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This recording absolutely roars, from its broken-speaker spoken intro through every last one of its ripping guitar solos and gritty lute riffs, from searing lead vocals to an angelic backing choir. From the little-heard-from nation of Niger, this band covers a spectrum of Sahelian music, with hints of Bambara, Hausa, Fulani, and Songhai heritage drifting through this creative and original pop music. The interplay of electric guitar and traditional gut-stringed acoustic instruments is the keystone of this band's unique sound, led by Housseini Namata Chibkabou's masterful playing of the mola and komsa lutes. Driving tempos are the rule here, whether they reflect local dances or straightahead Euro-pop grooves, with a solid rhythm section pushing along the call and response of the voices. Raspy flutes add still more local edge. Mamar Kassey has bridged the gap between raw roots and sophisticated new music with talented musicians, sparkling arrangements, and solid songwriting, and offers a taste of how "Afro-pop" should be. --Louis Gibson

Denke-Denke,Mamar Kassey,Daqui,Afro-Pop,Int'l & World Music,Nigerian,Pop

Average customer rating: A "Regular People" Review Epitome of Lieder singing This elevates my mood!

Schubert: 24 Lieder Franz Schubert , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , Geoffrey Parsons , Gerald Moore , and Edwin Fischer Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Strauss: Four Last Songs/12 Orchestral Songs The Very Best of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Great Recordings Of The Century - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Sings Operetta / Ackermann Mozart: Lieder & Concert Arias Bach: Cantatas & Arias ASIN: B0001O3YCQ Release Date: 2004-04-06

Tracks:

1. Die Vogel
2. Liebhaber In Allen Gestalten
3. An Die Musik
4. Im Fruhling
5. Wehmut
6. Ganymed
7. Dans Lied Im Grunen
8. Gretchen Am Spinnrade
9. Nahe Des Geliebten
10. Die Junge Nonne
11. An Silvia
12. Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen
13. Nachtviolen
14. Der Musensohn
15. Litanei
16. Ungeduld
17. Heidenroslein
18. Der Jungling And Der Quelle
19. Der Einsame
20. Die Forelle
21. Liebe Schwarmt Auf Allen Wegen
22. Seligkeit
23. An Mein Klavier
24. Erlkonig

Customer Reviews:

A "Regular People" Review.......2007-02-17

In my opinion this is the most solid disc of Lieder I have heard. The music and the performance are great. I would definitely go for this if your new to Lieder and want to get your feet wet. And maybe next you'll want to try Brahms' Deutche Volkslieder, which I think takes a little more effort to get into, but is great none the less.

Epitome of Lieder singing.......2006-07-26

It really amazed me to learn from the booklet that Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was never totally confident in taking on the songs of Schubert, mostly due to the fact that a lot of them are simply based on poems with a man being the character. With her wonderful tone, fastidious attention to detail and the true German spirit, she would have been able to perform them much more extensively. Whatever the case, the 24 songs featured on this disc are a true delight from start to finish. The CD starts with the joyful atmosphere of the songs "Die Vogel" and "Liebhaber in allen Gestalten " which obviously were recorded very early on in Schwarzkopf's career, showcasing her in carefree, simple and amazingly fresh mood. Then comes the core of the CD-the classic recital with Edwin Fischer at the piano. Nothing really needs to be said here. Schwarzkopf shines throughout with beautiful tone, flawless diction. She may be mannered, yes, but she also does justice to the poetry like I never heard from anyone before, of course with the exception of Fischer-Dieskau. Edwin Fischer plays with taste, bringing out all the demanded atmosphere: from the serenity of Im Fruhling to the intensity of Die Junge Nonne. The sound is pretty old but the balance is perfect and both Schwarzkopf and Fischer are caught in a great day. The other items on the disc are recorded later on in Schwarzkopf's career, when her tone has darkened, thinned down a bit but always radiant and the fastidiousness and artistry even more significant; and Gerald Moore and Geoffrey Parsons are delightful pianists. The remaining songs include a high-spirited Die Forelle and Seligkeit, a wonderfully introspective Der Einsame and a moving and gorgeous An mein klavier (although she seems to miss a breath for a tiny fraction of a second at the beginning of the 2nd verse). The final "Erlkonig", one of her most favorite recordings, is a track that will knock you off your seat with its intensity. Parsons's playing is adequately intense, and Schwarzkopf's "mannerisms" which the Schwarzkopf bashers love to hate, are deadly powerful in pointing out all the 4 characters of the demanding lied. Be warned, the cry of "gewalt" by the end of the lied will cause your heart to miss one beat! Sound recording gets better throughout the CD, from acceptable mono of the first 2 songs to the crystal-clear stereo of the final items.
Highly recommended. Masterful singing from the queen of German lieder.

