Franz Vienna Schubert Wolfgang Sawallisch Margaret Price - Margaret Price Schubert Lieder Sawallisch (12 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Margaret Price
Margaret Price - Schubert Lieder / Sawallisch
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Geheimnis ('Sag an,...'), song for voice & piano, D. 491
2. Rosamunde, Fürstin von Cypern, incidental music, D. 797 (Op. 26): No. 3b, Romanze for voice and piano
3. Auf dem Wasser zu singen ('Mitten im Schimmer der spiegelnden Wellen'), song for voice & piano, D. 774 (Op. 72)
4. Der Winterabend ('Es ist so still'), song for voice & piano, D. 938
5. Lied ('In's stille Land'), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 403
6. Seraphine an ihr Klavier ('Sanftes Clavier'), song for voice and piano, D. 342
7. Im Abendrot ('O, wie schön ist deine Welt'), song for voice & piano, D. 799
8. An die Nachtigall ('Er liegt und schläft'), song for voice & piano, D. 497 (Op. 98/1)
9. Die Mutter Erde ('Des Lebens Tag'), song for voice & piano, D. 788
10. Das Lied im Grünen ('Ins Grüne...'), song for voice & piano, D. 917 (Op. posth. 115/1)
11. Liebhaber in allen Gestalten ('Ich wollt', ich wär' ein Fisch'), song for voice & piano, D. 558
12. Der Hirt auf dem Felsen ('Wenn auf dem höchsten Fels ich steh''), for voice, clarinet (or cello) & piano, D. 965 (Op. posth. 129)

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CD Details

All Artists: Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Margaret Price
Title: Margaret Price - Schubert Lieder / Sawallisch
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Orfeo
Release Date: 4/4/1995
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 750582316128

CD Reviews

Brilliant recital

operalover | Australia | 03/02/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is an amazing CD of schubert lied- if only it wasn't in such short measures. Recorded in 1981- this recording showcases price at her idiomatic best; predating her isolde recording with carlos kleiber. The recording is of premium quality, the accompanist wonderfully sensitive and now a comment on the performance. The selection is rather secure and really stays in the popular stream for song choice but the voice, the interpretation is breathtaking. Price has a unique coolness to her singing- sometimes criticised for being so but here in this recital it couldn't have been more appreciated. The legato, the tone, the wonderful diction and the incredible warmth of her singing pits her in the league of schwarzkopf and janowitz and indeed she outshines her in some regards. 'Der hirt auf dem felsen' is extraordinarily moving but vocally it is less secure than her recording with James Lockhart but still wonderful. Lied singing cannot get any better than this most cherishable of schubert recitals."

An outstanding recital by a major Schubertian, at her best.

e.j.powell@admin.abdn.ac.uk | Scotland | 08/07/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Dame Margaret Price has an enviable reputation for the beauty of her voice, for the 'aristocratic' quality of her lieder singing, and above all, her Schubert. Despite the recent decline in her vocal abilities, this cd catches her at her mature best - tone, interpretation and communication are wonderful -- as is the accompanist, Sawallisch, no less. Very highly recommended. A wonderful testament to a disappearing generation of recitalists."