Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 6 - Schubert and the Nocturne (I)

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Compact Disc CDJ33006

£13.99

Recorded on 29, 30 September 1989

Recording Engineer: ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer: MARTIN COMPTON
Photography: MALCOLM CROWTHERS
Design: TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producers: RON GONSALVES; CECILE KELLY; EDWARD PERRY
Production Assistant: LUCY HAYWARD

Duration: 73'21
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The Hyperion Schubert Edition - 6

Schubert and the Nocturne (I)

ANTHONY ROLFE JOHNSON tenor
GRAHAM JOHNSON piano
* with the participation of Alan Armstrong, Jason Balla, Mark Hammond, Philip Lawford, Arthur Linley, Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenors), David Barnard, David Beezer, Duncan Perkins, James Pitman, Christopher Vigar (baritones, basses)

Contents:

Die Nacht, D534 ('Ossian', translated by Harold) [8'28] -
Lass Wolken an Hageln ruh'n - (completed by Anton Diabelli) [4'58] -
*Jagdlied, D521 (Werner) [1'34]
Abendstern, D806 (Mayrhofer) [2'45]
Abends unter der Linde, D235 (Kosegarten) [2'41]
Abends unter der Linde, D237 (Kosegarten) [4'37]
Der Knabe in der Wiege, D579 (Ottenwalt) [3'50]
Abendlied fur die Entfernte, D856 (Schlegel) [8'23]
Wilkommen und Abschied, D767 (Goethe) [3'31]
Vor meine Wiege, D927 (Leitner) [5'31]
Der Vater mit dem Kind, D906 (Bauernfeld) [4'34]
Des Fischers Liebesgluck, D933 (Leitner) [7'19]
Die Sterne, D939 (Leitner) [3'30]
Alinde, D904 (Rochlitz) [4'44]
An die laute, D905 (Rochlitz) [1'35]
*Zur guten Nacht, D903 (Rochlitz) [3'52]

'Rolfe Johnson's voice has never sounded more beautiful on disc' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'Volume 6 of the Hyperion Schubert Edition is assured of a grateful reception from all lovers of this inexhaustible treasury of song' (Hi-Fi News)

'As exemplary as ... other discs in this series, which is proving a many-splendored thing' (Gramophone)

'This new offering seems packed with even more attractive things than its predecessors' (Gramophone)

'An irresisible disc' (Classic CD)

See also:: Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 1 - Goethe and Schiller settings; 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 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'