This elevates my mood! .......2005-09-08

Although i do not understand each word it sings, i m just happy to hear it till the last song finishes. I feel content.

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Romantic Songs (Box Set) Manufacturer: Brilliant Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weber | Weber, Carl Maria von | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolf | Wolf, Hugo | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich | ( F ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Debussy, Claude | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Mendelssohn, Felix | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Schubert, Franz | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Weber, Carl Maria von | U to Z | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Wolf, Hugo | U to Z | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Brahms: Lieder [Box Set] Beethoven: Songs Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song Bach: Complete Works - 155 CD Box Set Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Vol. 2 [Germany] ASIN: B0006B969O Release Date: 2005-01-25

Average customer rating: Prime Schubert lieder recordings from Fischer-Dieskau's prime years The heart of Schubert, the emotional gamut of Goethe

Schubert: Goethe-Lieder / Fischer-Dieskau, Demus, Moore Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich | ( F ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Schubert, Franz | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Schubert: Die Winterreise / Fischer-Dieskau Great Recordings Of The Century - Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin / Fischer-Dieskau, Moore Schubert: Lieder Schubert: Schwanengesang; 4 Lieder Winterreise ASIN: B00000J9HB Release Date: 1999-06-15

Tracks:

1. Wayfarer's Night Song I, D 224: Der du von dem Himmel bist
2. Wayfarer's Night Song II, D 768: uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh
3. Ganymed, D 544
4. Huntsman's Evening Song, D 368
5. To Chronos The Coachman, D 369
6. Becalmed Sea, D 216
7. Prometheus, D 674
8. The Harper's Song I, D 478: Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt
9. The Harper's Song III, D 480: Wer nie sein Brot mit Tranen
10. The Harper's Song II, D 479: An die Turen will ich schleichen
11. To The Moon, D 296
12. On The Lake, D 543
13. First Loss, D 226
14. The Son Of The Muses, D 764
15. Restless Love, D 138
16. Nearness Of The Beloved, D 162
17. Little Wild Rose, D 257
18. Bliss In Sadness, D 260
19. The Erl-King, D 328
20. The King Of Thule, D 367
21. Lieder: A Secret, D 719
22. Lieder: Mankind's Limits, D 716
23. Lieder: By The River, D 766
24. Hail And Farewell, D 767

Customer Reviews:

Prime Schubert lieder recordings from Fischer-Dieskau's prime years.......2005-11-10

DG released this recording of Schubert lieder based on texts of Wolfgang von Goethe in the late 1990s. I bought it in 1999 on the strength of a review in AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, where the reviewer said "Fischer-Dieskau could do it all" - an apt description. Keep in mind that many of these tracks are with pianist Jorg Demus, and are not the same as those in Fischer-Dieskau's 2 big DG boxes (9 disc each) of Schubert Lieder, which are with pianist Gerald Moore.

These recordings date from the late 1950s and early 1960s when Fischer-Dieskau (b. 1925), was in his mid 30s, and in great shape vocally, performing lieder and opera all over Europe, + prolifically making recordings for EMI and DG which were released on LP in the US and Europe.

This is a valuable disc for those wanting a sampling of Schubert lieder, or a sampling of Fischer-Dieskau and aren't interested in collecting all of F-D's recordings, or all the Schubert lieder. The sound is stereo, and is very good: vivid and life like. Even though these were recorded 45+ years ago, I feel Mr. Fischer-Dieskau right in the room with me when listening to these. The last several tracks are with Gerald Moore, pianist, Fischer-Dieskau's long time collaborator on lieder of many composers.

