Track Listing

1. An die Musik ('Du holde Kunst...'), song for voice & piano, D. 547 (Op. 88/4)
2. Im Frühling ('Still sitz ich'), song for voice & piano, D. 882
3. Wehmut ('Wenn ich durch Wald und Fluren geh'), song for voice & piano, D. 772 (Op. 22/2)
4. Ganymed ('Wie im Morgenglanze'), song for voice & piano, D. 544 (Op. 19/3)
5. Das Lied im Grünen ('Ins Grüne...'), song for voice & piano, D. 917 (Op. posth. 115/1)
6. Gretchen am Spinnrade ('Meine Ruh'...'), song for voice & piano, D. 118 (Op. 2)
7. Nähe des Geliebten ('Ich denke dein'), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 162 (Op. 5/2)
8. Die junge Nonne ('Wie braust durch die Wipfel'), song for voice & piano, D. 828 (Op. 43/1)
9. Gesang ('Was ist Sylvia,...'), song for voice & piano, ('An Sylvia'), D. 891 (Op. 106/4)
10. Auf dem Wasser zu singen ('Mitten im Schimmer der spiegelnden Wellen'), song for voice & piano, D. 774 (Op. 72)
11. Nachtviolen, song for voice & piano, D. 752
12. Der Musensohn ('Durch Feld und Wald zu schweifen'), song for voice & piano, D. 764 (Op. 92/1)
13. Moments musicaux (6) for piano, D. 780 (Op. 94): No. 1 in C
14. Moments musicaux (6) for piano, D. 780 (Op. 94): No. 2 in A flat
15. Moments musicaux (6) for piano, D. 780 (Op. 94): No. 3 in F minor
16. Moments musicaux (6) for piano, D. 780 (Op. 94): No. 4 in C sharp minor
17. Moments musicaux (6) for piano, D. 780 (Op. 94): No. 5 in F minor
18. Moments musicaux (6) for piano, D. 780 (Op. 94): No. 6 in A flat

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #170710 in Music
• Released on: 2005-06-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Customer Reviews

Resurrection Through Remastering
Modern science does indeed concern itself with the arts when it comes to state of the art remastering of some albums made too many years ago, before even stereophonic recordings were available. Such is the case with this newly released, remastered recording originally made back in the aurally immature 1950s. The original recording still exists (it has been worn thin in my collection) but this new edition on CD surpasses anything one could hope for.

But first things first. The Recital here is a shared one: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf offers twelve inimitable Schubert songs with the radiance and inner intelligence that marked her fine career. Her voice gleams and is silvery in the finest sense of the 'German sound'. Though she never was able to pull off the Italian repertoire, she was a brilliant interpreter of Mozart and Strauss on the opera stage. On the recital stage she, as a soprano, virtually owned the works of Schubert, Schumann, Wolf and the other Romantics. There is a wondrous communication in her singing, the knowledge that she is always placing the composer first without mannerisms that would stamp her singing as 'Schwarzkopfian'. For this set of songs she is matched with the equally fine pianist Edwin Fischer: this is a true collaboration. Find a finer 'An die Musik' or 'Im Frühling' if you can: there simply aren't many as sung by a soprano!

The second portion of the Recital belongs to Fischer and he plays Schubert's 'Moments musicaux for piano, D. 780' as if to the music born. This is magnificent pianism and interpretation. When the entire recital is played it makes the kind of sense that few artists offer today. This is a terrific musical experience. Grady Harp, September 05

A treasure of vocal heritage
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is one of the recent classic divas that we, as vocalists and music lovers, learn from. Her dark, mellow timbre is somewhat similar to Renee Fleming, with much of the same phrasing choices. However, I find Schwarzkop's voice more delicate and relaxed than Fleming's

This album was originally recorded in 1950, but the quality is not distracting in the least, and it allows the beauty of the voice to shine through.

In this album are represented some of the most important of the Schubert Lieder, as well as his Moments musicaux for piano. It is an investment you won't regret.