Schumann – LIEDEBKREIS, Op. 39 DFISCHER DIESKAU, GERALD MOORE

Schumann – LIEDEBKREIS, Op 39 DIETRICH FISCHER DIESKAU, GERALD MOORE SIDE 1 Band 1– In der Fremde (In a foreign land). This song consists of a simple nostalgie minor melody over a harp-like accompaniment. Band 2 – Intermezzo. Heart-felt and quietly joy- ful with a fine piano part akin to the piano-writing in the Dichterliebe. Band 3 – Waldesgesprach (The Forest speaks). A dramatic ballad, rather like a minor Erl-KÖnig. Band 4 – Die Stille (Stillness). A song fuIl of Young, breathless rapture. Band 5 – Mondnacht (By Moonlight). This is one of Schumann’s lyric masterpieces – full of the delicate ecstasy of a spring night. Band 6 – Schöne Fremde (In a beautiful foreign Land). A miniature night-study, which trembles with emotion. SIDE 2 Band 1 – Auf einer Burg (In a Castle). An atmos- pheric song describing an old castle which has lain dormant for centuries. Band 2 – In der Fremde (In a foreign land). The second song of this tide in the collection. In this the poet remembers past happiness, which Schumann has pictured in the independent piano part. Band 3 – Wehmuth (Melancholy). A deeply-felt outpouring of sadness. Band 4 – Zwielicht (Dusk). An air of mystery and forehoding pervades this song. Band 5 –Im Walde (In the forest). Another (lysterious song, tbis time with many changes of key. Band 6 – Frühlingsnacht (Spring Night). The exultant vocal climax of this song is perhape too feverish to convince us of the poet’s happiness, and the piano postlude suggests that the composer too had his douhts.