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Track(s) taken from CDJ33001

Lied, D284

First line:
Es ist so angenehm, so süss
composer
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
published in 1895
author of text
Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)
doubtful attribution; published in the 1809 Taschenbuch für Damen; probably by Karoline von Wolzogen

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
Recording details: February 1987
Elstree, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: December 1987
Total duration: 1 minutes 7 seconds
 

Reviews

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

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

‘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)
This song is typical of the treasures buried within the Schubert repertory. It is simple and in Singspie! style but, with sympathetic performance, it is utterly charming and seems inevitable, like all simple music of great quality. We give only two verses of the poem here (probably not by Schiller but attributed to him) but the fiery kisses of the first verse, and the cooing doves of the second, burn into the memory and fly off the page when depicted by fine singing.

from notes by Graham Johnson © 1988

Other albums featuring this work

Schubert: The Complete Songs
Graham Johnson (piano)
CDS44201/4040CDs Boxed set + book (at a special price) — Download only
Schubert: An introduction to The Hyperion Schubert Edition
Graham Johnson (piano)
HYP200Super-budget price sampler — Deleted

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