Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 1 - Goethe and Schiller settings

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Compact Disc CDJ33001

£13.99

Recorded on 18, 19 February 1987

Recording Engineer: ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer: MARTIN COMPTON
Photographers: ZOE DOMINIC (front); MALCOLM CROWTHERS (back)
Design: TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producers: RON GONSALVES; EDWARD PERRY
Production Assistant: LUCY HAYWARD

Duration: 69'32
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The Hyperion Schubert Edition - 1

Goethe and Schiller settings

DAME JANET BAKER mezzo soprano
GRAHAM JOHNSON piano

Contents:

Der Jüngling am Bache, D30 (Schiller) [3'46]
Thekla, D73 (Schiller) [3'53]
Schäfers Klagelied, D121 (Goethe) [2'47]
Nähe des Geliebten, D162 (Goethe) [2'15]
Meeres Stille, D216 (Goethe) [2'05]
Amalia, D195 (Schiller) [3'18]
Die Entwartung, D159 (Schiller) [13'09]
Wanderers Nachtlied (I), D224 (Goethe) [1'35]
Der Fischer, D225 (Goethe) [2'10]
Erster Verlust, D226 (Goethe) [2'04]
Wonne der Wehmut D260 (Goethe) [0'48]
An den Mond D296 (Goethe) [4'19]
Das Geheimnis, D250 (Schiller) [3'02]
Lied, D284 (Schiller) [1'07]
Der Flüchtling, D402 (Schiller) [5'24]
An den Frühling, D587 (Schiller) [2'19]
Der Alpenjäger, D588 (Schiller) [4'53]
Der Pilgrim, D794 (Schiller) [4'34]
Sehnsucht, D636 (Schiller) [4'29]

Sleeve Notes

Song Commentaries

GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE NO. 1 IN 'TOP TEN DISCS OF THE DECADE'

'A generous and revelatory recital of Goethe and Schiller settings. Janet Baker breaks the champagne bottle over one of the most important recording projects of the half century' (The Times)

'Dame Janet is in glorious voice' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'One of the loveliest records even Dame Janet has made' (The Guardian)

See also:: Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 2 - Schubert's Water Songs; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 3 - Schubert and his Friends (I); Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 4 - Schubert and his Friends (II); Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 5 - Schubert and the Countryside; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 6 - Schubert and the Nocturne (I); Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 7 - Schubert in 1815 (I); Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 8 - Schubert and the Nocturne (II); Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 9 - Schubert and the Theatre; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 10 - Schubert in 1815 (II); Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 11 - Schubert and Death; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 12 - The Young Schubert (I); Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 13 - Lieder Sacred and Profane; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 14 - Schubert and the Classics; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 15 - Schubert and the Nocturne (III); Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 16 - Schiller settings; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 17 - Schubert in 1816; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 18 - Schubert and the Strophic Song; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 19 - Songs about flowers and nature; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 20 - An 1815 Schubertiad (I); Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 21 - Schubert, 1817-1818; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 22 - An 1815 Schubertiad (II); Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 23 - Songs of 1816; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 24 - A Goethe Schubertiad; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 25 - Die schöne Müllerin; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 26 - An 1826 Schubertiad; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 27 - Schubert and the Schlegels; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 28 - An 1822 Schubertiad; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 29 - Schubert in 1819 and 1820; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 30 - Winterreise; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 31 - Schubert and Religion; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 32 - An 1816 Schubertiad; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 33 - The Young Schubert; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 34 - Schubert, 1817-1821; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 35 - Schubert, 1822-1825; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 36 - Schubert in 1827; Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 37 - The Final Year; Schubert: The Complete Songs; Songs by Schubert's Friends and Contemporaries; The Hyperion Schubert Edition: 'A Voyage of Discovery'