[ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 20 June 2008
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Although best remembered in the operatic rôles of the Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier), Countess Madeleine (Capriccio), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf also enjoyed a highly distinguished parallel career as a Lieder singer, both in the concert hall and on record, a field to which she turned increasingly following her retirement from the stage.One of the greatest of Schubert Lieder interpreters, Schwarzkopf is heard on these recordings in her absolute prime. Her radiantly beautiful voice and prowess as an interpreter are further illustrated on this re-issue in the two Beethoven arias, neither of which she sang on stage or in the concert hall.
An die Musik, Op. 88, No. 4, D. 547
Im Fruhling, D. 882
Wehmut, D. 772
Ganymed (Ganymede), D. 544
Das Lied im Grunen, Op. 115, No. 1, D. 917
Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2, D. 118
Nahe des Geliebten, D. 162
Die junge Nonne, D. 828
Gesang, Op. 106, No. 4, D. 891, "An Sylvia", "Who is Sylvia"
Auf dem Wasser zu singen, Op. 72, D. 774
Nachtviolen, D. 752
Der Musensohn, Op. 92, No. 1, D. 764
Am Tage aller Seelen, D. 343, "Litanei auf das Fest aller Seelen"
Die schone Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 7. Ungeduld
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Ah, perfido!, Op. 65
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?