Willst Du Mit Mir Geh'n [Import]

1. Willst Du Mit Mir Geh'n

2. Diese Jahr, Diese Jahr

3. Ich Glaub' An Die Liebe

4. Gospodin

5. Immer Wenn Es Dunkel Wird

6. War' Ich Ein Buch Im Leben

7. Worte Wie Pfeile

8. Tage Gehen

9. Wenn Der Vorhang Fallt

10. Liebeslied Jener Sommernacht

11. Das Best (Was Ich Hab' Bist Du)

12. Meine Art Liebe Zu Zeigen

13. Nicht Mehr 17

14. Auf Dem Weg Zum Ich

15. Jerusalem

16. Wer Hat Mein Lied So Zerstort, Ma?

17. Lieder Des Lebens

18. Lieben Sie Parties

Willst Du Mit Mir Geh'n,Daliah Lavi,Disky,World Music

Average customer rating: A Major Document of an Incredible Oeuvre...

Schubert: Lieder Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich | ( F ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Schubert, Franz | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Schubert: The Piano Sonatas Beethoven: Piano Sonatas The Schubert Song Companion Schubert: Schwanengesang; 4 Lieder Schubert: The String Quartets ASIN: B000AYQCIK Release Date: 2005-12-13

Customer Reviews:

A Major Document of an Incredible Oeuvre..........2007-03-12

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Of over 600 songs, Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore realized over three-quarters: these are those. Gerald Moore was of course as important to this project as Fischer-Dieskau.

DGG's sound is excellent.

This set is a remarkable document of art.
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Average customer rating: The Hugo Wolf Society Recordings "Even little things can delight us." "Even little things can delight us." Wolf sung by various Lieder singers

The Hugo Wolf Society - The Complete Edition 1931-1938 Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wolf | Wolf, Hugo | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Bargain Box Sets | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Poulenc - Melodies / Ameling · Gedda · W. Parker · Sénéchal · Souzay · Baldwin Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch Wolf: Lieder (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Gerald Moore) Mussorgsky: Kovanshchina - Abbado Great Recordings Of The Century - Schubert: Winterreise / Hotter, Moore ASIN: B000009OQC Release Date: 2002-11-05

Tracks:

1. Moerike-Lieder: 8. Begegnung
2. Moerike-Lieder: 38. Lied vom Winde
3. Moerike-Lieder: 15. Auf einer Wanderung
4. Moerike-Lieder: 41. Rat einer Alten
5. Spanisches Liederbuch: 12. In dem Schatten meiner Locken
6. Moerike-Lieder: 37. Heimweh (Anders wird die Welt)
7. Spanisches Liederbuch: 4. Die ihr schwebet um diese Palmen
8. Spanisches Liederbuch: 6. Ach, des Knaben Augen
9. Spanisches Liederbuch: Nun wandre, Maria
10. Moerike-Lieder: 46. Gesang Weylas
11. Spanisches Liederbuch: 9. Herr, was traegt der Boden hier
12. Italiensches Liederbuch: 1. Auch kleine Dinge
13. Moerike-Lieder: 7. Das verlassene Maegdlein
14. Eichendorff-Lieder: 4. Das Staendchen
15. Spanisches Liederbuch: Wenn du zu den Blumen gehst
16. Italiensches Liederbuch: 34. Und steht Ihr frueh am Morgen auf
17. Italiensches Liederbuch: 16. Ihr jungen Leute
18. Italiensches Liederbuch: 10. Du denkst mit einem Faedchen
19. Italiensches Liederbuch: 12. Nein, junger Herr
20. Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 1: Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt
21. Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 2: An die Tueren will ich schleichen
22. Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 3: Wer nie sein Brot
23. Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 29. Anakreons Grab
24. Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 15. Cophtisches Lied 2 (Geh! Gehorche)
25. Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 21. Genialisch Treiben
26. Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 11. Der Rattenfenger
27. Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 19. Epiphanias
28. Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 26. Die Sproede
29. Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 27. Die Bekehrte
30. Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 24. Blumengruss
31. Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 25. Gleich und gleich
32. Goethe-Lieder: 1-3 Drei Harfenspieler: 28. Fruehling uebers Jahr

Tracks:

1. Goethe-Lieder: 49. Prometheus
2. Goethe-Lieder: 50. Ganymed
3. Goethe-Lieder: 18. Beherzigung
4. 1-3 Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo: 1: Wohl denk' ich oft
5. 1-3 Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo: 2: Alles endet, was entstehet
6. 1-3 Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo: 3: Fuehlt meine Seele
7. Moerike-Lieder: 19. Um Mitternacht
8. Moerike-Lieder: 42. Erstes Liebeslied eines Maedchens
9. Moerike-Lieder: 45. Nixe Binsefuss
10. Spanisches Liederbuch: Moegen alle boesen Zungen
11. Spanisches Liederbuch: 24. Koepfchen, Koepfchen, nicht gewimmert
12. Spanisches Liederbuch: 11. Klinge, klinge, mein Pandero
13. Spanisches Liederbuch: 26. Bitt ihn, o Mutter
14. Italiensches Liederbuch: 6. Wer rief dich denn?
15. Italiensches Liederbuch: 25. Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen
16. Italiensches Liederbuch: 43. Schweig einmal still
17. Italiensches Liederbuch: 35. Benedeit die sel'ge Mutter
18. Italiensches Liederbuch: 7. Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag' erhoben
19. Italiensches Liederbuch: 27. Schon streckt' ich aus im Bett die mueden Glieder
20. Goethe-Lieder: 51. Grenzen der Menschheit
21. Italiensches Liederbuch: 32. Was soll der Zorn, mein Schatz
22. Italiensches Liederbuch: 24. Ich esse nun mein Brot nicht trocken mehr
23. Italiensches Liederbuch: 31. Wie soll ich froehlich sein
24. Italiensches Liederbuch: 11. Wie lange schon war immer mein Verlangen
25. Italiensches Liederbuch: 28. Du sagst mir, dass ich keine Fuerstin sei
26. Italiensches Liederbuch: 26. Ich liess mir sagen
27. Italiensches Liederbuch: 29. Wohl kenn' ich Euren Stand
28. Italiensches Liederbuch: 21. Man sagt mir, deine Mutter woll' es nicht
29. Italiensches Liederbuch: 36. Wenn du, mein Liebster, steigst zum Himmel auf

Tracks:

1. Italiensches Liederbuch: 20. Mein Liebster singt am Haus im Mondenscheine
2. Italiensches Liederbuch: 40. O waer' dein Haus durchsichtig wie ein Glas
3. Italiensches Liederbuch: 39. Gesegnet sei das Gruen
4. Italiensches Liederbuch: 2. Mir ward gesagt, du reisest in die Ferne
5. Italiensches Liederbuch: 15. Mein Liebster ist so klein
6. Italiensches Liederbuch: 46. Ich hab' in Penna einen Liebster wohnen
7. Italiensches Liederbuch: 4. Gesegnet sei, durch den die Welt entstund
8. Italiensches Liederbuch: 3. Ihr seid die Allerschoenste
9. Italiensches Liederbuch: 13. Hoffaertig seid Ihr, schoenes Kind
10. Italiensches Liederbuch: 9. Dass doch gemalt all deine Reize waeren
11. Italiensches Liederbuch: 17. Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen
12. Italiensches Liederbuch: 38. Wenn du mich mit den Augen streifst
13. Italiensches Liederbuch: 41. Heut Nacht erhob ich mich, um Mitternacht
14. Italiensches Liederbuch: 22. Ein Staendchen Euch zu bringen
15. Italiensches Liederbuch: 8. Nun lass uns Frieden schliessen
16. Italiensches Liederbuch: 19. Wir haben beide lange Zeit geschwiegen
17. Italiensches Liederbuch: 14. Geselle, woll'n wir uns in Kutten huellen
18. Italiensches Liederbuch: 18. Heb auf dein blondes Haupt
19. Italiensches Liederbuch: 33. Sterb' ich, so huellt in Blumen meine Glieder
20. Italiensches Liederbuch: 37. Wie viele Zeit verlor ich
21. Italiensches Liederbuch: 23. Was fuer ein Lied soll dir gesungen werden
22. Spanisches Liederbuch: 7. Muehvoll komm' ich und beladen
23. Spanisches Liederbuch: 15. Auf dem gruenen Balkon
24. Spanisches Liederbuch: 14. Treibe nur mit Lieben Spott
25. Spanisches Liederbuch: 29. Trau nicht der Liebe
26. Spanisches Liederbuch: 38. Sie blasen zum Abmarsch
27. Sechs Gedichte: 3. Biterolf (Im Lager von Akkon 1190)
28. Moerike-Lieder: 22. Seufzer
29. Moerike-Lieder: 28. Gebet
30. Moerike-Lieder: 23. Auf ein altes Bild
31. Moerike-Lieder: 32. An die Geliebte
32. Moerike-Lieder: 12. Verborgenheit
33. Moerike-Lieder: 39. Denk es, o Seele!
34. Moerike-Lieder: 51. Bei einer Trauung
35. 3. Ein Stuendlein wohl vor Tag
36. Moerike-Lieder: 16. Elfenlied