Schubert's sound world is a different, more intimate one than Beethoven, his contemporary. The lieder Schubert set with texts of Wolfgang von Goethe are among his most famous and for good reason: they are among his most inspired works. Listening to these lieder, one can get away from the rat race, from our high tech, cold, mechanical, materialistic world, and have a great musical/spiritual experience. Thank you: Deutsche grammophon for releasing this, and thank you, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau for sharing your great talent with the world! Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau can do it all, to which this disc attests.

The heart of Schubert, the emotional gamut of Goethe.......2004-04-22

This collection of the Goethelieder is genuinely the "gold standard" against which all others should be judged. I say this because not only have I heard the majority of the works by other baritones (and "Der Erlkonig" performed by two mezzo-sopranos): however, I've followed the vocal development of Fischer-Deskau from the earliest CD I could find (from an EMI CD containing Der Erlko"nig from 1951 according to the booklet's timeline--with Gerald Moore on piano.) Another recording dates from the mid 1960's (Erlko"nig, for example, dated as 1965--again, Gerald Moore, pianist.) However, when I heard this collection of Schubert's Goethelieder, I was entranced. Selections 1-14 feature Jo"rg Demus as pianist (with whom Fischer-Deskau formed a close professional and personal relationxhip) and Gerald Moore as pianist on selections 15-24. Fischer-Dieskau's "Heidenro"slien" is so good that even I play it over and over (although I've heard it so much...Fischer-Deskau gives it a beautiful rendition.) His "Erlko"nig" is such that he gets the four voices of the narrator, the child, the father, and the Erlko"nig so well it is astonishing. Gerald Moore also performs the initial ascending triplet figures on the left hand in paralell octaves so well that it sounds like one pianist is playing the right hand triplet figures whereas another pianist is using two hands to play the left parallel octaves!!
This is a MUST HAVE for Schubert/Fischer-Deskau/piano lovers!!
Five stars hands down and thumbs up!!!!!!!

Average customer rating: Resurrection Through Remastering

Schubert: 12 Lieder; Moments musicaux Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mozart: 16 Lieder/Quintet for Piano & Wind Instruments K452 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Walter Giesking, Philharmonia Wind Ensemble R. Strauss: Four Last Songs Bach: Cantatas & Arias Mozart: Lieder & Concert Arias Great Recordings Of The Century - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Sings Operetta / Ackermann ASIN: B0007Z0Y72 Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

1. An Die Musik
2. Im Fruhling D882
3. Wehmut D772
4. Ganymed D544
5. Das Lied Im Grunen D917
6. Gretchen Am Spinnrade D118
7. Nahe Des Geliebten D162
8. Die Junge Nonne D828
9. An Silvia D891
10. Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen D774
11. Nachtviolen D752
12. Der Musensohn D764
13. No. 1 In C Major
14. No. 2 In A Flat Major
15. No. 3 In F Minor
16. No. 4 In C Sharp Minor
17. No. 5 In F Minor
18. No. 6 In A Flat Major

Customer Reviews:

Resurrection Through Remastering.......2005-09-27

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

Average customer rating: A memento of a productive partnership.

Tauber & Lehar Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tauber, Richard | ( T ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Lehar, Franz | H to L | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005J7DC Release Date: 2001-10-02

Tracks:

