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  • Re: Brahms' songs?

    From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to Celia A. Sgroi on Wed Mar 22 01:49:42 2023
    On Tuesday, May 8, 2001 at 1:42:28 PM UTC-7, Celia A. Sgroi wrote:
    Eltjo Meijer wrote:
    Bob Th. <robert-t...@no-mail.org> schreef
    op Mon, 07 May 2001 22:45:11 +0200:

    Can the 6 cd DG box with Brahms' songs performed by Fischer-Dieskau/Barenboim be recommended?
    Alternatives? Thank you.

    A related question: what are considered to be the highlights of the
    Brahms Lieder?
    Good question! Obviously the "Vier ernste Gesänge" and "Die schöne Magelone" would be considered highlights, and there are a number of
    the folksong settings that are very well-known. Beyond that I really
    love the op. 32 songs, which don't build a classic "cycle" but are
    very effective when sung in their entirety. The one really famous song
    in the collection is "Wie bist du, meine Königin." The most recent
    singers to record the entire op. 32 are Thomas Quasthoff and Andreas Schmidt, but I like DFD's first complete recording (with Gerald Moore)
    the best. In addition, some highlights among individual songs would
    be:
    Feldeinsamkeit
    Von ewiger Liebe
    Die Mainacht
    Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer

    Ever heard Pfitzner's setting?:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raG9sh8XJ9U

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  • From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Wed Mar 22 02:05:17 2023
    On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 1:49:45 AM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 8, 2001 at 1:42:28 PM UTC-7, Celia A. Sgroi wrote:
    Eltjo Meijer wrote:
    Bob Th. <robert-t...@no-mail.org> schreef
    op Mon, 07 May 2001 22:45:11 +0200:

    Can the 6 cd DG box with Brahms' songs performed by Fischer-Dieskau/Barenboim be recommended?
    Alternatives? Thank you.

    A related question: what are considered to be the highlights of the Brahms Lieder?
    Good question! Obviously the "Vier ernste Gesänge" and "Die schöne Magelone" would be considered highlights, and there are a number of
    the folksong settings that are very well-known. Beyond that I really love the op. 32 songs, which don't build a classic "cycle" but are
    very effective when sung in their entirety. The one really famous song in the collection is "Wie bist du, meine Königin." The most recent singers to record the entire op. 32 are Thomas Quasthoff and Andreas Schmidt, but I like DFD's first complete recording (with Gerald Moore) the best. In addition, some highlights among individual songs would
    be:
    Feldeinsamkeit
    Von ewiger Liebe
    Die Mainacht
    Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
    Ever heard Pfitzner's setting?:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raG9sh8XJ9U

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol_8OI8rVmo

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  • From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Wed Apr 5 20:07:30 2023
    On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 2:05:20 AM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 1:49:45 AM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 8, 2001 at 1:42:28 PM UTC-7, Celia A. Sgroi wrote:
    Eltjo Meijer wrote:
    Bob Th. <robert-t...@no-mail.org> schreef
    op Mon, 07 May 2001 22:45:11 +0200:

    Can the 6 cd DG box with Brahms' songs performed by Fischer-Dieskau/Barenboim be recommended?
    Alternatives? Thank you.

    A related question: what are considered to be the highlights of the Brahms Lieder?
    Good question! Obviously the "Vier ernste Gesänge" and "Die schöne Magelone" would be considered highlights, and there are a number of the folksong settings that are very well-known. Beyond that I really love the op. 32 songs, which don't build a classic "cycle" but are very effective when sung in their entirety. The one really famous song in the collection is "Wie bist du, meine Königin." The most recent singers to record the entire op. 32 are Thomas Quasthoff and Andreas Schmidt, but I like DFD's first complete recording (with Gerald Moore) the best. In addition, some highlights among individual songs would be:
    Feldeinsamkeit
    Von ewiger Liebe
    Die Mainacht
    Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
    Ever heard Pfitzner's setting?:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raG9sh8XJ9U
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol_8OI8rVmo

    Ebers with orchestral accompaniment by Keilberth:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1itgVAlhilc

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