Tracks:

1. Sechs Alte Weisen: 6. Wie glaenzt der helle Mond
2. Goethe-Lieder: 14. Cophtisches Lied 1
3. Eichendorff-Lieder: 2. Der Musikant
4. Eichendorff-Lieder: 5. Der Soldat
5. Eichendorff-Lieder: 9. Der Schreckenberger
6. Moerike-Lieder: 44. Der Feuerreiter
7. Drei Gedichte von Robert Reinick: 1. Gesellenlied (Kein Meister faellt)
8. Goethe-Lieder: 5. Mignon 1 (Heiss mich nicht reden)
9. Goethe-Lieder: 7. Mignon 3 (So lasst mich scheinen)
10. Moerike-Lieder: 29. An den Schlaf
11. Moerike-Lieder: 36. Liebe wohl
12. Spanisches Liederbuch: 30. Ach, im Maien war's
13. Spanisches Liederbuch: 21. Herz, verzage nicht geschwind
14. Moerike-Lieder: 30. Neue Liebe
15. Moerike-Lieder: 48. Storchenbotschaft
16. Spanisches Liederbuch: 32. Dereinst, dereinst, Gedanke mein
17. Spanisches Liederbuch: 31. Alle gingen, Herz, zur Ruh
18. Spanisches Liederbuch: 33. Tief im Herzen trag' ich Pein
19. Sechs Gedichte: 6. Zur Ruh, zur Ruh
20. Spanisches Liederbuch: 34. Komm, o Tod, von Nacht umgeben
21. Sechs Lieder fuer eine Frauenstimme: 4. Wiegenlied (Im Sommer)
22. Sechs Lieder fuer eine Frauenstimme: 5. Wiegenlied (Im Winter)
23. Moerike-Lieder: 20. Auf eine Christblume I (Tochter des Walds)
24. Moerike-Lieder: 24. In der Fruehe
25. Moerike-Lieder: 25. Schlafendes Jesuskind

Tracks:

1. Goethe-Lieder: 20. Sankt Nepomuks Vorabend
2. Goethe-Lieder: 12. Ritter Kurts Brautfahrt
3. Moerike-Lieder: 47. Die Geister am Mummelsee
4. Moerike-Lieder: 10. Fussreise
5. Moerike-Lieder: 43. Lied eines Verliebten
6. Moerike-Lieder: 25. Schlafendes Jesuskind
7. Moerike-Lieder: 4. Jaegerlied
8. Moerike-Lieder: 17. Der Gaertner
9. Moerike-Lieder: 50. Auftrag
10. Moerike-Lieder: 9. Nimmersatte Liebe
11. Spanisches Liederbuch: 44. Geh, Geliebter, geh jetzt!
12. Goethe-Lieder: 10. Der Saenger
13. Eichendorff-Lieder: 13. Der Scholar
14. Eichendorff-Lieder: 14. Der verzweifelte Liebhaber
15. Eichendorff-Lieder: 15. Unfall
16. Vier Gedichte: 1. Wo wird einst (Heine)
17. Vier Gedichte: 3. Sonne der Schlummerlosen
18. Vier Gedichte: 4. Keine gleicht von allen Schoenen
19. Eichendorff-Lieder: 1. Der Freund
20. Eichendorff-Lieder: 2. Der Musikant
21. Sechs Gedichte: 1. Waechterlied auf der Wartburg
22. Moerike-Lieder: 40. Der Jaeger
23. Goethe-Lieder: 32. Phaenomen
24. Eichendorff-Lieder: 3. Verschwiegene Liebe
25. Vier Gedichte: 1. Wo wird einst (Heine)
26. Ueber Nacht (Sturm)

Amazon.com

EMI's "society" subscription editions in the 1930s yielded a wealth of recordings long considered gramophone classics, such as the present collection of roughly half of Hugo Wolf's lieder output. Each song occupies its own specific world, due to Wolf's resourceful word setting and his avoidance of anything generic. In turn, the performers illuminate each song's felicities with effortless authority, and they avoid overpointing or enacting. Full texts and translations are included. Ernest Newman's penetrating annotations for the original 78 albums, reprinted in EMI's 1981 LP reissue, are absent. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

The Hugo Wolf Society Recordings.......2005-12-28

The songs of Hugo Wolf (1860 -- 1903)combine great attention to textual detail with closely intertwined writing for the voice and the piano. In this small form, Wolf was a master and took song in a different direction from that of Schubert, Schumann and Brahms. He wrote most of his songs in bursts of activity in five large collections, devoted to the poetry of Morike, Eichendorff, Goethe, and to collections of Spanish and Italian texts. He also composed a number of songs in shorter sets.

In the early 1930s, a young Walter Legge began a project of recording Wolf songs on a subscribtion basis to be limited to 500 sets. The recording industry was relatively new, and Wolf, then as now, too little appreciated. The result was an extensive series of recordings of issued between 1931 and 1938 consisting of 145 songs, about one-half Wolf's output, performed by fourteen singers. The Hugo Wolf Society recordings remain a high moment in the recording of song. They were remastered on LPs and, in 1998, in this 5 CD collection which includes previously unreleased selections.

The Wolf Society collection offers an unparalleled opportunity to get to know Wolf's songs performed by artists of the past that might otherwise be unfamiliar to many listeners. The performers include mezzo-soprano Elena Gerhardt, who recorded the initial volume for the society, baritones Herbert Janssen, Gerhard Husch, tenors John McCormack, Karl Erb, and Helge Roswaenge, the basses Alexander Kipnis, Frederich Schorr, and Ludwig Weber, and sopranos Alexandra Trianti, Elizabeth Rethberg, Ria Ginster, Marta Fuchs, and Tiana Lemnitz. The pianists include Conrad Bos, Gerald Moore, Michael Raucheisen, Hans Udo Muller, and Ernest Victor Wolff.

The singers perform in a variety of styles from the highly operatic to the quietly lyrical. There is a Wagnerian performance of Goethe's "Prometheus" by Friedrich Schorr with the London Symphony Orchestra -- the only track using an orchestral accompaniment. The Irish tenor John McCormack shows a more lyrical approach in his renowned performance of Goethe's poem "Ganymed". The sopranos, Alexandra Trianti, Ria Ginster, and Tiana Lemitz have light, clear, bell-like voices. I find the singers on this compilation take a much more individualized, idiosyncratic, and romantic approach to song than do their modern counterparts, who sometimes seem restrained and chaste by comparison.

Each of Wolf's great collections of songs is well-represented. Elena Gerhardt performs songs from each of Wolf's five books, with the exception of the Goethe songs. The young Alexander Kipnis gives a powerful reading of Wolf's three songs from Michaelangelo. The third CD in this collection features many songs from the Italian songbook performed by soprano Ginster, baritone Husch, and bass Kipnis together with recordings from the Spanish songbook by sopranos Rethberg and Ginster and baritone Husch. There are lovely performances by soprano Tiana Lemnitz in the previously uncollected supplementary material, which also includes several Eichendorff songs and a performance of the Goethe-song "Phanomen" by Alexander Kipnis.

There is a great amount of material in this collection, with each of the 5 CDs including in excess of 70 minutes of music. Most of Wolf's songs are highly concentrated and intense. They may prove difficult to the listener coming to them knowing only the lyricism of Schubert. I would not recommend trying to rush through this set at one or two hearings. It is best to take this music in small sections and to listen with text in hand. The compilation includes texts and translations for each of the songs together with good notes about the Wolf Society recording project. There is little discussion about Wolf or about the songs themselves.

This is an essential collection for those who love song, historical recordings, and the music of Hugo Wolf.

Robin Friedman

"Even little things can delight us.".......2003-06-02

If these six words give an approximate translation of the song "Auch kleine Dinge", then they might also describe a music lover's reaction as he makes a journey of exploration through the hundreds of little songs composed by Hugo Wolf.

Walter Legge, a very young EMI record producer in the 1930s, first made such a journey possible when he pioneered the Hugo Wolf Society and began releasing the volumes now reissued in this boxed set. Many singers were invited to participate. Legge's choice of singers was sometimes idiosyncratic. You might wonder how an Irish tenor, a Ukrainian bass and a Greek soprano were admitted to the roster. The results, however, especially in the case of the contributions of John McCormack and Alexander Kipnis, prove the sureness of his instincts.