1. Das Land Des Lachelns: Act 2: Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz
2. Das Land Des Lachelns: Act 1: Ich Trete Ins Zimmer - Immer Nur Lacheln
3. Das Land Des Lachelns: Act 1: Ach, Trinken Sie Vielleicht Mit Mir Ein Tasschen Tee - Bei Einem Tee E - Richard Tauber/Vera Schwarz
4. Das Land Des Lachelns: Act 1: Von Apfelbluten Einen Kranz
5. Das Land Des Lachelns: Act 2: Wer Hat Die Liebe Uns Ins Herz Gesenkt - Richard Tauber/Vera Schwarz
6. Das Land Des Lachelns: Act 2: Ihr Gotter Sagt, Was Ist Mit Mir Geschehn? - Kann Es Moglich Sein?
7. Friederike: Act 2: O Madchen, Mein Madchen
8. Friederike: Act 1: Heimlich Kling't In Meiner Seele - Sah Ein Knab' Ein Roslein Stehn
9. Friederike: Act 1: O Wie Schon, Wie Wunderschon
10. Friederike: Act 2: Liebe, Goldener Traum
11. Der Zarewitsch: Act 1: Allein, Wieder Allein - Es Steht Ein Soldat Am Wolgastrand
12. Der Zarewitsch: Act 3: Kosende Wellen - Warum Hat Jeder Fruhling, Ach Nur Einen Mai - Richard Tauber/Carlotta Vanconti
13. Der Zarewitsch: Act 3: Madel, Wonniges Madel - Willst Du? Komm, Und Mach Mich Glucklich
14. Paganini: Act 2: Gern Hab' Ich Die Frau'n Gekusst
15. Paganini: Act 1: Schones Italien
16. Paganini: Act 2: Niemand Liebt Dich So Wie Ich - Richard Tauber/Carlotta Vanconti
17. Paganini: Act 1: Was Ich Denke, Was Ich Fuhle - Richard Tauber/Carlotta Vanconti
18. Eva: Vorspiel - VPO/Franz Lehar
19. Frasquita: Ser (When The Moon Is Shining White - Farewell, My Love)
20. The Land Of Smiles: Always Keep Smiling
21. The Land Of Smiles: You Are My Heart's Delight
22. The Merry Widow: Waltz Song (Now Or Never And Forever)/Villa Song (There Once Was A Villa)...

Tracks:

1. Giuditta: Act 1: Freunde, Das Leben Ist Lebenswert
2. Giuditta: Act 2: Schon Wie Die Blaue Sommernacht - Richard Tauber/Jarmila Novotna
3. Giuditta: Act 3: Welch' Tiefes Ratsel Ist Die Liebe - Du Bist Meine Sonne
4. Giuditta: Act 4. Finale: So Wie Um Den Sonnenball
5. Giuditta: Act 5: Schonste Der Frau'n
6. Schon Ist Die Welt: Act 1: Bruder Leichtsinn, So Werd' Ich Genannt - Schon Ist Die Welt
7. Schon Ist Die Welt: Act 2: Liebste, Glaub' An Mich
8. Schon Ist Die Welt: Act 1: Frei Und Jung Dabei - Richard Tauber/Gitta Alpar
9. Schon Ist Die Welt: Act 2: Es Steht Vom Lieben - Richard Tauber/Gitta Alpar
10. Der Rastelbinder: Act 1. Walzerduett: Ein Ausflug Mit Ihnen - Wenn Zwei Sich Lieben - Richard Tauber/Carlotta Vanconti
11. Das Furstenkind: Act 1: Ich Wollt' Nichts Von Ihr Erzwingen - Schweig, Zagendes Herz
12. Das Furstenkind: Act 2: Freihet, Du Bist Unser Leben - Lange Jahre, Bange Jahre
13. Zigeunerliebe: Act 3: So Sprach Noch Niemals Ein Mann Zu Mir - Es Liegt In Blauen Fernen - Richard Tauber/Vera Schwarz
14. Frasquita: Ser: Schatz, Ich Bitt' Dich - Hab' Ein Blaues Himmelbett
15. Die Lustige Witwe: Act 3: Lippen Schweigen
16. Die Lustige Witwe: Act 2: Es Lebt' Eine Vilja
17. Die Lustige Witwe: Ov
18. Paganini: Girls Were Made To Love And Kiss
19. Paganini: Love Never Comes Too Late - Richard Tauber/Evelen Laye
20. Paganini: Nobody Could Love You More - Richard Tauber/Evelen Laye
21. Paganini: Beautiful Italy
22. Frasquita: Ser (When The Moon Is Shining White)/The Land Of Smiles: Always Keep My Smiling - Love...

Customer Reviews:

A memento of a productive partnership........2001-11-19

EMI commemorate in this double CD a remarkable partnership in the C20th world of music. It began in Berlin in 1926. It had been 20 years since Franz Lehar's "Die lustige Witwe" became the light opera that everyone wanted to see. In places like Beunos Aires it had run simultaneously in five theatres in five different languages. Lehar's subsequent productions had met with diminishing success. His latest light opera, "Paganini", which contained some of his best music, had flopped at its Vienna premiere. Nervous and dispirited as its Berlin premiere drew near, Lehar wrote to the tenor Richard Tauber, "You must sing in Berlin, a second flop is inconceivable for me. I'm suddenly afraid of everything to do with the theatre - I'm getting old".

