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Nähe des Geliebten, D162
First line:
Ich denke dein, wenn mir der Sonne Schimmer
composer
Second version; published in 1821 as Op 5 No 2
author of text
Recordings
Cover of 'Schubert: The Complete Songs' (CDS44201/40)
Schubert: The Complete Songs
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Cover of 'Schubert: The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 1 – Janet Baker' (CDJ33001)
Cover of 'Schubert: The Songmakers' Almanac Schubertiade' (CDD22010)
Schubert: The Songmakers' Almanac Schubertiade
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CDD22010  2CDs Dyad (2 for the price of 1) — 2CDs Archive Service Only  
Details
Track 4 on CDD22010 CD2 [3'12] 2CDs Dyad (2 for the price of 1) — 2CDs Archive Service Only
Track 4 on CDJ33001 [2'15] Archive Service; also available on CDS44201/40
Track 9 on CDS44201/40 CD5 [2'15] 40CDs Boxed set + book (at a special price)
Nähe des Geliebten, D162
This song is the twelfth of Schubert's long line of Goethe settings which began with Gretchen am Spinnrade in 1814 and continued with unabated enthusiasm in 1815. Nahe des Geliebten shows that the eighteen-year-old composer was brilliantly capable of choosing when to abandon his through-composed style, so perfect for Gretchen, and return to a strophic treatment of the text. The poem is a litany, and if the music were to vary from verse to verse, Goethe's depiction of a lover's constancy would have been undermined. The piano introduction (played only once) is a miracle: with each change of chord we perceive the opening of a loving heart, the unfolding realisation of deep devotion. The singer enters, the home key is reached, a promise is kept, and the power of imagination has surmounted the agony of separation.

from notes by Graham Johnson © 1988

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Details for CDJ33001 track 4
Artists
ISRC
GB-AJY-88-00104
Duration
2'15
Recording date
19 February 1987
Recording venue
Elstree, United Kingdom
Recording producer
Martin Compton
Recording engineer
Antony Howell
Hyperion usage
  1. Schubert: The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 1 – Janet Baker (CDJ33001)
    Disc 1 Track 4
    Release date: December 1987
    Deletion date: August 2012
    Archive Service; also available on CDS44201/40
  2. Schubert: The Complete Songs (CDS44201/40)
    Disc 5 Track 9
    Release date: October 2005
    40CDs Boxed set + book (at a special price)
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