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| Orchestral settings of Schubert songs by Berlioz, Brahms, Britten, Liszt, Webern, sung by Anne Sofie von Otter and Thomas Quasthoff. Claudio Abbado conducts. |
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| 1 Rosamunde, Fürstin von Cypern, incidental music, D. 797 (Op. 26): No. 3. Romanze |
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| 2 Die Forelle ('In einem Bächlein helle'), song for voice & piano, D. 550 (Op. 32) |
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| 3 Ellens Gesang II ('Jäger, ruhe von der Jagd'), song for voice & piano, D. 838 (Op. 52/2) |
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| 4 Gretchen am Spinnrade ('Meine Ruh'...'), song for voice & piano, D. 118 (Op. 2) |
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| 5 Gesang ('Was ist Sylvia,...'), song for voice & piano, ('An Sylvia'), D. 891 (Op. 106/4) |
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| 6 Im Abendrot ('O, wie schön ist deine Welt'), song for voice & piano, D. 799 |
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| 7 Nacht und Träume (Heil'ge Nacht, du sinkest nieder!'), song for voice & piano, D. 827 (Op. 43/2) |
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| 8 Gruppe aus dem Tartarus II ('Horch, wie Murmeln'), song for voice & piano, D. 583 (Op. 24/1) |
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| 9 Erlkönig ('Wer reitet so spät'), song for voice & piano, D. 328 (Op. 1) |
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| 10 Die junge Nonne ('Wie braust durch die Wipfel'), song for voice & piano, D. 828 (Op. 43/1) |
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| 11 Die schöne Müllerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): No. 10. Tränenregen |
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| 12 Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): No. 20. Der Wegweiser |
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| 13 Du bist die Ruh, song for voice & piano, D. 776 (Op. 59/3) |
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| 14 Ihr Bild ('Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen'), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/9 |
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| 15 Prometheus ('Bedecke deinen Himmel'), song for voice & piano, D. 674 |
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| 16 Memnon ('Den Tag hindurch nur einmal'), song for voice & piano, D. 541 (Op. 6/1) |
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| 17 An Schwager Kronos ('Spu'te dich, Kronos'), song for voice & piano, D369 (Op. 19/1) |
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| 18 An die Musik ('Du holde Kunst...'), song for voice & piano, D. 547 (Op. 88/4) |
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| 19 Erlkönig ('Wer reitet so spät'), song for voice & piano, D. 328 (Op. 1) |
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| 20 Geheimes ('Über meines Liebchens Äugeln'), song for voice & piano, D. 719 (Op. 14/2) |
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| 21 Ständchen ('Leise flehen meine Lieder'), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4 |
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Album Review
How could it be less than ideal? The songs are among the greatest ever written: Gretchen Am Spinnrade, Erlkönig, Nacht Und Träum. The orchestrators are all superb composers: Brahms, Berlioz, Liszt, Webern, Reger. The singers are as good as it gets right now in German Lieder: the brilliant and sensual Anne-Sofie von Otter and the powerful and insightful Thomas Quasthoff. The conductor is arguably the greatest living conductor and the orchestra is his own trained instrument. How could it be less than ideal? It is ideal. Von Otter is terrifying in Gretchen Am Spinnrade and terrified in Erlkönig, delightfully sly in An Sylvia and endlessly rapt in Nacht Und Träum. Quasthoff is infinitely touching in Tränenregen and magnificently imperious as Prometheus, deeply affectionate in Du Bist Die Ruh and relentlessly heroic in An Schwager Kronos. Abbado brings out the best in every orchestration, but he particularly shines in the Brahms and sings in Webern and orchestrations. The Chamber Orchestra of Europe plays superbly and DG's sound is wonderful. This is an ideal Schubert recording. ~ James Leonard, All Music Guide
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