Tauber obliged. The Berlin production was a resounding success, Tauber sometimes being required to repeat "Gern hab' ich die Frau'n gekusst" as many as five times. Lehar admitted, "Richard, during this moment I have been born again as an artist!" And so began a great final flowering of Lehar theatre productions, all featuring the Austrian tenor Richard Tauber.

Fortunately the Lehar-Tauber association resulted in an extensive series of recordings, in many of which Lehar conducts the orchestra. EMI began issuing a collection of them towards the end of the LP era, and now, in 2001, they are collected onto this double CD. I read the claim that a great many of the tracks appear on CD for the first time, but here in Australia most have already been available on CD.

I don't always find Tauber unexcelled in this repertoire, preferring other tenors sometimes and their recordings. Several of the "Paganini" recordings were made before the Berlin season opened. Tauber and his then wife Carlotta Vanconti sound as though they are sight-reading unfamiliar music. I once possessed several of the "Das Land des Lachelns" items on 78s. The 1929 sound seemed robust and full then, but seems sadly emasculated here.

Tauber, I believe, somehow had the secret of touching the hearts and minds of all who listened to his singing - composers, colleagues, chancellors and charwomen. This comprehensive and well-planned issue will ensure that his work with the Hungarian composer Franz Lehar will continue to charm and delight.

Average customer rating: In der nacht

Robert Schumann: Duets Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005IVZ Release Date: 1992-01-14

Tracks:

1. Unterm Fenster, Op.34, No. 3
2. So wahr die Sonne scheinet, Op. 37, No. 12
3. Wer nie sein Brot mit Tranen ass, Op. 98a, No. 4 (The Harpers First Song)
4. Tanzlied, Op. 78, No.1
5. In der Nacht, Op. 74, No. 4
6. Er und Sie, Op. 78, No.2
7. Singet nicht in Trauertonen, Op. 98a, No. 7 (Philina's Song)
8. Familien-Gemalde, Op. 34, No. 4
9. Die tausend Grusse, Op. 101, No. 7
10. Ich bin dein Baum, Op. 101, No. 3
11. Liebhabers Standchen, Op. 34, No.2
12. Heiss mich nicht reden, Op. 98a, No.5 (Mignon's Song)
13. Ich denke dein, Op. 78, No. 3
14. An die Turen will ich schleichen, Op. 98a, No. 8 (The Harper's Third Song)
15. Schon ist das Fest des Lenzes, Op. 37, No. 7
16. Wiegenlied, Op. 78, No. 4

Customer Reviews:

In der nacht.......2001-02-18

Jan de Gaetano is a wonder to listen to under any circumstances. But the duet, "In der Nacht" is one of the most transcendent recordings I have ever encountered.

Average customer rating: A Major Document of an Incredible Oeuvre...

Schubert: Lieder Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich | ( F ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Schubert, Franz | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Schubert: The Piano Sonatas The Schubert Song Companion Schubert: Schwanengesang; 4 Lieder Schubert: The String Quartets Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, etc. (Box) [Germany] ASIN: B000AYQCIK Release Date: 2005-12-13

Customer Reviews:

A Major Document of an Incredible Oeuvre..........2007-03-12

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Of over 600 songs, Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore realized over three-quarters: these are those. Gerald Moore was of course as important to this project as Fischer-Dieskau.

DGG's sound is excellent.

This set is a remarkable document of art.
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Average customer rating: UNREAL Excellent achievement A Travesty from start to finish Marvelous

