Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Gesang der Geister �ber den Wassern IV ('Des Menschen Seele...'), for male voices & strings, D. 714 (Op. posth. 167)
2. An die Sonne ('O Sonne, K�nigin der Welt'), for mixed voices & piano, D. 439
3. Wehmut ('Der Abendglocke'), quartet for male voices, D. 825 (Op. 64/1)
4. Im Gegenw�rtigen Vergangenes, quartet for male & piano, D. 710
5. Das Leben ('Das Leben ist ein Traum'), for vocal trio & piano (two versions), D. 269
6. Das Grab I ('Das Grab ist tief und stille'), song for voice (or chorus) & piano, D. 330
7. Dreifach ist der Schritt der Zeit, trio for male voices, D. 43
8. Der Geistertanz IV ('Die bretterne Kammer'), for male chorus, D. 494
9. Die zwei Tugendwege ('Zwei sind der Wege'), trio for male voices, D. 71
10. Grab und Mond ('Silberblauer Mondenschein'), quartet for unaccompanied male voices, D. 893
11. Totengr�berlied ('Grabe, Spaten, grabe!'), trio for male voices, D. 38
12. Ruhe, sch�nstes Gl�ck der Erde, quartet for male voices, D. 657
13. Coronach ('Er ist uns geschieden'), for female chorus & piano, D. 836 (Op. 52/4)
14. Das Grab II ('Das Grab ist tief und stille'), song for voice & piano (or male chorus), D. 377
15. Dreifach ist der Schritt der Zeit, canon for 3 voices, D. 69
16. Vor�ber die st�hnende Klage, trio for male voices, D. 53
17. Gesang der Geister �ber den Wassern II ('Des Menschen Seele...'), quartet for unaccompanied male voices, D. 538

Disc 2:

1. St�ndchen ('Z�gernd, leise'), for alto, chorus & piano ('Notturno'), D. 920 (Op. posth. 135)
2. Ruhe ('Leise, leise lasst uns singen'), quartet for unaccompanied male voices, D. 635
3. Geist der Liebe II ('Der Abend schleiert Flur und Hain'), quartet for unaccompanied male voices, D. 747 (Op. 11/3)
4. Liebe s�useln die Bl�tter, canon for three voices, D. 988
5. Wein und Liebe, quartet for male voices, D. 901
6. Lacrimoso son io, canon for 3 voices (two versions), D. 131
7. Unendliche Freude II ('Unendliche Freude durchwallet das Herz'), canon for male voices, D. 54
8. J�nglingswonne ('Solang im deutschen'), quartet for unaccompanied male voices, D. 983 (Op. 17/1)
9. Mailied ('Gr�ner wird die Au'), trio for unaccompanied male voices, D. 129
10. La pastorella al prato, quartet for male voices & piano, D. 513
11. An den Fr�hling ('Willkommen, sch�ner J�ngling!'), partsong for male voices, D. 338
12. Liebe ('Liebe rauscht der Silberbach'), quartet for unaccompanied male voices, D. 983a (Op. 17/2)
13. Lacrimoso son io, canon for 3 voices (two versions), D. 131
14. Andenken ('Ich denke dein'), partsong for male voices, D. 423
15. Die Nachtigall ('Bescheiden verborgen...'), quartet for male voices & piano, D. 724 (Op. 11/2)
16. Das Abendrot ('Der Abend bl�ht, der Westen gl�ht'), for 3 voices & piano, D. 236
17. Selig durch die Liebe, trio for male voices, D. 55
18. Sehnsucht ('Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt'), quintet for male voices, D. 656
19. Erinnerungen ('Am Seegestad'), trio for male voices & piano, D. 424
20. Widerhall ('Auf ewig dein'), trio for male voices, D. 428
21. Mailied ('Gr�ner wird die Au'), for 2 voices or 2 horns, D. 199
22. Hier umarmen sich getreue Gatten, trio for unaccompanied male voices, D. 60
23. Der Entfernten ('Wohl denk' ich allenthalben'), quartet for male voices, D. 331
24. St�ndchen ('Z�gernd, leise'), for alto, chorus & piano ('Notturno'), D. 920 (Op. posth. 135)

Disc 3:

1. Gebet ('Du Urquell aller G�te'), quartet for mixed voices & piano, D. 815 (Op. posth. 139)
2. Hymnus an den heiligen Geist ('Herr, unser Gott!'), for eight male voices, chorus & wind instruments, D. 964 (Op. posth. 154)
3. Psalm 23 ('Gott ist mein Hirt'), for female voices & piano, D. 706 (Op. posth. 132)
4. Hymne an den Unendlichen ('Zwischen Himmel und Erd''), quartet for mixed voices & piano, D.232 (Op. posth. 112/3)
5. Waltzes (20) for piano ('Letzte Walzer'), D. 146 (Op. posth. 127)
6. Gott im Ungewitter ('Du Schrecklicher'), quartet for mixed voices & piano, D. 985 (Op. posth. 112/1)
7. Begr�bnislied ('Begrabt den Leib in seiner Gruft'), quartet for mixed voices & piano, D. 168
8. Gott der Weltsch�pfer ('Zu Gott'), quartet for mixed voices & piano, D. 986 (Op. 112/2)
9. Osterlied ('�berwunden hat der Herr den Tod!'), quartet for mixed voices & piano, D. 168a (D. 987)
10. Wer die steile Sternenbahn, trio for male voices, D. 63
11. Das grosse Halleluja ('Ehre sei dem Hocherhab'nen'), song for voice & piano, D. 442
12. Unendliche Freude I ('Unendliche Freude durchwallet das Herz'), trio for male voices, D. 51
13. Hier strecket der wallende Pilge, trio for unaccompanied male voices, D. 57
14. Chor der Engel ('Christ ist erstanden'), for mixed chorus, D. 440
15. Majest�t'sche Sonnenrosse, trio for unaccompanied male voices, D. 64
16. Psalm 92 ('t�w l'h�d�s lad�noj'), for baritone solo & chorus, D. 953

Disc 4:

1. Trinklied vor der Schlacht ('Schlacht, du brichst an!'), unison song for 2 choruses & piano, D. 169
2. Ewige Liebe ('Ert�net, ihr Saiten'), quartet for unaccompanied male voices, D. 825a (Op. 64/2)
3. R�uberlied, quartet for male voices (Die Burgschaft), D. 435/13
4. Bardengesang ('Rolle, du str�migter Carun'), for male chorus & piano, D. 147
5. Klage um Ali Bey I ('Lasst mich!'), trio for voices (& piano), D. 140
6. L�tzows wilde Jagd ('Was gl�nzt dort vom Walde'), for 2 voices & 2 horns, D. 205
7. Das Grab III ('Das Grab ist tief und stille'), song for voice & piano (or male chorus), D. 569
8. Der Morgenstern ('Stern der Liebe'), for two voices (or two horns), D. 203
9. J�gerlied ('Frisch auf, ihr J�ger'), for two voices or two horns, D. 204
10. Bootsgesang ('Triumph, er naht'), quartet for male voices & piano, D. 835 (Op. 52/3)
11. Work(s): Das Grab [Version 5], D 643a
12. Thronend auf erhabnem Sitz, trio for male voices (fragment), D. 62
13. Dessen Fahne Donnerst�rme wallte, trio for unaccompanied male voices, D. 58
14. Lied eines Kriegers ('Des stolzen M�nnerlebens'), for bass & chorus, D. 822
15. Verschwunden sind die Schmerzen, canon for 3 male voices ('Auf den Sieg der Deutschen'), D. 88
16. Schlachtlied ('Mit unserm Arm'), for male double chorus, D. 912 (Op. posth. 151)
17. Mirjam's Siegesgesang, for soprano, chorus & piano, D. 942 (Op. posth. 136)
18. Wer ist gross?, cantata for bass voice, male chorus & orchestra, D. 110

Disc 5:

1. Nachtgesang im Walde, quartet for male chorus & four horns, D. 913 (Op. posth. 139)
2. Flucht ('In der Freie will ich leben'), quartet for unaccompanied male chorus, D. 825b (Op. 64/3)
3. Gold'ner Schein, canon for three voices, D. 357
4. Die Nacht ('Wie sch�n bist du'), quartet for unaccompanied male voices, D. 983c (Op. 17/4)
5. Gondelfahrer II (Es tanzen Mond und Sterne'), quartet for male voices & piano, D. 809 (Op. 28)
6. Nachtmusik ('Wir stimmen dir mit Fl�tensang'), chorus for unaccompanied male voices, D. 848 (Op. posth. 156)
7. Lied im Freien ('Wie sch�n ist's im Freien'), for unaccompanied male voices, D. 572
8. Wilkommen, lieber sch�ner Mai, canon for three voices (two versions), D. 244
9. Widerspruch ('Wenn ich durch Busch und Zweig...'), quartet for male voices & piano, D. 865 (Op. 105/1)
10. Mondenschein ('Des Mondes Zauberblume lacht'), quintet for male voices & piano, D. 875 (Op. 102)
11. Der Schnee zerrinnt, canon for 3 voices, D. 130
12. Die Einsiedelei I ('Es rieselt klar'), quartet for unaccompanied male voices, D. 337
13. Naturgenuss II ('Im Abendschmmer...'), quartet for male voices & piano, D. 422 (Op. 16/2)
14. Frisch atmet des Morgens lebendiger Hauch, trio for unaccompanied male voices, D. 67
15. Mailied ('Der Schnee zerrinnt'), for 2 voices or 2 horns, D. 202
16. Gott in der Natur ('Gross ist der Herr'), for two sopranos, two altos & piano, D. 757 (Op. 133)
17. Fr�hlingslied I ('Ge�ffnet sind des Winters Riegel'), quartet for unaccompanied male voices, D. 914
18. Ein j�gendlicher Maienschwung, for 3 voices, D. 61
19. Fr�hlingslied ('Die Luft ist blau'), trio for for unaccompanied male voices, D. 243
20. Das Feuerwerk ('Viel tausend Sterne prange'), quartet for mixed voices & piano, D. 642
21. Nachthelle ('Die Nacht ist heiter...'), for tenor, male voices & piano, D. 892 (Op. posth. 134)

