Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Part Five
Friday 9 May 2008 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Friday 9 May 2008 20:45-21:45 (Radio 3)
Donald Macleod is joined by writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson to explore the highly productive 'Indian summer' of Schubert's final years.
Playlist
5/5. The programme looks at the songs written during the composer's final months, grouped together by an enterprising publisher under the title Schwanengesang, or Swansong.
'Herbst' (Autumn) (Rellstab), D945
John Mark Ainsley / Graham Johnson (pno)
Hyperion CDJ33037,
track 2
Schwanengesang, D957 (1/3)
Liebesbotschaft (Love's Message) (Rellstab)
'Rauschendes Bachlein, so silbern und hell'
Kriegers Ahnung (Warrior's Foreboding) (Rellstab)
'In tiefer Ruh liegt um mich her'
Fruhlingssehnsucht (Spring Longing) (Rellstab)
'Sauselnde Lufte wehend so mild'
Standchen (Serenade) (Rellstab)
'Leise flehen meine Lieder'
- Aufenthalt (Resting Place) (Rellstab)
'Rauschender Strom, brausender Wald'
In der Ferne (Far Away) (Rellstab)
'Wehe, dem Fliehenden, Welt hinaus'
Abschied (Farewell) (Rellstab)
'Ade! du muntre, du frohliche Stadt, ade!'
Hans Hotter (bar), Gerald Moore (pno)
EMI 5 65196 2,
tracks 1-7
Schwanengesang (2/3)
Der Atlas (Atlas) (Heine)
'Ich ungluckselger Atlas! Eine Welt'
Ihr Bild (Her Portrait) (Heine)
'Ich stand in dunkeln Traumen'
Das Fischermadchen (The Fishermaiden) (Heine)
'Du schones Fischermadchen'
Die Stadt (The Town) (Heine)
'Am fernen Horizonte'
Am Meer (By the Sea) (Heine)
'Das Meer erglanzte weit hinaus'
Der Doppelganger (The Wraith) (Heine)
'Still ist die Nacht, es ruhen die Gassen'
Hans Hotter (bar), Gerald Moore (pno)
EMI 5 65196 2,
tracks 8-13
Schwanengesang (3/3)
Die Taubenpost (The Pigeon Post) (Seidl)
'Ich hab' eine Brieftaub in meinem Sold'
Hans Hotter (bar), Gerald Moore (pno)
EMI 5 65196 2,
track 14
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