Berg: Lulu / Stratas, Minton, Schwarz, Mazura, Riegel, Blankenheim, Tear, Pampuch, Boulez Alban Berg , Pierre Boulez , Teresa Stratas , Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris , Yvonne Minton , Hanna Schwarz , Franz Mazura , Kenneth Riegel , Toni Blankenheim , Robert Tear , and Helmut Pampuch Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Berg | Berg, Alban | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Alban Berg: Wozzeck (Opera in 3 Acts) - Franz Grundheber / Hildegard Behrens / Wiener Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado Massenet: Chérubin / von Stade, J. Anderson, Ramey, Upshaw, P. Steinberg Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten / Varady, Domingo, Behrens, van Dam, Sir Georg Solti Rossini - Il viaggio a Reims / Ricciarelli, Valentini-Terrani, Cuberli, Gasdia, Araiza, E. Gimenez, Nucci, Raimondi, Ramey, Dara; Abbado ASIN: B000001G6N Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Prolog: Hereinspaziert in die Menagerie - Gerd Nienstedt
2. Act I: Scene 1: Darf ich eintreten?-Mein Sohn!/Intro/Canon/Coda - Kenneth Riegel/Franz Mazura/Teresa Stratas/Robert Tear
3. Act I: Scene 1: Melodram: Machen Sie auf!/Canzonetta: Auf einmal springt er auf/Recitativo... - Toni Blankenheim/Teresa Stratas/Robert Tear
4. Act I: Scene 2: Eva!-Befehlen?/Duettino: Ich finde, du siehst heute reizend aus - Teresa Stratas/Robert Tear
5. Act I: Scene 2: 1. Chm Music 1: Den hab' ich mir auch ganz anders vorgestellt - Teresa Stratas/Toni Blankenheim
6. Act I: Scene 2: 1. Chm Music 1: Was tut denn Ihr Vater da?/Sonate: Wenn ich Mann ware - Franz Mazura/Teresa Stratas
7. Act I: Scene 2: Monoritmica: Nun?-Du hast eine halbe Million geheiratet - Franz Mazura/Teresa Stratas/Franz Mazura
8. Act I: Scene 2: Monoritmica: Ich darf mich jetzi hier nicht sehen lassen - Franz Mazura/Teresa Stratas/Robert Tear
9. Act I: Scene 3: Interlude - Pierre Boulez/Orch de l'Opera de Paris
10. Act I: Scene 3: Ragtime: Seit ich fur die Buhne arbeite/(English Waltz): Noch etwas, bitte - Kenneth Riegel/Teresa Stratas
11. Act I: Scene 3: Uber die Lie sich Freilich eine interessante Oper schreiben/Choral... - Kenneth Riegel/Helmut Pampuch/Teresa Stratas/Frnaz Mazura/Hanna Schwarz...
12. Act I: Scene 3: Son Dev: Wie kannst du die Szene gegen mich ausspielen?/(Fin Son Recap)... - Franz Mazura/Teresa Stratas

Tracks:

1. Act I: Scene 1: Sie glauben nicht, wie ich mich darauf freue/Kavatine: Konntest du dich fur... - Franz Mazura/Teresa Stratas/Yvonne Minton
2. Act I: Scene 1: Gott sei Dank dawir endlich zuhause sind/(Canon): Er hat sie namlich... - Teresa Stratas/Toni Blankenhein/Hanna Schwarz/Helmut Pampuch
3. Act II: Scene 1: Die Matinee wird, wie ich mir dneke, bei elktrischem Licht stattfinden - Kenneth Riegel/Teresa Stratas/Robert Tear/Helmut Pampuch
4. Act II: Scene 1: Sein Vater!-In Paris ist Revolution ausgebrochen/Intro: Wo ist denn der hin?... - Teresa Stratas/Robert Tear/Kenneth Riegel/Gerg Nienstedt...
5. Act II: Scene 1: Lied der Lulu: Wenn sich die Menshen um meinetwillen umgebracht haben... - Robert Tear/Teresa Stratas/Kenneth Riegel/Hanna Schwarz...
6. Act II: Scene 1: Ostinato: Interlude (film music) - Pierre Boulez/Orch de l'Opera de Paris
7. Act II: Scene 2: Er la auf sich warten wie ein Kapellmeister - Gerd Nienstedt/Yvonne Minton/Toni Brankenheim/Kenneth Riegel
8. Act II: Scene 2: Largo: Sie wolten der verruckten Rakete noch Geld geben!/Chm Music... - Kenneth Riegel/Hanna Schwarz/yvonne Minton
9. Act II: Scene 2: (Melodram): Hu, kleine Lulu/O Freiheit! Herr Gott im Himmel! - Teresa Stratas/Gerd Nienstedt/Kenneth Riegel/Toni Blankenhiem...
10. Act II: Scene 2: Wenn deine beiden gron Kinderaugen nicht waren/Hymne... - Kenneth Riegel/Teresa Stratas