About half Wolf's songs were made available in the original issue, between 1931 and 1938. With this reissue comes unused and hitherto unissued recordings, many by Tiana Lemnitz and Herbert Jannsen. So there is now more to discover and exploration is made easier for us in 2003 than it was in the 1930s. The remastering has improved the sound, Legge's widow Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is able to provide a perceptive introduction in an accompanying booklet, and the texts of the songs are now provided in German and English.

"Even little things can delight us.".......2003-06-02

If these six words give an approximate translation of the song titled "Auch kleine Dinge", then they might also describe a music lover's reaction as he makes a journey of exploration through the hundreds of little songs composed by Hugo Wolf.

Walter Legge, a very young EMI record producer in the 1930s, first made such a journey possible when he pioneered the Hugo Wolf Society and began releasing the volumes now reissued in this boxed set. Many singers were invited to participate. Legge's choice of singers was sometimes idiosyncratic. You might wonder how an Irish tenor, a Ukrainian bass and a Greek soprano were admitted to the roster. The results, however, especially in the case of the contributions of John McCormack and Alexander Kipnis, prove the sureness of his instincts.

About half Wolf's songs were made available in the original issue, between 1931 and 1938. With this reissue comes unused and hitherto unissued recordings, many by Tiana Lemnitz and Herbert Jannsen. So there is now more to discover and exploration is made easier for us in 2003 than it was in the 1930s. The remastering has improved the sound, Legge's widow Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is able to provide a perceptive introduction in an accompanying booklet, and the texts of the songs are now provided in German and English.

Wolf sung by various Lieder singers.......2000-08-15

This is an extraordinary collection of Wolf songs. It is frustrating that the project was not completed, as the quality of what was recorded is so extraordinarily revelatory. My personal favourites are the Michelangelo settings sung by the bass Alexander Kipnis, although he uncharacteristically makes some textual errors. The contributions of Hüsch are numerous and thoughtfully sung, and Karl Erb, Herbert Janssen, Ludwig Weber, Rita Ginster and Marta Fuchs are all caught on extraordinary form, with accompanists of admittedly variable quality, ranging from the sublime Gerald Moore to some very interesting contributions from some accompanists who did not really capture the true essence of Lieder accompanying, which surely cannot permit the piano to be subservient to the voice!

These precious recordings offer us so much. They are a document of a golden age of Lieder singing, and they are superb recitals, sung by a variety of voices, never allowing the listener to tire of listening to a single voice for too long. They are also, of course, examples of some of the most wonderful Lieder writing of any time. These 5 cds are a must for a Lieder specialist, and can open new doors to the novice. Buy them, and never regret having this treasure trove which will give you pleasure all your life.

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Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel [Highlights] Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Humperdinck, Engelbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Great Recordings Of The Century - Humperdinck: Hansel Und Gretel / Karajan, Schwarzkopf, Grummer, Metternich, et al ASIN: B0005EZWRC Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

1. Suse, Liebe Suse
2. So Recht! Und Willst Du Nun Nicht Mehr Klagen
3. Bruderchen, Komm, Tanz Mit Mir (Tanzduett)
4. Holla!...Himmel!
5. Marsch! Fort In Den Wald
6. Wenn Sie Sich Verirrten
7. Eine Hex', Steinalt
8. Ein Mannlein Steht Im Walde
9. Mein Erbelkorbchen Ist Voll Bis Oben!
10. Gretel, Ich Weiss Den Weg Nicht Mehr!
11. Der Kleine Sandmann Bin Ich
12. Abends Will Ich Schlafen Geh'n
13. Traumpantomime
14. Wo Bin Ich?
15. Bleib Steh'n
16. Wie Duftet's Von Dorten
17. Knusper, Knusper, Knauschen
18. Ich Bin Rosina Leckermaul
19. Halt! Hokus Pokus (Fluch Der Hexe)
20. Hurr-Hopp-Hopp
21. Auf! Wach Auf, Mein Jungelchen
22. Juchhei! Nun Ist Die Hexe Tot (Knusperwalzer)
23. Erlost, Befreit Fur Alle Zeit
24. Vater! Mutter!

Average customer rating:

Willst du Mit Mir Geh'n Daliah Lavi Manufacturer: Disky ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001D0NAS Release Date: 2005-04-20

Tracks:

1. Willst du mit Mir Geh'n
2. Dieses Jahr, Dieses Jahr
3. Ich Glaub' an Die Liebe
4. Gospodin
5. Immer Wenn Es Dunkel Wird
6. War' Ich ein Buch im Leben
7. Worte Wie Pfeile
8. Tage Gehen
9. Wenn der Worhang Fallt
10. Liebeslied Jener Sommernacht
11. Beste
12. Meine Art Liebe Zu Zeigen
13. Nicht Mehr
14. Auf dem Weg zum Ich
15. Jerusalem
16. Wer Hat Mein Lied So Zerstort, Ma?
17. Lieder des Lebens
18. Lieben Sie Parties

Average customer rating: An encyclopedic collection of Schubert songs, Volume 2 Make up your mind to this journey. LAS ROSAS DEL JARDIN

Schubert: Lieder, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich | ( F ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Schubert, Franz | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Franz Schubert: Lieder, Volume I ASIN: B000001GHE Release Date: 1993-03-16

Tracks:

1. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: An die Musik D. 547
2. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Pax vobiscum D. 551
3. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Hanflings Liebeswerbung D. 552
4. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Auf der Donau D. 553
5. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Schiffer D. 536: Im Winde, im Sturme befahr' ich den Fluss
6. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Nach einem Gewitter D. 561
7. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Fischerlied D. 562
8. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Das Grab D. 569
9. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Strom D. 565
10. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: An den Tod D. 518
11. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Abschied D. 578: Lebe wohl, du lieber Freund
12. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Die Forelle D. 550
13. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D. 583
14. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Elysium D. 584
15. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Atys D. 585
16. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Erlafsee D. 586
17. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Alpenjager D. 588
18. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Kampf D. 594
19. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Knabe in der Wiege D. 579
20. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Auf der Riesenkoppe D. 611
21. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht D. 614

Tracks:

1. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Grablied fur die Mutter D. 616
2. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Einsamkeit D. 620
3. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Blumenbrief D. 622
4. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Das Marienbild D. 623
5. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen D. 343
6. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Blondel zu Marien D. 626
7. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Das Abendrot D. 627: Du heilig, gluhend Abendrot!
8. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Sonett D. 628: Apollo, lebet noch dein hold Verlangen
9. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Sonett D. 629: Allein, nachdenklich, wie gelahmet vom Krampfe
10. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Sonett D. 630: Nunmehr, da Himmel, Erde schweigt
11. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Vom Mitleiden Maria D. 632
12. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Die Gebusche D. 646
13. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Wanderer D. 649
14. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Abendbilder D 650
15. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Himmelsfunken D 651
16. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: An die Freunde D. 654
17. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Sehnsucht D 636

Tracks:

1. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Hoffnung D. 637: Es reden und traumen die Menschen viel
2. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Jungling am Bache D. 638
3. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Hymne I D. 659: Wenige wissen das Geheimnis der Liebe
4. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Hymne II D. 660: Wenn ich ihn nur habe
5. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Hymne III D. 661: Wenn alle untreu werden
6. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Hymne IV D. 662: Ich sag es jedem, dass er lebt
7. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Marie D. 658
8. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Beim Winde D. 669
9. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Die Sternennachte D. 670
10. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Trost D. 671: Hornerklange rufen klagend
11. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Nachtstuck D. 672
12. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Prometheus D. 674
13. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Strophe aus: Die Gotter Griechenlands D. 677
14. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Nachthymne D. 687
15. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Die Vogel D. 691
16. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Knabe D. 692
17. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Fluss D. 693
18. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Abendrote D. 690: Tiefer sinket shcon die Sonne
19. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Schiffer D. 694: Friedlich lieg ich hingegossen
20. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Die Sterne D. 684: Du staunest, O Mensch
21. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Morgenlied D. 685: Eh' die Sonne fruh aufersteht
22. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Fruhlingsglaube D. 686

Tracks:

1. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Des Frauleins Liebeslauschen D. 698
2. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Orest auf Tauris D. 548
3. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der entsuhnte Orest D. 699
4. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Freiwilliges Versinken D. 700
5. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Jungling auf dem H. 702
6. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Sehnsucht D. 516: Der Lerche wolkennahe Lieder
7. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der zurnenden Diana D. 707
8. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Im Walde D. 708: Windes Rauschen, Gottes Flugel
9. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Die gefangenen Sanger D. 712
10. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Ungluckliche D. 713
11. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Versunken D. 715
12. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Geheimes D. 719
13. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Grenzen der Menschheit D. 716
14. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Jungling an der Quelle D. 300
15. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Blumen Schmerz D. 731
16. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Sei mir gegrusst D. 741
17. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Herrn Josef Spaun, Assessor In Linz D. 749

