There are not many so-called 'standard' songs on this CD but the observant reader may already have noticed that it presents several Schiller texts in alternative settings, ranging from very early (Des MÃ¤dchens Klage D6 is Schubert's first song - bar one) to very near the end of the composer's life. It is instructive to compare and see the quite different approach to the same text at different times. Listening to Schubert songs is always life-enhancing and even if not all of them are masterpieces there are constantly interesting turns of phrase or just a beautiful melody that is a pleasure to listen to, especially when sung so well as Lothar Odinius does here. This disc is from beginning to end Schubert singing on the highest possible level.

Tracklist:

Der Jungling Am Bache (1ts Setting), D30
Das Geheimnis (1st Setting), D 250
Leichenfantasie, D7
Der Graf Von Habsburg, D990
Der Jungling Am Bache (2nd Setting), D 192
Die Erwartung, D159
Das Geheimnis (2nd Setting), D793
Der Jungling Am Bache (3rd Setting, 1st Version), D638
An Den Fruhling (1st Setting), D283
Die Gotter Griechenlands, D677
Des Madchens Klage (1st Setting), D6
Des Madchens Klage (2nd Setting, 1st Version), D191
Des Madchens Klage (3rd Setting), D389
Klage Der Ceres, D323
Thekla (Eine Geisterstimme)(1st Setting), D73
Thekla (Eine Geisterstimme)(2nd Setting, 1st Version), D595
Thekla (Eine Geisterstimme)(2nd Setting, 2nd Version), D595
An Den Fruhling (2nd Settign, 2nd Version), D587

UPC: 747313236923
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 5.17.05
Format: CD

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