Wanderlied ('Laue Luft kommt'), song for voice & piano, Op. 57/6
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song), song for voice & piano, Op. 34/2
Frühlingslied ('Jetzt komt der Frühling'), song for voice & piano, Op. 8/6
Reiselied ('Der Herbstwind'), song for voice & piano, Op. 34/6
Lieblingsplätzchen ('Wisst ihr, wo ich gerne weil'), song for voice & piano, Op. 99/3
Des Mädchens Klage ('Der Eichwald'), song for voice & piano
Winterlied ('Mein Sohn, wo willst du hin so spät?'), song for voice & piano, Op. 19a/3
O Jugend, schöne Rosenzeit ('Von allen schönen Kindern'), song for voice & piano (Rhenish folk song) Op. 57/4
Neue Liebe ('In dem Mondenschein'), song for voice & piano, Op. 19a/4
Der Blumenstrauss ('Sie wandelt im'), song for voice & piano, Op. 47/5
Bei der Wiege ('Schlummre! Schlummre und träume von kommender Zeit'), song for voice & piano, Op. 47/6
Frühlingslied ('Durch den Wald, den dunkeln'), song for voice & piano, Op. 47/3
Romanze ('Einmal aus seinen Blicken'), song for voice & piano, Op. 8/10
Nachtlied ('Vergangen ist der lichte Tag'), song for voice & piano, Op. 71/6
Andres Maienlied ('Die Schwalbe fliegt'), song for voice & piano ('Hexenlied'), Op. 8/8
Rastlose Liebe for voice & piano
Einsamkeit for voice & piano ('Harfenspieler I')
Sonnet, for voice & piano
Die Braut am Gestade
Aus der Ferne, for voice & piano
An eine Mutter, deren tochter als Kind starb
Des Mädchens Klage, for voice & piano
An den Mond, for voice & piano
Der Verliebte, for voice & piano
Margarethe, for voice & piano
Wand'rers Nachtlied, for voice & piano
Gleich und gleich, for voice & piano
Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) was one of the most important formative influences on his young protégé, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), exemplified by his handing the young prodigy the responsibility for revivi... more »ng Bach s St. Matthew Passion in 1829 a watershed event. Both Zelter and Mendelssohn added greatly to the Lieder repertoire, setting texts by the great poets of the day. Soprano Andrea Folan and fortepianist Tom Beghin provide a comprehensive view of their world of song.« less
Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) was one of the most important formative influences on his young protégé, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), exemplified by his handing the young prodigy the responsibility for reviving Bach s St. Matthew Passion in 1829 a watershed event. Both Zelter and Mendelssohn added greatly to the Lieder repertoire, setting texts by the great poets of the day. Soprano Andrea Folan and fortepianist Tom Beghin provide a comprehensive view of their world of song.