Disc 6:

1. Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe ('Gott, lass die Glocke'), for soloists, chorus & winds (or piano), D. 954
2. Am Geburtstage des Kaisers ('Steig empor'), for soloists, chorus & orchestra, D. 748 (Op. posth. 157)
3. Overture for orchestra in B flat, D. 470
4. Kantate zu Ehren von Josef Spendou's, for solo voices, chorus & orchestra, D. 472 (Op. posth. 128): 1. Rezitativ und Arie mit Chor: D
5. Kantate zu Ehren von Josef Spendou's, for solo voices, chorus & orchestra, D. 472 (Op. posth. 128): 2. Rezitativ und Duett: Gottes B
6. Kantate zu Ehren von Josef Spendou's, for solo voices, chorus & orchestra, D. 472 (Op. posth. 128): 3. Rezitativ und Chor: Ein Punkt
7. Kantate zu Ehren von Josef Spendou's, for solo voices, chorus & orchestra, D. 472 (Op. posth. 128): 4. Rezitativ und Quartett mit Cho
8. Namensfeier f�r Franz Michael Vierthaler ('Erhab'ner!'), for soloists, chorus (STB) & orchestra (Gratulations-Kantate), D. 294
9. Beitrag zur f�nfzigj�hrigen Jubelfeier des Herrn Salieri, cantata for tenor, male voices & piano (two versions), D. 407 (D. 441): 1.
10. Beitrag zur f�nfzigj�hrigen Jubelfeier des Herrn Salieri, cantata for tenor, male voices & piano (two versions), D. 407 (D. 441): 2.
11. Beitrag zur f�nfzigj�hrigen Jubelfeier des Herrn Salieri, cantata for tenor, male voices & piano (two versions), D. 407 (D. 441): 3.
12. Beitrag zur f�nfzigj�hrigen Jubelfeier des Herrn Salieri, cantata for tenor, male voices & piano (two versions), D. 407 (D. 441): 1a.
13. Zur Namensfeier meines Vaters ('Ert�ne Leier'), cantata for male voices & guitar, D. 80
14. Der Wintertag ('In sch�ner heller Winterzeit'), quartet for male voices & piano (Geburtstagslied), D. 984 (Op. posth. 169)
15. Kantate zur Feier der Genesung des Fr�ulein Irene von Kiesewetter, sextet for mixed voices & piano, 4 hands, D. 936

Disc 7:

1. Der Tanz ('Es redet und tr�umet'), quartet for mixed voices & piano, D. 826
2. Das D�rfchen, quartet for male voices (2 versions, 2nd formerly D. 641), D. 598 (Op 11/1)
3. Trinklied ('Funkelnd im Becher so helle, so hold'), quartet for male voices & piano, D. 356
4. Fr�hlingsgesang I ('Schm�cket die Locken'), quartet for unaccompanied male chorus, D. 709
5. Jagdlied ('Trarah!'), song for voice & piano (Jagdchor), D. 521
6. Trinklied ('Br�der! Unser Erdenwallen'), for tenor, chorus & piano, D. 148 (Op. 131/2)
7. Fischerlied ('Das Fischergewerbe'), quartet for unaccompanied male voices, D. 364
8. An die Freude ('Freude, sch�ner G�tterfunken'), song for voice & piano, D. 189 (Op. posth. 111/1)
9. Zum Rundetanz ('Auf! es dunkelt'), quartet for male voices, D. 983b (Op. 17/3)
10. Die Geselligkeit ('Wer Lebenslust f�hlet'), quartet for mixed voices & piano (Lebenslust), D. 609
11. Trinklied ('Ihr Freude und du gold'ner Wein'), song for voice & piano, D. 183
12. Trinklied ('Auf! Jeder sei nun froh'), quartet for male voices & piano, D. 267
13. Fr�hlingsgesang II ('Schm�cket die Locken'), quartet for male voices & piano, D. 740 (Op. 16/1)
14. Punschlied ('Vier Elemente'), trio for male voices & piano, D. 277
15. Trinklied ('Freunde, sammelt euch im Kriese'), for bass voice, male chorus & piano, D. 75
16. Bergknappenlied ('Hinab, ihr Br�der'), for male voices & piano, D. 268
17. Trinklied aus dem 16 Jahrhundert ('Edit Nonna'), quartet for male voices, D. 847 (Op. posth. 155)
18. Trinklied im Mai ('Bekr�nzet die Tonnen'), trio for male voices, D. 427
19. Trinklied im Winter ('Das Glas gef�llt!'), trio for male voices & piano, D. 242
20. Punschlied. Im Norden zu singen ('Auf der Berge'), song for voice & piano, D. 253
21. Zur guten Nacht ('Horcht auf!'), for baritone, male chorus & piano, D. 903 (Op. 81/3)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #380489 in Music
• Released on: 2008-06-24
• Number of discs: 7
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .71 pounds

Customer Reviews

Schubert's Gesellschaftsmusik: Music for Social Gatherings...(and Concerts!)...
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Schubert's Gesellschaftsmusik (or, "social music") forms a large set within his oeuvre which includes the dance music (Ländler/Tänzer/Walzer), four-hand piano music, the Lieder, and the Partsongs. The importance of these genres in terms of quantity of pieces within Schubert's body of work makes them unique and is notably exceptional in Schubert when compared with Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
(Curiously, Brahms alone closely followed Schubert in these genres.
Brahms: Lieder und Gesänger (Secular Songs for Chorus)
Brahms: Chorwerke
Brahms: Lieder & Romanzen - Secular Choruses)

Margaret Notley--(a fellow of the Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities)--has written on Schubert's social music in The Cambridge Companion to Schubert (Cambridge Companions to Music).
She recognizes that the partsong was a genre Schubert essayed throughout his life, beginning with pieces merely for home use--"the Biedermeier equivalent of the barbershop quartet," and evolving unto avant-garde concertstücke.

Withal, this beautiful collection is a milestone in Schubert's discography: 7CDs w/comprehensive 175page booklet. The Arnold Schoenberg Chorus of Vienna is surely one of the most technically assured ensembles of its kind anywhere. The soloists are known to enthusiasts of lieder and opera: Angelika Kirchschlager, Ruth Ziesak, Christoph Prégardien, Robert Holl, et alii. András Schiff on Bösendorfer is always the Schubertian par excellence. The ambient recorded sound is very fine. This 2008 issue on Warner Classics is a reissue of the Teldec set from 1997.
Franz Schubert - Complete Secular Choral Works / Erwin Ortner

(There is a superb 1996 set on CPO by Die Singphoniker, which does not include the half-dozen partsongs for women's voices.
Complete Part Songs for Male Voices (Box Set) )

Highlights include earlier efforts like the Klopstock Funeral Song (1815, Begräbnislied, D.168 [11'14]) and a complete setting of Schiller's Ode to Joy (1815, An die Freude, D.189 [8'26]).

Middling masterpieces like the famous setting of Moses Mendelssohn's translation of Psalm XXIII (1820, D.706 [5'05]); the octet setting of Goethe's Song of the Spirits above the Waters (1821, Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D.714 [11'01]; and Kleist's God in Nature (1822, Gott in der Natur, D.757 [6'38]).

And visionary late pieces like Walter Scott's Boat Song from The Lady of the Lake (1825, Bootgesang, D.835 [5'58]; Light at Night (1826, Nachthelle, D.892 [5'50]), Grave and Moon (1826, Grab und Mond, D.893 [3'17]), and Night Song in the Forest (1827, nachtgesang im Walde, D.913 [6'40])--all settings of lyrics by Schubert's friend J.G. Seidl; and Grillparzer's cantata from Exod. 15:19-21, Miriam's Song of Triumph (1828, Mirjams Siegesgesang, D.942 [18'50]).

These and other rare gems of this genre await an enthusiast's discovery.
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See too:
The Schubert Song Companion
Schubert: The Music and the Man
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