Das Grab, D377

First line:

Das Grab ist tief und stille

composer

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Third setting; first published by J P Gotthard in 1872

author of text

Johann Gaudenz, Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762-1834)

Recordings

Schubert: The Complete Songs

Graham Johnson (piano)

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Schubert: The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 23 – Christoph Prégardien

Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)

Buy by post £13.99 (ARCHIVE SERVICE) CDJ33023 Archive Service; also available on CDS44201/40

Details

The London Schubert Chorale, Stephen Layton (conductor), Graham Johnson (piano)

Track 2 on CDJ33023 [2'03] Archive Service; also available on CDS44201/40

Track 20 on CDS44201/40 CD12 [2'03] 40CDs Boxed set + book (at a special price)

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Das Grab, D377

This chorus was written within a few days of Der Tod Oscars, and makes a suitably lachrymose commentary on the field of carnage with which that ballad ended. It is the third time that Schubert had attempted to set this text chorally, and not the last Schubert's interest in the other poetry of Salis-Seewis (there are four solo settings) seems to have been initiated by the extravagant care that he took to set this poem in different ways. This C minor setting is perhaps the most austere of the five different versions; it seems almost drained of feeling in its graveside grief.

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