referred to is "Die Winterreise", or Winter Journey, not "Winteressen" (essen, to eat; das Essen, a meal, food, etc.)

You will get far more out of this music if you understand German, or have access to decent translations of the text.

The previous reviewer states about the songs, oddly, that "Many of them are poetry set to music". They are ALL poems set to music. Some of Schubert's settings are of poems written by personal friends, some are of poems by minor poets (such as the settings of poems by Friedrich Rückert in this collection). The source didn't have to be Goethe or Schiller for Schubert to do something brilliant with it.

Amazon consistently fails to get the German titles right, except by accident in the case of one- or two-word titles consisting of words without umlauts.

You will never spend a better $7
This is spectacular -- masterfully performed, beautiful, superlative. I can't say enough about it. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was born to sing Schubert's Lieder. Granted, the disk's sound quality leaves a little to be desired, and Moore's piano could stand to be brought to the fore a little more, but if you love music, you will love this. Knowledge of German is not necessary, and indeed may detract from the power of the music and its expression (initially).

Thank you Franz Schubert, Gerald Moore, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau -- the world is a better place for the cross-centuries collaboration represented here.

Great Music, but...
Although the cover of this disc was slightly cracked on arrival, it did not affect the disc itself. Anyone who loves Schubert lieder would want to hear this. Unfortunately, there was no accompanying printout of the words and translations which usually come with discs of lieder. Even being familiar with some of the songs, this lack is obvious because not all of the words are known by heart, and not all of the songs are familiar. If I had known in advance that this was missing, I would have chosen a disc other than EMI.