Tracks:

1. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Wachtelschlag D. 742
2. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Ihr Grab D. 736
3. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Nachtviolen D. 752
4. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Heliopolis I D. 753: Im kalten, rauhen Norden
5. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Heliopolis II D. 754: Fels auf Felsen hingewalzet
6. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Selige Welt D. 743
7. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Schwanengesang D. 744: Wie klag' ich's aus
8. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Du liebst mich nicht D. 756
9. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Die liebe hat gelogen D. 751
10. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Todesmusik D. 758
11. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Schatzgrabers Begehr D. 761
12. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: An die Leier D. 737
13. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: In Haine D. 738
14. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Musensohn D. 764
15. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: An die Entfernte D. 765
16. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Am Flusse D. 766
17. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Willkommen und Abschied D. 767
18. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Wandrers Nachtlied (Ein gleiches) D. 768: Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh
19. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der zirnende Barde D. 785
20. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Am See D. 746: In des Sees Wogenspiele
21. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Viola D. 786
22. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Drang in die Ferne D. 770

Tracks:

1. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Zwerg D. 771
2. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Wehmut D. 772: Wenn ich durch Wald und Fluren geh'
3. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Lied (Die Mutter Erde) D. 788: Des Lebens Tag ist schwer und schwul
4. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Auf dem Wasser zu singen D. 774
5. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Pilgerweise D. 789
6. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Das Geheimnis D. 793
7. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Pilgrim D. 794
8. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Dass sie hier gewesen D. 775
9. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Du bist die Ruh D. 776
10. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Lachen und Weinen D. 777
11. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Greisengesang D. 778
12. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Dithyrambe D. 801
13. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Sieg D. 805
14. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Abendstern D. 806
15. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Auflosung D. 807
16. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Gondelfahrer D. 808
17. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe D. 955: Glaube, hoffe, liebe!
18. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Im Abendrot D. 799: O wie schon ist deine Welt
19. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Einsame D. 800
20. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Des Sangers Habe D. 832

Tracks:

1. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Totengrabers Heimwehe D. 842
2. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Der blinde Knabe D. 833
3. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Nacht und Traume D. 827
4. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Normans Gesang D. 846
5. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Lied des gefangenen Jagers D. 843
6. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Im Walde D. 834: Ich wand're uber Berg und Tal
7. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Auf der Bruck D. 853
8. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Das Heimweh D. 851: Ach, der Gebirgssohn
9. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Die Allmacht D. 852
10. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Fulle der Liebe D. 854
11. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Wiedersehn D. 855
12. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Abedlied fur die Entfernte D. 856
13. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Szene I aus dem Schauspiel - Lacrimas D. 857
14. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: An mein Herz D. 860
15. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Der liebliche Stern D. 861
16. Lieder (181701828) Vol. II: Im Janner 1817 (Tiefes Leid) D. 876

Tracks:

1. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Am Fenster D. 878
2. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Sehnsucht D 879: Die Scheibe friert, der Wind ist rauh
3. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Im Freien D. 880
4. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Fischerweise D. 881
5. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Totengraber-Weise D. 869
6. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Im Fruhling D. 882
7. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Lebensmut D. 883: O wie dringt sas junge Leben
8. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Um Mitternacht D. 862
9. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Uber Wildemann D. 884
10. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Romanze des Richard Lowenherz D. 907
11. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Trinklied D. 888: Bacchus, feister Furst des Weins
12. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Standchen D. 889: Horch, horch, die Lerch im Atherblau
13. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Hippolits Lied D. 890
14. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Gensang (An Silvia) D. 891: Was ist Silvia, saget an
15. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Wanderer an den Mond D. 870
16. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Das Zugenglocklein D. 871
17. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Bei dir allein D. 866 No. 2
18. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Irdisches Gluck D. 866 No. 4
19. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Wiegenlied D. 867: Wie sich der Auglein kindlicher Himmel
20. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Vater mit dem Kind D. 906

Tracks:

1. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Jagers Liebeslied D. 909
2. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Schiffers Scheidelied D. 910
3. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: L'incanto degli occhi D. 902 No. 1
4. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Il traditor deluso D. 902 No. 2
5. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Il modo di prender moglie D. 902 No. 3
6. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Das Lied im Grunen D. 917
7. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Das Weinen D. 926
8. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Vor meiner Wiege D. 927
9. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Wallensteiner Lanzknecht beim Trunk D. 931
10. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Kreuzzug D. 932
11. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Des Fischers Liebesgluck D. 933
12. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Der Winterabend D. 938
13. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Die Sterne D. 939: Wie blitzen die Sterne
14. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Herbst D. 945: Es rauschen die Winde
15. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Widerschein D. 949
16. Lieder (1817-1828) Vol. II: Abschied D. 829: Leb wohl, du schone Erde

Customer Reviews:

An encyclopedic collection of Schubert songs, Volume 2.......2005-10-26

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born 1925) is considered by many to be the foremost authority on Schubert Lieder for the male voice in our time. He likely made more recordings of this area of music than any other singer, having not only this 9 disc set, but another 9 disc set (Volume 1) for DG, the three complete song cycles: "Schwanengesang", "Die Schone Mullerin" and "Winterreise" (DG, Volume 3 of Fischer-Dieskau's Lieder edition), plus a 6 disc set of Schubert Lieder for EMI, also with Gerald Moore. Figure in the earlier recordings from the late 1940s, and live recitals on such labels as Orfeo, and there are ALOT of Fischer-Dieskau Schubert lieder recordings available.

Critics of vocal recitals and lieder may have other opinions, but I think this is as fine a collection as any. I keep this, like Volume 1, to be able to refer to a given song, not to listen to disc after disc of Schubert Lieder in one sitting, even though all are delightful works. Fischer-Dieskau manages to make Schubert's simple, strophic songs sound like great masterpieces, perhaps greater than they really are. And pianist Gerald Moore is an excellent partner: Moore and Fischer-Dieskau work as one, in perfect sync.

Keep in mind these are all songs for male voice, and not the complete Schubert songs. DG should be commended for releasing these recordings on CD and keeping them before the public. If you are really a Schubert completist, consider also the complete Hyperion Schubert Edition, with Graham Johnson, piano, and singers such as Lucia Popp, Peter Schreier, Janet Baker, Stephen Varcoe, Maragaret Price, Ian Bostridge, Martyn Hill singing all the 700+ songs Schubert composed in his short lifetime (1797-1828; Schubert's first lieder were composed about 1815). (The Hyperion Schubert edition is available in Great Britain for about $250 for 40 discs, if you cannot find it in the US).

For further comment, please see my remarks for DG, Volume 1 of Schubert Lieder by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

Make up your mind to this journey........2001-02-07

Since this set of Schubert lieder (3 boxes, 21 cds in all) has become a legedary classic, I don't think I should make any comment. But just a suggestion to those who want to embark on these discs. Make up your mind on this journey. On facing such a tome record arranged and sung chronically, it's useless and wrong only to listen to some famous lieder or discs or just listen randomly. You should spare a long period of time, begin by listening from the very first disc to the last disc. And, during the period do not listen to any lied of other composers. Then gradually, lied by lied, disc by disc, you will forget this is Fischer-Diskau and Moore---This is a real life of a great soul! You are really touching and breathing with a great soul! Feel the sound of schubert, feel his struggle, his emotion, his feeling, his hate and love. Feel how those youthful spontaneous and raw lieder gradually developed into fully ripened masterpieces. Such wonderful experience belongs only to really patient listeners.

It took me about 2 full weeks to listen to the whole 21 discs. Fischer-Diskau and Moore chose the "Abschied(Farewell)" to be the last lieder read (this song happened to be the only lied of Schubert to be recite with piano accompaniment, and which was composed during his final years). Thus the whole hundreds of lieder, or the whole life of Schubert, ended on this lied, farewell to the earth. It began with "Leb wohl, du schoene Erde (Goodbye, you beautiful Earth)". I will forever remember when I finally came into this lied, on the first words of Diskau's "Leb wohl, du schoene Erde" I trembled and cried from the very first note to the last note. My god, it's untouchable granduer.

LAS ROSAS DEL JARDIN.......2000-05-03

Indudablemente, si de Lieder vamos hablar, los de Schubert son LA BIBLIA en la materia. Ningún otro compositor por más bueno que sea, llega acercarse a la belleza de los Lieder de Franz Peter Schubert, entre ellos me refiero concretamente a ilustres compositores como: Beethoven, Schumann, Wolf, Mussorsgky, Tchaikovsky, y Richard Strauss.