Tracks:

1. Act III: Moderato (Piano)/Scene 1: Meine Herrn und Damen! Gestatten Sie, daich trinke... - Gerd Nienstedt/Jules Bastin/Teresa Stratas/Kenneth Reigel/Helmut Pampuch...
2. Act III: Scene 1: II. Ensemble: Brilliant! Es geht brilliant - Teresa Stratas/Yvonne Minton
3. Act III: Scene 1: II. Ensemble: Einen Moment! Hast du meinen Brief gelesen? - Teresa Stratas/Jules Bastin/Gerd Nienstedt/Hanna Schwarz
4. Act III: Scene 1: II. Ensemble: Ich brauche namlich notwendig Geld - Toni Blankenhiem/Teresa Stratas
5. Act III: Scene 1: Cadenz: Behandeln Sie mich doch wenigstens anstandig - Helmut Pampuch/Teresa Stratas/Gerd Nienstedt
6. Act III: Scene 1: Cadenz: Marth! Mein liebes Herz, du kannst mich heute vor dem Tode retten - Helmut Pampuch/Teresa Stratas/Yvonne Minton
7. Act III: Scene 1: (III. Ensemble): Wollen Sie wohl diese Aktie akzeptieren - Jules Bastin/Kenneth Riegel/Claude Meloni/Jane Manning/Anna Ringart...
8. Act III: Scene 1: Vars I-IV: Interlude - Pierre Boulez/Orch de l'Opera de Paris
9. Act III: Scene 2: Der Regen trommelt zur Parade - Teresa Stratas/Kenneth Riegel/Toni Blankenheim
10. Act III: Scene 2: Wenn ich dir ungelegen komme/(Quartett): Ihr Korper stand out auf dem Hohepunkt - Yvonne Minton/Kenneth Riegel/Toni Blankneheim/Teresa Stratas
11. Act III: Scene 2: Komm nur herein, mein Schatz - Teresa Stratas/Toni Blankenheim/Robert Tear
12. Act III: Scene 2: Der Herr Doktor haben sich schon zur Ruhe begeben - Yvonne Minton/Toni Blankenheim
13. Act III: Scene 2: Wer ist das? - Franz Mazura/Teresa Stratas
14. Act III: Scene 2: (Nocturno): Das ist der letze Abend/Lulu! Mein Engel! - Franz Mazura/Teresa Stratas/Yvonne Minton

Amazon.com essential recording

One of the bewitchments of this performance is that Pierre Boulez leaves unreconciled the two conflicting tendencies of Berg's music--on the one hand, grand Romantic opera; on the other, dodecaphony. Their clash is the hinge of Berg's exhilarating composition, and, once perceived correctly, it's a drama of almost unbearable intensity. The dense instrumental texture is brought out in stunning detail. Yes, Teresa Stratas is occasionally unsteady in the title role; but this is the King Lear of opera roles: probably unperformable and altogether unforgettable. --Joshua Cody

Customer Reviews:

UNREAL.......2006-07-15

If you look at all my reviews , many are quite long-winded. I always have alot to say on things most important in my life.
But here I have only one word to comment on the music and the performance.
UNREAL
there thats my review. Sure I know that is not helpful in any way, and please give me a vote of "NO".
I should mention that Berg did not complete the opera but left extensive notes so that Friedrich Cercha completed it. Boulez mentions that a scholar named adorono felt satified with Cercha's work, and Boulez agrees.
but I'm not so sure. The first 2 cds are clearly from the hand of berg, from the opening of the 3rd cd, immediately I/you notice that there is a drastic change in compositional quality. Its the best Cercha could do, and its good work. Just not near on the level as Berg's completed first 2 cds of music.
Paul

