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557171bk Schubert 09/10/2003 05:13 pm Page 28 Also available on Naxos: Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition Vol. 8 DEUTSCHE Schiller-Lieder, Vol. 2 Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition Vol. 1 Die Bürgschaft • Gruppe aus dem Tartarus SCHUBERT-LIED-EDITION • 15 Winterreise An Emma • Sehnsucht a.o. Roman Trekel, Baritone Regina Jakobi, Mezzo-soprano Ulrich Eisenlohr, Piano. 8.554471 Ulrich Eisenlohr, Piano. 8.554741 Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition Vol. 2 Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition Vol. 9 SCHUBERT Schwanengesang • Auf dem Strom • Herbst Schubert’s Friends, Vol. 1 Lebensmut • Lieder on texts by Ludwig Rellstab Schatzgräbers Begehr • Jägers Liebeslied Michael Volle, Baritone / Ulrich Eisenlohr, Piano Genügsamkeit • Der Strom • Grablied a.o. Schubert’s Friends, Vol. 2 Sjön Scott, Horn. 8.554663 Markus Eiche, Baritone / Jens Fuhr, Piano. 8.554799 Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition Vol. 3 Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition Vol. 10 Brigitte Geller, Soprano Goethe-Lieder, Vol. 1 Austrian Contemporaries, Vol. 1 An den Mond • Der Fischer • Ganymed • Meeres Stille Drang in die Ferne • Die Sterne • Am Fenster a.o. Ulrich Eisenlohr, Piano Prometheus • Wandrers Nachtlied I & II a.o. Christoph Genz, Tenor Ulf Bästlein, Baritone / Stefan Laux, Piano. .8.554665 Wolfram Rieger, Piano. .8.554796 Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition Vol. 4 Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition Vol. 11 Mayrhofer-Lieder, Vol. 1 North German Poets Der Alpenjäger • An die Freunde • Auf der Donau Auf der Bruck • Im Frühling • Der Wanderer a.o. Aus “Heliopolis” I & II • Der Hirt a.o. Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Bass-Baritone Cornelius Hauptmann, Bass Ulrich Eisenlohr, Piano . .8.555780 Stefan Laux, Piano. .8.554738 Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition Vol. 12 Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition Vol. 5 Mayrhofer-Lieder, Vol. 2 Die schöne Müllerin Erlafsee • Uraniens Flucht • Auflösung a.o. Christian Elsner, Tenor Christiane Iven, Mezzo-Soprano Ulrich Eisenlohr, Piano . .8.554664 Burkhard Kehring, Piano . 8.554739 Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition Vol. 6 Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition Vol. 13 Schiller-Lieder, Vol. 1 Goethe Lieder, Vol. 2 Der Alpenjäger • Der Kampf • Der Taucher a.o. Lieder der Mignon • Gretchen-Lieder • Suleika I,II a.o. Martin Bruns, Baritone Ruth Ziesak, Soprano • Ulrich Eisenlohr, Piano Ulrich Eisenlohr, Piano . .8.554740 Christian Elsner, Tenor. 8.554666 Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition Vol. 7 Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition Vol. 14 European Poets, Vol. 1 European Poets, Vol. 2 Ellens Gesänge • Lied des gefangenen Jägers, Edward, An Silvia • Vedi quanto adoro Normans Gesang • Lodas Gespenst a.o Petrarca-Sonette a.o. Ruth Ziesak, Soprano / Roman Trekel, Baritone Maya Boog, Soprano / W. M. Friedrich, Bass-Baritone Ulrich Eisenlohr, Piano. 8.554795 Ulrich Eisenlohr, Piano . .8.557026-27 8.557171 28 557171bk Schubert 09/10/2003 05:13 pm Page 2 Tulp’ und Hyazinthe schwellt, Tulip and hyacinth swell, Windling kommt daher gerankt, Bindweed creeps along, Und Narciss’ hat sich gesellt. And the narcissus comes to them. THE DEUTSCHE SCHUBERT-LIED-EDITION Als der Frühling nun erscheint, When spring now appears, In 1816 Franz Schubert, together with his circle of friends, decided to publish a collection of all the songs Und das frohe Fest beginnt, And the happy festival begins, which he had so far written. Joseph Spaun, whom Schubert had known since his school days, tried his (and Sieht er alle die vereint, He sees them all together Schubert’s) luck in a letter to the then unquestioned Master of the German language, Johann Wolfgang von Und vermißt sein liebstes Kind. And misses his best beloved child. Goethe: A selection of German songs will constitute the beginning of this edition; it will consist of eight volumes. The Alle schickt er suchend fort, He sends them all out to look first two (the first of which, as an example, you will find in our letter) contains poems written by your Um die eine, die ihm wert, For the one precious to him, Excellency, the third, poetry by Schiller, the fourth and fifth, works by Klopstock, the sixth by Mathison, Hölty, Und sie kommen an den Ort, And they come to the place Salis etc., the seventh and eighth contain songs by Ossian, whose works are quite exceptional. Wo sie einsam sich verzehrt. Where she grieves alone. The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition follows the composer’s original concept. All Schubert’s Lieder, over 700 songs, will be grouped according to the poets who inspired him, or according to the circle of writers, Doch es sitzt das liebe Herz Yet the dear heart sits contemporaries, members of certain literary movements and so on, whose works Schubert chose to set to Stumm und bleich, das Haupt gebückt, Silent and pale, her head bowed, music. Fragments and alternative settings, providing their length and quality make them worth recording, and Ach! der Lieb’ und Sehnsucht Schmerz Ah, the pain of love and longing works for two or more voices with piano accompaniment will also make up a part of the edition. Hat die Zärtliche erdrückt. Has crushed the tender thing. Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music. He selected poems from classical Greece, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, from eighteenth-century German authors, early Romantics, Biedermeier poets, his Schneeglöcklein, o Schneeglöcklein, Snowdrop, O snowdrop, contemporaries, and, of course, finally, poems by Heinrich Heine, although sadly the two never met. In den Auen läutest du, In the meadows you ring out, The entire edition is scheduled for completion by 2005. Thanks to the Neue Schubert Ausgabe (New Schubert Läutest in dem stillen Hain, You ring in the quiet wood, Edition), published by Bärenreiter, which uses primary sources - autograph copies wherever possible - the Läut Viola sanfte Ruh’. Ring the violet gentle rest. performers have been able to benefit from the most recent research of the editorial team. For the first time, the listener and the interested reader can follow Schubert’s textual alterations and can appreciate the importance the Im Originaltext: In the original text: written word had for the composer. 7,4: Und den Diamantentau 7,4: Diamantentau for Brilliantentau The project’s Artistic Advisor is the pianist Ulrich Eisenlohr, who has chosen those German-speaking singers 8,1: ... mit ems’gem Schritt 8,1: . with busy step who represent the élite of today’s young German Lieder singers, performers whose artistic contribution, he 9,4: ... wehn noch kalt 9,4: . waft still cold believes, will stand the test of time. 13,4: ob kein Nahender erscheint 13,4:. whether no-one will appear 8.557171 2 27 8.557171 557171bk Schubert 09/10/2003 05:13 pm Page 26 Schmücket sorglich sich als Braut, She decks herself carefully as a bride. Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Settings of poems by Schubert’s friends, Vol. 2 Hüllet sich in’s grüne Kleid, Covers herself with a green robe, Nimmt den Mantel sammetblau, Takes her velvet-blue mantle, The short period of Schubert’s life was marked by rushing streams, not to suspect the writer of harmless Nimmt das güldene Geschmeid, Takes her golden garments revolutionary political and social events of fundamental sentimentality, but rather to ask ourselves what other Und den Brilliantentau. And her diamonds of dew. importance. The ideals of the French Revolution, meaning there could be. The poem Die Krähe (The liberty, equality and fraternity, had established Crow), for example, from Winterreise (Winter Journey) Eilt dann fort mit mächt’gem Schritt, Then forth she hurries with firm step, themselves in people’s minds. Neither the radicalisation has a hidden meaning if we know that Krähe in Austrian Nur den Freund im treuen Sinn, Only her friend in faith, and perversion of the events in France itself (the is a generally known synonym for a police informer. Ganz von Liebesglück durchglüht, Quite glowing with the happiness of love, bloodthirsty Terror of Robespierre, and later the Naturally it is a matter of one among many Sieht nicht her und sieht nicht hin. She looks not here and not there. coronation of Napoleon as Emperor), nor the war that meanings. Poetry distils individual and social followed until Napoleon’s Russian campaign, could experiences of life and contains a multitude of possible Doch ein ängstliches Gefühl Yet an anxious feeling alter that. Rather it seemed to pave the way for a turn for meanings. With different individual biographies too, Ihre kleine Brust durchwallt, Passes through her little heart the better. Thousands enthusiastically volunteered to however, we are aware of the mood of Schubert’s Denn es ist noch rings so still, Since it is still so quiet around take part in the wars of liberation against the French friends, to be gleaned directly from their Und die Lüfte weh’n so kalt. And the breezes waft so cold. occupation, among them many artists. The defeat of correspondence. Probably there was in their heart of Napoleon in the battle of the nations at Leipzig in 1813 hearts an inner turmoil, polarities that seemed to be Uns sie hemmt den schnellen Lauf, And she stops her rapid course, and the entry of the allied forces of Russia, Prussia and elevated by earlier generations into a higher harmony Schon bestrahlt vom Sonnenschein, Now lit with sunshine, Austria into Paris were celebrated as liberation from were now experienced as incompatible opposites, and Doch mit Schrecken blickt sie auf, Yet with fear she looks up, tyranny and foreign domination. The realisation of this experience has a definite contemporary historical Denn sie stehet ganz allein. Then stands quite alone. democratic ideals seemed possible. background. The Congress of Vienna (1814/15) soon brought The settings included here, therefore, revolve Schwestern nicht- nicht Bräutigam No sisters - no bridegroom, these hopes to nothing. The creation of a real around the themes of hope and disappointment, Utopia Zugedrungen und verschmäht! Too forward and spurned! democratic nation state was prevented in the newly and disillusionment, engagement and withdrawal, Da durchschauert sie die Scham, Then she shudders in shame, formed German League to which Austria belonged; religiousness and loss of faith.