Si tendríamos que definir con una sola palabra a estos Lieder está con seguridad sería "MELANCOLIA". Las canciones de Schubert son tan hermosas como las rosas del jardín, pero tienen como ésa flor, espinas, pues para personas de sensibilidad artística, generalmente cuando los escuchamos terminamos con un nudo en la garganta sino con lágrimas en los ojos.

Sin lugar a dudas, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau es el interprete ideal. El timbre de su voz, así como la calidez de sus interpretaciones, son la combinación perfecta para estas magnas obras. Amigo de la música éste álbum realmente vale la pena, a pesar que es un poco caro, hay que hacer el esfuerzo para no perderse las maravillas que tienen éstos Lieder interpretados por su mejor exponente. Es una de las grabaciones más memorables del Siglo XX. (Mi lieder más amado es Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen).

Average customer rating: Bach is priceless Buy the works you like.... Poor Bach A Treasure Trove 147 out of 153 ain't bad!

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Tracks:

1. Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern
2. Du Wahrer Gottes und Marien Sohn
3. Erfuellet, ihr himmlischen goettlichen Flammen
4. Ein irdscher Glanz, wein leiblich Licht
5. Unser Mund und Ton der Saiten
6. Wie Schon Leuchtet Der Morgenstern, BWV 1: Chor: 'Wie Bin Ich Doch So Herzlich Froh' - Wiener Sangerknaben/Chor Viennensis/Hans Gillesberger
7. Ach Gott, Vom Himmel Sieh Darein, BWV 2: Chor: 'Ach Gott, Vom Himmel Sieh Darein' - Wiener Sangerknaben/Chor Viennensis/Hans Gillesberger
8. Ach Gott, Vom Himmel Sieh Darein, BWV 2: Recitativo: 'Sie Lehren Eitel Falsche List' - Kurt Equiluz
9. Ach Gott, Vom Himmel Sieh Darein, BWV 2: Aria: 'Tilg, O Gott, Die Lehren' - Paul Esswood
10. Ach Gott, Vom Himmel Sieh Darein, BWV 2: Recitativo: 'Die Armen Sind Verstort' - Max Van Egmond
11. Ach Gott, Vom Himmel Sieh Darein, BWV 2: Aria: 'Durchs Feuer Wird Das Silber Rein' - Kurt Equiluz
12. Ach Gott, Vom Himmel Sieh Darein, BWV 2: Chor: 'Das Wollst Du, Gott, Bewahren Rein' - Wiener Sangerknaben/Chor Viennensis/Hans Gillesberger
13. Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid, BWV 3: Chor: 'Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid' - Wiener Sangerknaben/Chor Viennensis/Hans Gillesberger
14. Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid, BWV 3: Choral Recitativo: 'Wie Schwerlich Lasst Sich Fleisch Und... - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger/Paul Esswood/Kurt Equiluz/Max Van Egmond...
15. Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid, BWV 3: Aria: 'Empfind Ich Hollenangst Und Pein' - Max Van Egmond
16. Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid, BWV 3: Recitativo: 'Es Mag Mir Leib Und Geist Verschmachten' - Kurt Equiluz
17. Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid, BWV 3: Aria: 'Wenn Sorgen Auf Mich Dringen' - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger/Paul Esswood
18. Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid, BWV 3: Chor: 'Erhalt Mein Herz Im Glauben Rein' - Wiener Sangerknaben/Chor Viennensis/Hans Gillesberger

Tracks:

1. Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erloesen
2. O Schmerz, o Elend, so mich trifft
3. Solls ja so sein
4. Ach lege das Sodom der suendlichen Glieder
5. Hier aber tut des Heilands Hand
6. Ich Elender Mensch, Wer Wird Mich Erlosen, BWV 48: Aria: 'Vergibt Mir Jesus Meine Sunden' - Kurt Equiluz
7. Ich Elender Mensch, Wer Wird Mich Erlosen, BWV 48: Chor: 'Herr Jesu Christ, Einiger Trost' - Wiener Sangerknaben/Chor Viennensis/Hans Gillesberger
8. Ich Geh Und Suche Mit Verlangen, BWV 49: Sinf - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
9. Ich Geh Und Suche Mit Verlangen, BWV 49: Aria: 'Ich Geh Und Suche Mit Verlangen' - Ruud Van Der Meer
10. Ich Geh Und Suche Mit Verlangen, BWV 49: Recitativo Ed Arioso: 'Mein Mahl Ist Zubereit'' - Ruud Van Der Meer/Peter Jelosits
11. Ich Geh Und Suche Mit Verlangen, BWV 49: Aria: 'Ich Bin Herrlich, Ich Bin Schon' - Peter Jelosits
12. Ich Geh Und Suche Mit Verlangen, BWV 49: Recitativo: 'Mein Glaube Hat Mich Selbst So Angezogen' - Peter Jelosits/Ruud Van Der Meer
13. Ich Geh Und Suche Mit Verlangen, BWV 49: Aria (Duetto): 'Dich Hab Ich Je Und Je Geliebet' - Peter Jelosits/Ruud Van Der Meer
14. Nun Ist Das Heil Und Die Kraft, BWV 50: Chor: 'Nun Ist Das Heil Und Die Kraft' - Wiener Sangerknaben/Chor Viennensis/Hans Gillesberger
15. Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen, BWV 51: Aria: 'Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen!' - Marianne Kweksilber
16. Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen, BWV 51: Recitativo: 'Wir Beten Zu Dem Tempel An' - Marianne Kweksilber
17. Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen, BWV 51: Aria: 'Hochster, Mache Deine Gute' - Marianne Kweksilber
18. Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen, BWV 51: Chor: 'Sei Lob Und Preis Mit Ehren' - Marianne Kweksilber
19. Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen, BWV 51: Aria: 'Alleluja!' - Marianne Kweksilber

Tracks:

1. (Caro) Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
2. (Alto, Tenore) Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
3. (Soprano) Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
4. (Basso) Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
5. (Alto) Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
6. Was Gott Tut, Das Ist Wohlgetan, BWV 100: Chor: 'Was Gott Tut, Das Ist Wohlgetan' - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Collegium Vocale, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
7. Nimm Von Uns, Herr, Du Treuer Gott, BWV 101: Chor: 'Nimm Von Uns, Herr, Du Treuer Gott' - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
8. Nimm Von Uns, Herr, Du Treuer Gott, BWV 101: Aria: 'Handle Nicht Nach Deinen Rechten' - Kurt Equiluz
9. Nimm Von Uns, Herr, Du Treuer Gott, BWV 101: Recitativo-Chor: 'Ach! Herr Gott, Durch Die Treue Dein' - Wilhelm Wiedl
10. Nimm Von Uns, Herr, Du Treuer Gott, BWV 101: Aria: 'Warum Willst Du So Zornig Sein?' - Philippe Huttenlocher
11. Nimm Von Uns, Herr, Du Treuer Gott, BWV 101: Recitativo-Chor: 'Die Sund Hat Uns Verderbet Sehr' - Kurt Equiluz
12. Nimm Von Uns, Herr, Du Treuer Gott, BWV 101: Aria (Duetto): 'Gedenk An Jesu Bittern Tod!' - Wilhelm Wiedl/Paul Esswood
13. Nimm Von Uns, Herr, Du Treuer Gott, BWV 101: Chor: 'Leit Uns Mit Deiner Rechten Hand' - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
14. Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben, BWV 102, Prima Parte: Chor: 'Herr, Deine Augen Sehen... - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
15. Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben, BWV 102, Prima Parte: Recitativo: 'Wo Ist Das Ebenbild' - Philippe Huttenlocher
16. Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben, BWV 102, Prima Parte: Aria: 'Weh Der Seele' - Paul Esswood
17. Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben, BWV 102, Prima Parte: Arioso: 'Verachtest Du Den... - Philippe Huttenlocher
18. Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben, BWV 102, Seconda Parte: Aria: 'Erschrecke Doch, Du... - Kurt Equiluz
19. Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben, BWV 102, Seconda Parte: Recitativo: 'Beim Warten Ist... - Paul Esswood
20. Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben, BWV 102, Seconda Parte: Chor: Heut Lebst Du, Heut... - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

Tracks:

1. Sinfonia
2. Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich
3. Doch bin und bleibe ich vergnuegt
4. Leite mich in deiner Wahrheit
5. Zedern muessen von den Winden
6. Nach Dir, Herr, Verlanget Mich, BWV 150: Chor: 'Meine Augen Sehen Stets Zu Dem Herrn' - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Collegium Vocale, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
7. Nach Dir, Herr, Verlanget Mich, BWV 150: Chor: 'Meine Tage In Dem Leide' - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Collegium Vocale, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
8. Susser Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt, BWV 151: Aria: 'Susser Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt' - Sebastian Hennig
9. Susser Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt, BWV 151: Recitativo: 'Erfreue Dich, Mein Herz' - Max Van Egmond
10. Susser Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt, BWV 151: Aria: 'In Jesu Demut Kann Ich Trost' - Paul Esswood
11. Susser Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt, BWV 151: Recitativo: 'Du Teurer Gottessohn' - Kurt Equiluz
12. Susser Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt, BWV 151: Chor: 'Heut Schleusst Er Wieder Auf Die Tur' - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Collegium Vocale, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
13. Tritt Auf Die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152: Con - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
14. Tritt Auf Die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152: Aria: 'Tritt Auf Die Glaubensbahn' - Thomas Hampson
15. Tritt Auf Die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152: Recitativo: 'Der Heiland Ist Gesetzt' - Thomas Hampson
16. Tritt Auf Die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152: Aria: 'Stein, Der Uber Alle Schatze' - Christoph Wegmann
17. Tritt Auf Die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152: Recitativo: 'Es Argre Sich Die Kluge Welt' - Thomas Hampson
18. Tritt Auf Die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152: Duetto: 'Wie Soll Ich Dich, Liebster Der Seelen, Umfassen?' - Christoph Wegmann/Thomas Hampson
19. Schau, Lieber Gott, Wie Meine Feind, BWV 153: Chor: 'Schau, Lieber Gott, Wie Meine Feind' - Tolzer Knabenchor//Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
20. Schau, Lieber Gott, Wie Meine Feind, BWV 153: Recitativo: 'Mein Liebster Gott' - Stefan Rampf
21. Schau, Lieber Gott, Wie Meine Feind, BWV 153: Aria: 'Furchte Dich Nicht, Ich Bin Mit Dir' - Thomas Hampson
22. Schau, Lieber Gott, Wie Meine Feind, BWV 153: Recitativo: 'Du Sprichst Zwar, Lieber Gott' - Kurt Equiluz
23. Schau, Lieber Gott, Wie Meine Feind, BWV 153: Chor: 'Und Ob Gleich Alle Teufel - Tolzer Knabenchor//Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
24. Schau, Lieber Gott, Wie Meine Feind, BWV 153: Aria: 'Sturmt Nur, Sturmt, Ihr Trubsalswetter' - Kurt Equiluz
25. Schau, Lieber Gott, Wie Meine Feind, BWV 153: Recitativo: 'Getrost! Mein Herz, Erdulde Deinen... - Thomas Hampson
26. Schau, Lieber Gott, Wie Meine Feind, BWV 153: Aria: 'Soll Ich Meinen Lebeslauf' - Stefan Rampf
27. Schau, Lieber Gott, Wie Meine Feind, BWV 153: Chor: 'Drum Will Ich, Weil Ich Lebe Noch' - Tolzer Knabenchor//Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

Tracks:

1. Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht
2. Auf, Sterbliche, lasset ein Jauchzen ertoenen
3. So bald, als dir die Sternen hold
4. Es streiten, es siegen die kuenftigen Zeiten
5. Bedenke nur, begluecktes Land
6. Die Zeit, Die Tag Und Jahre Macht, BWV 134A: Aria: 'Der Zeiten Herr Hat Viel Vergnugte Stunden' - Michael Chance
7. Die Zeit, Die Tag Und Jahre Macht, BWV 134A: Recitativo: 'Hilf, Hochster, Hilf' - Michael Chance/Paul Agnew
8. Die Zeit, Die Tag Und Jahre Macht, BWV 134A: Chor: 'Ergetzet Auf Erden' - The Amsterdam Baroque Chor/Ton Koopman
9. Durchlauchtster Leopold, BWV 173A: Recitativo: 'Durchlauchtster Leopold' - Lisa Larsson
10. Durchlauchtster Leopold, BWV 173A: Aria: 'Guldner Sonnen Frohe Stunden' - Lisa Larsson
11. Durchlauchtster Leopold, BWV 173A: Aria: 'Leopolds Vortrefflichkeiten' - Klaus Mertens
12. Durchlauchtster Leopold, BWV 173A: Aria: 'Unter Seinem Purpursaum' - Lisa Larsson/Klaus Mertens
13. Durchlauchtster Leopold, BWV 173A: Recitativo: 'Durchlauchtigster, Den Anhalt Vater Nennt' - Lisa Larsson/Klaus Mertens
14. Durchlauchtster Leopold, BWV 173A: Aria: 'So Schau Des Holden Tages Licht' - Lisa Larsson
15. Durchlauchtster Leopold, BWV 173A: Aria: 'Dein Name Gleich Der Sonnen Geh' - Klaus Mertens
16. Durchlauchtster Leopold, BWV 173A: Chor: 'Nimm Auch, Grosser Furst, Uns Auf' - Lisa Larsson/Klaus Mertens

Tracks:

1. Kyrie eleison
2. Christe eleison
3. Kyrie eleison
4. Gloria in excelsis Deo
5. Laudamus te
6. Mass in b, BWV 232: I. Missa: Gloria: Gratias Agimus Tibi - Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
7. Mass in b, BWV 232: I. Missa: Gloria: Domine Deus - Angela Maria Blasi/Kurt Equiluz
8. Mass in b, BWV 232: I. Missa: Gloria: Qui Tollis - Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
9. Mass in b, BWV 232: I. Missa: Gloria: Qui Sedes - Jadwiga Rappe
10. Mass in b, BWV 232: I. Missa: Gloria: Quoniam To Solus - Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
11. Mass in b, BWV 232: I. Missa: Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu - Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner

Tracks:

1. Singet dem Herrn ein neres Lied
2. Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
3. Komm, Jesu, komm
4. Jesu, meine Freude
5. Fuerchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir
6. Lobet Den Herrn, Alle Heiden, BWV 230 - Stockholm Bach Chor/Anders Ohrwall

Tracks:

1. Fantasia et Fuga in g BWV 542
2. Fuga in g BWV 578
3. Canzona in d BWV 588
4. Praeludium et Fuga in h BWV 544
5. Praeludium et Fuga in a BWV 543
6. Fant in c, BWV 562 - Ton Koopman
7. Prld Et Fuga in C, BWV 531 - Ton Koopman
8. Fant in G, BWV 572 - Ton Koopman
9. Fant in C, BWV 570 - Ton Koopman
10. Passacaglia in c, BWV 582 - Ton Koopman

Tracks:

1. Inventio 1 BWV 772
2. Inventio 2 BWV 773
3. Inventio 3 BWV 774
4. Inventio 4 BWV 775
5. Inventio 5 BWV 776
6. Inventio 6 in E, BWV 777 - Zuzana Ruzickova
7. Inventio 7 in e, BWV 778 - Zuzana Ruzickova
8. Inventio 8 in F, BWV 779 - Zuzana Ruzickova
9. Inventio 9 in f, BWV 780 - Zuzana Ruzickova
10. Inventio 10 in G, BWV 781 - Zuzana Ruzickova
11. Inventio 11 in g, BWV 782 - Zuzana Ruzickova
12. Inventio 12 in A, BWV 783 - Zuzana Ruzickova
13. Inventio 13 in a, BWV 784 - Zuzana Ruzickova
14. Inventio 14 in B flat, BWV 785 - Zuzana Ruzickova
15. Inventio 15 in b, BWV 786 - Zuzana Ruzickova
16. Sinf 1 in C, BWV 787 - Zuzana Ruzickova
17. Sinf 2 in c, BWV 788 - Zuzana Ruzickova
18. Sinf 3 in D, BWV 789 - Zuzana Ruzickova
19. Sinf 4 in d, BWV 790 - Zuzana Ruzickova
20. Sinf 5 in E flat, BWV 791 - Zuzana Ruzickova
21. Sinf 6 in E, BWV 792 - Zuzana Ruzickova
22. Sinf 7 in e, BWV 793 - Zuzana Ruzickova
23. Sinf 8 in F, BWV 794 - Zuzana Ruzickova
24. Sinf 9 in f, BWV 795 - Zuzana Ruzickova
25. Sinf 10 in G, BWV 796 - Zuzana Ruzickova
26. Sinf 11 in g, BWV 797 - Zuzana Ruzickova
27. Sinf 12 in A, BWV 798 - Zuzana Ruzickova
28. Sinf 13 in a, BWV 799 - Zuzana Ruzickova
29. Sinf 14 in B flat, BWV 800 - Zuzana Ruzickova
30. Sinf 15 in b, BWV 801 - Zuzana Ruzickova

Tracks:

1. Prelude and Fugue in A minor: Praeludium
2. Prelude and Fugue in A minor: Fuga
3. Prelude and Fughetta in E minor: Praeludium
4. Prelude and Fughetta in E minor: Fuga
5. Prelude in G major BWV 902a
6. Fant And Fugue in a, BWV 904: Fant - Zuzana Ruzickova
7. Fant And Fugue in a, BWV 904: Fuga - Zuzana Ruzickova
8. Clavier-Buchlein Vor W.F. Bach: Prld in C, BWV 924 - Zuzana Ruzickova
9. Clavier-Buchlein Vor W.F. Bach: Prld in D, BWV 925 - Zuzana Ruzickova
10. Clavier-Buchlein Vor W.F. Bach: Prld in d, BWV 926 - Zuzana Ruzickova
11. Clavier-Buchlein Vor W.F. Bach: Prld in F, BWV 927 - Zuzana Ruzickova
12. Clavier-Buchlein Vor W.F. Bach: Prld in F, BWV 928 - Zuzana Ruzickova
13. Clavier-Buchlein Vor W.F. Bach: Prld in g, BWV 930 - Zuzana Ruzickova
14. Clavier-Buchlein Vor W.F. Bach: Prld in a, BWV 931 - Zuzana Ruzickova
15. Prld in E, BWV 937 - Zuzana Ruzickova
16. Prld in C, BWV 939 - Zuzana Ruzickova
17. Prld in d, BWV 940 - Zuzana Ruzickova
18. Applicatio in C, BWV 994 - Zuzana Ruzickova

Tracks:

1. Suite in G minor BWV 995: Prelude
2. Suite in G minor BWV 995: Allemande
3. Suite in G minor BWV 995: Courante
4. Suite in G minor BWV 995: Sarabande
5. Suite in G minor BWV 995: Gavotte I - Gavotte II en Rondeau
6. Ste in g, BWV 995: Gigue - Luca Pianca
7. Ste in e, BWV 996: Prld (Passagio-Presto) - Michele Barchi
8. Ste in e, BWV 996: Allemande - Michele Barchi
9. Ste in e, BWV 996: Courante - Michele Barchi
10. Ste in e, BWV 996: Sarabande - Michele Barchi
11. Ste in e, BWV 996: Bourree - Michele Barchi
12. Ste in e, BWV 996: Gigue - Michele Barchi
13. Ste in c, BWV 997: Prld - Michele Barchi/Luca Pianca
14. Ste in c, BWV 997: Fuga - Michele Barchi/Luca Pianca
15. Ste in c, BWV 997: Sarabande - Michele Barchi/Luca Pianca
16. Ste in c, BWV 997: Gigue-Double - Michele Barchi/Luca Pianca

Tracks:

1. Concerto for two violins BWV 1043: Vivace
2. Concerto for two violins BWV 1043: Largo, ma non tanto
3. Concerto for two violins BWV 1043: Allegro
4. Concerto BWV 1042: Allegro
5. Concerto BWV 1042: Adagio
6. Con in E, BWV 1042: Allegro Assai - Alice Harnoncourt
7. Con in a, BWV 1041: Allegro - Alice Harnoncourt
8. Con in a, BWV 1041: Andante - Alice Harnoncourt
9. Con in a, BWV 1041: Allegro Assai - Alice Harnoncourt
10. Con in g, BWV 1056R: (Allegro) - Alice Harnoncourt
11. Con in g, BWV 1056R: Largo - Alice Harnoncourt
12. Con in g, BWV 1056R: Presto - Alice Harnoncourt
13. Con in g, BWV 1060R: Allegro - Jurg Schaeftlein/Alice Harnoncourt
14. Con in g, BWV 1060R: Adagio - Jurg Schaeftlein/Alice Harnoncourt
15. Con in g, BWV 1060R: Allegro - Jurg Schaeftlein/Alice Harnoncourt

Amazon.com

The Bach renaissance--which began in earnest in the early 19th century thanks to the efforts of Felix Mendelssohn and others--inspired an endeavor of far-reaching significance. It led to the founding of the Bach Society in 1850, with the goal of gathering and publishing the composer's complete works, and thus set into motion one of the great projects of musical scholarship. That effort has continued and been refined throughout the 20th century, ultimately influencing not only our perception of how to perform early music but fundamental ideas of musical history, evolution, and reception as well.

Teldec's mammoth Bach 2000 box set represents a kind of culmination of that original attempt to come to terms with Johann Sebastian Bach's unparalleled legacy. This set brings together performances recorded over the last several decades--a small percentage of the recordings are previously unreleased--of all the extant works determined by modern scholarship to be authentic. There are also some pieces the authorship of which is still in question and a few now deemed "inauthentic" but familiarly associated with the composer. Bach was a prodigious reviser of his compositions, and alternate versions of a particular work have been included "where the changes seemed sufficiently important," such as the glorious Magnificat. No doubt manuscripts will continue to be unearthed here and there in various archives (Bach 2000 contains, for example, the "Neumeister chorales," which were rediscovered in 1984), but the set does not represent the many fragments of music that consist of just a few bars; however, there are some reconstructions of lost concertos (such as one for three violins reconstructed by Christopher Hogwood from an extant concerto for harpsichords).

Of course a truly comprehensive recorded edition of every note Bach wrote remains a utopian impossibility--about one-third of his cantatas, for example, have not survived. Even so, the dimensions of Bach 2000 are staggering. With its 12 boxes comprising 153 CDs, the set can be compressed into fewer boxes to save shelf space yet is still about ten times as long as the Ring cycle. (It should be noted that the packaging--using thin cardboard sleeves for the CDs--is distinctively unattractive.) That adds up to just under 160 hours of music--but a lifetime of discovery. Each box (grouped according to genre) contains a booklet with excellent notes on individual works and--for all the choral works--texts and translations. Tracking indexes are useful and thorough. Also included is a profusely illustrated hardbound volume of 24 Inventions, in which journalist Wolfgang Sandberger uses the composer's biography as a peg for some enigmatic and fascinating musings on the meaning of Bach today.

The presiding philosophy behind this project and its approach to musical interpretation can be largely ascribed to Nikolaus Harnoncourt, a true musical pioneer and galvanizing force of the "period performance" movement. Harnoncourt's epoch-making recordings of the sacred cantatas (using, for instance, boy sopranos and choristers according to the practice in Bach's time) with the Concentus musicus Wien and colleague Gustav Leonhardt comprise the first four volumes here (those who already own them can turn to the Bach 2000 Light edition, which contains everything sans the cantatas). These recordings--which were not remastered for this set--have long been controversial and are notably uneven, embracing some magnificent accounts as well as others that lack fire and seem clearly underrehearsed. But Harnoncourt is one of the most fascinating conductors of our era, and his interpretations amply bear out his assertion: "I have never felt that Bach worked in a routine manner, that he repeated himself in his works." Harnoncourt--who has articulated many of his ideas in his book The Musical Dialogue--displays his gifts as a cellist in a remarkably probing performance of the Cello Suites (originally recorded in 1965) and in his concertizing for a number of chamber works. For the St. Matthew Passion, you get Harnoncourt's groundbreaking earlier account from 1970, while his 1986 recording of the sublime B Minor Mass is also represented here (the St. John Passion included is Harnoncourt's 1995 acount).

Other artists included are colleague Gustav Leonhardt, whose thoughtful if occasionally dry harpsichord artistry is heard in the Goldberg Variations as well as in the concertos and chamber music. The harpsichord is in fact used throughout in preference to piano for the keyboard works. Ton Koopman (himself the conductor of an ongoing complete cantata series and of the Easter Oratorio included here) performs the organ works, including some newly recorded offerings, while Il Giardino Armonico's well-known high-energy account represents the Brandenburg Concertos. Violinist Thomas Zehetmair is exceptionally compelling in the unaccompanied sonatas and partitas, and the Concentus musicus Wien--again under Harnoncourt--perform a superb Musical Offering that richly repays frequent listening.