Excellent achievement.......2001-08-31

When I discovered Alban Berg's opera "Lulu" it changed my life. It was a recording from the year 1965. The orchestra was conducted by Karl Böhm being Lulu the great Evelyn Lear. (That was a DG recording like this) Though Böhm's orchestra was not, precisely, inspired, Lulu's character depicted by Evelyn Lear became a myth for me. I had read before the plays "Erdgeist" and "Die Büchse der Pandora" by Wedekind on which Berg's opera is based, and always loved the complex character of Lulu beautifully depicted by Evelyn.
Teresa Stratas is very irregular in the role. Her screams are maybe better than that of Evelyn, but she seems uncomfortable with the role, apart from the lack of entonation and strength. Boulez' orchestra is wonderful but sometimes one miss the fact of bringing the main voices to the first plane.
From my humble point of view I think that this recording is an excellent one but I prefer Böhm/Lear/Fischer-Dieskau//Deutschen Oper Berlin (in DG). The listener has to take into account that the third act completed by Friedrich Cerha is not present in that recording. If the listener wishes the complete opera, Boulez/Stratas/... is then the reference.

A Travesty from start to finish.......2001-08-30

Famously, Pierre Boulez suggested that all opera houses should be blown up. There is not one bar on this recording to indicate any change of perspective ("change of heart" is evidently not an appropriate expression here). Bluntly and simply, Boulez loathes drama, and doesn't seem to care much for music, either. If you like your music drama joyless, pedantic, and frequently perverse, this is the one for you. A decent cast and band gone to waste on the altar of anti-bourgeois condescension.

Marvelous.......1998-11-14

There's really no use in trying to review this album; just imagine every glowing superlative you can and it would apply. I never thought it possible to fall in love with serial music, but "Lulu" made me do just that. Berg really can write twelve-tone music that soars, and the cast that delivers his completed masterpiece on this recording can't be beat. Each and every one of them is an accomplished vocal actor (thanks in part to having all participated in the premiere of the three-act version in Paris in the late 1970's). The recorded sound is incandescent; this is one of the most marvelous studio opera recordings ever.

Average customer rating: The joy, the wonder, the awe, the eagerness.

Schubert Lieder Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00006L3W1 Release Date: 2002-11-19

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The joy, the wonder, the awe, the eagerness........2003-02-04

"I am happy to have been associated with the music of the most Viennese of all composers Franz Schubert." Such was Elisabeth Schumann's modest way of referring, during a BBC radio broadcast in August 1951, to a very successful time in her career when her lieder recitals and recordings were in demand everywhere. During the 1930s she probably received more invitations to record individual songs, especially Schubert lieder, than any singer up to that time. Indeed, more items were recorded than could keep pace with release schedules, and several had to be exhumed from EMI vaults many years later.

From her Schubert recorded legacy of 49 items, restoration engineer Ward Marston has prepared a selection of 28 for inclusion in this Naxos CD issue. Not all collectors will be happy with the selection. I regret that the first item, "Der Post" and also "An die Musik" were selected. The latter apparently simple song needs a singer with a sturdier lower register than Elisabeth Schumann retained in 1936.

Elsewhere you will find much to treasure and a few things that might irritate. The joy, the wonder, the awe, the eagerness - all these elements in the poetry and the Schubert settings are brought to life. Sometimes the exuberance is a little out of control. Should a shepherd on a rock welcome the coming of spring with such vivacity as we hear here? Some now regard Elizabeth Schumann as a technically inadequate singer, but three great virtues cannot be gainsaid. For a female singer with a light soprano voice, her diction is brilliantly clear. She also controls her tone expertly. And greatest of all perhaps is her astonishing breath control. I have yet to hear any other female singer who can get all the way through "Auf dem Wasser zu singer" taking a breath only at the end of every second line.

Irritating, possibly, to C21st century listeners might be the occasional swoops, whoops and pecks that typified this singer's art. I wish, too that someone had talked her out of her habit of occasionally ending a song with a kind of "dying fall". Critic John Steane, refers to this. when discussing her otherwise matchless performance of "Nacht und Traüme".

Production values are generally high in this incredibly inexpensive issue. One minor error is that two varying dates are given for the singer's birth year. A mention is made in the notes of Elisabeth Schumann's long held belief that she was descended from the famous soprano of Beethoven's time Henriette Sontag. Since she herself lived long enough to discover that this German soprano, whose surname was the same as her own mother's, was not her ancestor, it seems pointless to allude to the belief in the notes that accompany this CD.

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Carl Loewe: Lieder & Balladen, Vol. 11 Manufacturer: Cpo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000JMYS Release Date: 1999-07-20

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