This week we can listen to a song by Frederic Mompou, Aureana do Sil. It talks about women who find gold in a river and is performed by Isabel Monar and Mac McClure.
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Song of the week: Geistlisches Wiegenlied (J. Brahms) - C. Ludwig, G. Downes, G. Parsons
I'm not sure if someone is reading this English blog every week. I'm not sure either if someone is using the translator on the right column. But if there is some quiet, discreet reader I wish you merry Christmas, in the voice of Christa Ludwig singing Geistliches Wiegenlied by Johannes Brahms.- Details
Song of the week: Stille Tränen (R. Schumann) - D. Fischer-Dieskau, H. Klust
One of the saddest songs ever written. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Herta Klust perform Schumann's Stille Tränen.
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This week we can listen to a song by Frederic Mompou, Aureana do Sil. It talks about women who find gold in a river and is performed by Isabel Monar and Mac McClure.- Details
Song of the week: Das Paradies (W. Henze) - I. Bostridge, J. Drake
Hans Werner Henze, Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake joined by six songs, Sechs Gesänge aus dem Arabischen. We can listen to the last one, Das Paradies.- Details
Song of the week: Erlkönig (F. Schubert / C. Loewe) - G. Finley, J. Drake
A pitch-black forest. A man riding frantically, his little one held tight. Is the boy ill? Is the man seeking help? Is he running away from someone, or something? What are these muffled noises, these eerie half seen silhouettes? The boy is frightened. Is he feeling something or is his feverish imagination playing tricks on him? Gerald Finley and Julius Drake guide us through this terrifying journey...
Series
The same poem, one more song
The Buch der Lieder and ten composers
The 10 saddest songs
The 10 happiest songs
Ten buggy songs
Wilhelm Meister's Songs
Lied goes pop
Abecedari Liederabend
The ESMUC Master's Degree in Lied visits us