The result of Bach 2000 as a whole is an aptly encyclopedic grappling with the infinite legacy of this most compendious of composers, whose works are on one level a summation of all the styles available to him. Bach was once thought to represent a "terminal point" (to use Albert Schweitzer's famous formulation), the end of an era; today he is at least equally recognized as a fertile source of inspiration for composers since. To be sure, individual recordings of particular works will be found to be preferable, and it would be misguided to consider Bach 2000 any kind of "final" or "definitive" word. Instead, it's an indispensable starting point that represents a monumental achievement for our own contemporary understanding of Bach. --Thomas May

Album Description

Volume 1, 15 Discs
Sacred Cantatas Nos. 1-14, 16-47; 15 CDs; Harnoncourt/Leonhardt

Volume 2, 15 Discs
Sacred Cantatas Nos. 48-52, 54-69, 69A, 70-99; 15 CDs; Harnoncourt/Leonhardt

Volume 3, 15 Discs
Sacred Cantatas Nos. 100-117, 119-140,143-149; 15 CDs; Harnoncourt/Leonhardt

Volume 4, 15 Discs
Sacred Cantatas BWV 150-159, 161-188, 192, 194-199; 15 CDs; Harnoncourt/Leonhardt

Volume 5, 11 Discs
Secular Cantatas App. Sacred Cantatas; 11 CDs; Koopman, Harnoncourt, Koopman, Goebel and others

Volume 6, 14 Discs
The Sacred Vocal Works Masses,Magnificat, Passions, Oratorios; 14 CDs; Harnoncourt, Koopman, Corboz and others

Volume 7
, 7 Discs
The Motets, Chorales & Songs Kirnberger Chorales,Schemelli Songs, Quodlibet

Volume 8, 16 Discs
The Organ Works; 16 CDs; Ton Koopman

Volume 9, 11 Discs
The Keyboard Works (I) The Well-Tempered Clavier, English & French Suites, Partitas etc; 11 CDs; Curtis, Ross, Wilson, Ruzickova

Volume 10, 11 Discs
The Keyboard Works (II) Goldberg Variations, Toccatas, Fugues, Italian Concerto, etc; 11 CDs; Staier, Barchi, Leonhardt, von Asperen, Baumont, and others

Volume 11, 13 Discs
The Chamber Music Violin Sonatas & Partitas, Flute Sonatas, Works for Lute, Art of Fugue, Musical Offering, etc; 13 CDs; Harnoncourt, Pianca, Tachezi, Brggen, Zehetmair, and others

Volume 12, 10 Discs
The Orchestral Works The Concertos & Orchestral Suite; 10 CDs; Il Giardino Armonico, Harnoncourt, Leonhardt

Customer Reviews:

Bach is priceless.......2006-11-10

I believe, as another reviewer has stated, Bach's music may be the best ever written. Also, I think the cantatas are not where Bach placed his heart and soul. He was, after all, employed as a canter and in a position he did not wish for, but was forced to take to feed his large family. (I recommend "Bach and the High Baroque" lecture series by TTC.) What really stands out on this collection are all works in volumes 8 and above. Some of these works are hard to find and having them all in this collection and preformed on original instruments is great. Bach is priceless and so then is this collection.

Buy the works you like...........2006-01-11

If you love Bach, which you must if you are looking at this particular item, you probably own a couple of his works already. Perhaps some of them are on the Teldec label. There is nothing wrong with Teldec if you are just getting into "classical" music. You will probably enjoy the music thoroughly. I know I did, as one of the first "classical" releases I bought was on Teldec, and it was Bach. I was amazed how great Bach was. Then my brother showed me the same recording, performed by another group, on another label. It had a lot more passion, and the instrumentalists were obviously of a higher level. Pardon my rambling, but what I'm trying to say is, the recordings found in this boxset are not the "cream of the crop." They are perfectly acceptable, easily listenable renditions of what many consider the greatest music...EVER. Take it from me, someone who has leapt into boxset land one too many times: Save your money, buy the individual albums. Take your time, talk to record store clerks (read Amazon reviews), do your research. If you are lucky enough to have a decent record store around, listen to multiple versions of the same work. No one said you had to buy it all at once. It can take a lifetime to fully realize the potency of this music, so enjoy the discovery as long as possible.

Poor Bach.......2005-11-26

In Antony & Cleopatra, Shakespeare wrote: "I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness...."

I am 99% in favor of original instrument performances, but there are limits. Just imagine if we had the same sort of thing going on with Shakespeare's plays -- men and boys playing all of the women's parts. And if we *really* wanted to be original, they would be squeaking boys "I' th' posture of a whore" (Shakespeare's words). Such performances would knock Monty Python
right out of business.

The Cantatas, which are the lion's share of this collection, are sung by boys, boys, boys. If you want to ruin boy choirs for yourself, then go for it. It might still be a novelty by the fifth CD but by the fiftieth, you will want to throw your &*%$ wig at the squeaking speakers, just as the exasperated Bach famously did with his own wig and his own boy choir. (For which he was reprimanded.)

Does Harnoncourt really, honestly think that Bach would have picked a boy choir if he could have had women? Does anyone seriously believe that Shakespeare would have preferred his parts played by boys instead of women?

If you buy this set, don't buy it for the Cantatas, unless (unlike Bach) you can tolerate immature voices with "wig-tossingly" inconsistent intonation. Hold out for Suzuki or Koopman. Stay away from the Rifkin perfomances, mostly because the recording quality is second and third rate by today's standards. Not that historical performances should be shunned, but you might want to think twice about 60 odd CDs worth of second rate sound.

A Treasure Trove.......2004-03-07

This set is the culmination of several decades of work on the part of the West German record label Teldec (formerly known as Telefunken-Decca). With their early-music subdivision Das Alte Werk (similar to DG's Archiv or Decca's L'Oiseau-Lyre), Teldec have been in the forefront of exploring the world of period instruments and authentic performance practice, with special emphasis on the works of J.S.Bach. The lion's share of recordings here was originally made for Das Alte Werk, with the odd exception here and there licensed from other labels in order to fill in the gaps. The centerpiece of the set is the famous recording of the 199 church cantatas by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt. If you're not familiar with the cantatas, there's a whole world of drama, color and expression right here waiting for you. You'll also be surprised to learn how many of the "tunes" you know from popular arrangements, like "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and "Sleepers Awake" are actually movements from cantatas. The names of Harnoncourt and Leonhardt pop up again and again; they were both mainstays of the Teldec roster. Leonhardt gives us his 1965 Goldberg Variations on a Dulcken harpsichord whose every tone is like a bell, and Harnoncourt's "home" recording of the Cello Suites (never intended for general release) shows the ferment of a great musical mind. Ton Koopman gives us his provocative and controversial re-thinkings of the organ works, and Thomas Zehetmair's performances of the unaccompanied violin sonatas and partitas are like dramatic scenes spoken by a solo violin. Here are the uniquely bizarre Brandenburg Concertos by Il Giardino Armonico; the rhetorical and transparent performance of the motets conducted by Harnoncourt (perhaps his best-ever recording); Leonhardt's relaxed and smiling versions of the harpsichord concertos; Alice Harnoncourt's tawny, leonine performances of the sonatas for violin and harpsichord; Harnoncourt's chiaroscuro-filled performance of the Christmas Oratorio, and so on. This set is one of the most worthwhile CD buys you could make. You will never be bored with this to dip into over the years.

147 out of 153 ain't bad!.......2001-04-29

Having listened to the complete set, I can confidently recommend it, if you would use a complete set of Bach's works.

If you really like Bach, it is well worth getting. You will read disparaging reviews which will tell you that there are better performances of individual works. But this is a great opportunity for a Bach lover to get very good versions of his entire oeuvre.

In the set of 60 CDs of sacred cantatas, there are about 6 duds, which feature out of tune boy sopranos! If you are not crazy about sacred cantatas, you can buy a set which omits them, which may be advised!

I love the version of the Mass in B minor, though it is very different from our set by Munchinger [which we really enjoy].

The Brandenburgs are great. THe first movement of the first concerto is a knock out! Very brassy and bombastic: quite different from the 3 or 4 other versions I have previously enjoyed.

We are a piano family and have many CDs of Bach keyboard works played on piano [though we also have the Well Tempered Clavier on harpsichord and clavichord] The keyboard performances in the set are all on harpsichord and are lively and very enjoyable.

It takes some getting used to the authentic Baroque flute performances: especially occasional out-of-tuneness. But these are also interesting and musically played.

If you would use a set of all of Bach's extant works, it is a great choice. It is competitively priced and I love the packaging.

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Willst du Mit Mir Geh'n Daliah Lavi Manufacturer: Disky Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004WIHR Release Date: 2005-08-26

Tracks:

1. Willst du mit Mir Geh'n
2. Dieses Jahr, Dieses Jahr
3. Ich Glaub' an Die Liebe
4. Gospodin
5. Immer Wenn Es Dunkel Wird
6. War' Ich ein Buch im Leben
7. Worte Wie Pfeile
8. Tage Gehen
9. Wenn der Worhang Fallt
10. Liebeslied Jener Sommernacht
11. Beste
12. Meine Art Liebe Zu Zeigen
13. Nicht Mehr
14. Auf dem Weg zum Ich
15. Jerusalem
16. Wer Hat Mein Lied So Zerstort, Ma?
17. Lieder des Lebens
18. Lieben Sie Parties

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