26 Lieder

On this CD:

1. An die Nachtigall ("Er liegt und schläft"), song for voice & piano, D. 497 (Op. 98/1)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with George Reeves , Elisabeth Schumann

2. Die Forelle ("In einem Bächlein helle"), song for voice & piano, D. 550 (Op. 32)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with George Reeves , Elisabeth Schumann

3. Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Elisabeth Schumann
Conducted by Leo Rosenek

4. An die Musik ("Du holde Kunst..."), song for voice & piano, D. 547 (Op. 88/4)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

5. Auf dem Wasser zu singen ("Mitten im Schimmer der spiegelnden Wellen"), song for voice & piano, D. 774 (Op. 72)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Elizabeth Coleman , Elisabeth Schumann

6. Des Fischers Liebesglück ("Dort blinket durch Weiden"), song for voice & piano, D. 933
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

7. Der Musensohn ("Durch Feld und Wald zu schweifen"), song for voice & piano, D. 764 (Op. 92/1)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

8. Fischerweise ("Den Fischer fechten Sorgen"), song for voice & piano, D. 881 (Op. 96/4)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

9. Gretchen am Spinnrade ("Meine Ruh'..."), song for voice & piano, D. 118 (Op. 2)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

10. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957 Liebesbotschaft
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

11. Nacht und Träume (Heil'ge Nacht, du sinkest nieder!"), song for voice & piano, D. 827 (Op. 43/2)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

12. Seligkeit ("Freuden sonder Zahl"), song for voice & piano ("Minnelied"), D. 433
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

13. Nähe des Geliebten ("Ich denke dein"), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 162 (Op. 5/2)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

14. Lachen und Weinen, song for voice & piano, D. 777 (Op. 59/4)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

15. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89) Frühlingstraum
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

16. Der Einsame ("Wenn meine Grillen schwirren"), song for voice & piano, D. 800 (Op. 41)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

17. Nachtviolen, song for voice & piano, D. 752
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Leo Rosenek , Elisabeth Schumann

18. An die Geliebte ("O, dass ich dir vom stillen Augen"), song for voice & piano, D. 303
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Leo Rosenek , Elisabeth Schumann

19. Wiegenlied ("Schlafe, schlafe, holder süsser Knabe"), song for voice & piano ("Mille Cherubini in Coro"), D. 498 (Op. 98/2)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with George Reeves , Elisabeth Schumann

20. Der Schmetterling ("Wie soll ich nicht tanzen"), song for voice & piano, D. 633 (Op. 57/1)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with George Reeves , Elisabeth Schumann

21. Die schöne Müllerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with George Reeves , Elisabeth Schumann

22. Der Jüngling und der Tod ("Die Sonne sinkt"), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 545
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Leo Rosenek , Elisabeth Schumann

23. Das Heimweh ("Oft in einsam stillen Stunden"), song for voice & piano, D. 456
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Leo Rosenek , Elisabeth Schumann

24. Dass sie hier gewesen ("Dass der Ostwind..."), song for voice & piano, D. 775 (Op. 59/3)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

25. Rosamunde, Fürstin von Cypern, incidental music, D. 797 (Op. 26) Der Vollmond strahlt
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

26. Die junge Nonne ("Wie braust durch die Wipfel"), song for voice & piano, D. 828 (Op. 43/1)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Gerald Martin Moore , Elisabeth Schumann

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ASIN: B000001VU5
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Allegro - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  2. Piano Concerto In A Major, K 488: Adagio - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  3. Flute Concerto In D Major, K 314: Allegro - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  4. Symphony No. 40 in G minor: Molto allegro - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  5. Clarinet Concerto KV 622: Adagio - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  6. Serenade, K 375: Menuetto - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  7. Turkish March - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  8. Violin Concerto, K 216: Allegro - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  9. Divertimento, K 334: Menuetto - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  10. Horn Concerto, K 447: Allegro - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  11. Cassation, K 99: Allegro - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Tracks:

  1. Overture No. 4 In Major: Rejouissance - J.S.Bach
  2. Overture No. 3 In D Major: Air - J.S.Bach
  3. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F Major: I. Allegro - J.S.Bach
  4. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - J.S.Bach
  5. Overture No. 2 In B Minor: Menuet & Badinerie - J.S.Bach
  6. Prelude In C Major - J.S.Bach
  7. Toccata And Fugue In D Minor - J.S.Bach
  8. Prelude In C Minor - J.S.Bach
  9. Overture No. 1 In C Major: Passepied - J.S.Bach
  10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 In F Major: II. Adagio - J.S.Bach
  11. Kommst du nun, Jesu vom Himmel herunter, Chorale - J.S.Bach
  12. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major: II. Allegro - J.S.Bach
  13. Violin Concerto In E Major: I. Adagio - J.S.Bach
  14. St. Matthew Passion: Finale Chorus: 'Wir setzen uns mit Tranen nieder' - J.S.Bach

Tracks:

  1. Symphony No. 5: Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  2. Fur Elise - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  3. Violin Romance No. 2 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  4. 'Moonlight' Sonata: Adagio sostenuto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  5. Minuet - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  6. Symphony No. 8 In F Major: Allegretto scherzando - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  7. Coriolan: Overture - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  8. Piano Concerto No. 2: Adagio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  9. Symphony No. 5 In C Minor: Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  10. Egmont: Overture - Ludwig Van Beethoven

Tracks:

  1. Die Fledermaus: Die Fledermaus (Excerpts) - Johann Strauss
  2. Wine, Woman And Song - Johann Strauss
  3. Tritsch Tratsch Polka - Johann Strauss
  4. The Blue Danube - Johann Strauss
  5. The Gypsy Baron: Introduction - Johann Strauss
  6. Annen Polka - Johann Strauss
  7. Vienna Blood - Johann Strauss
  8. The Gypsy Baron: Einzugsmarsch - Johann Strauss

Tracks:

  1. Tannhauser: Overture - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
  2. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Dance Of The Prentices - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
  3. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Prelude Act 3 - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
  4. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Aufzug der Meistersinger - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
  5. Der fliegende Hollander: Overture - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
  6. Lohengrin: Prelude - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
  7. Tristan und Isolde: Prelude And Liebestod - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
  8. Tannhauser: Arrival Of The Guests At Wartburg - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC

Tracks:

  1. Piano Concerto No. 1: Allegro non troppo - Peter Tchaikovsky
  2. String Serenade: Waltz - Peter Tchaikovsky
  3. Violin Concerto: Andante - Peter Tchaikovsky
  4. The Sleeping Beauty: Introduction - Peter Tchaikovsky
  5. The Sleeping Beauty: Pas d'action - Adagio - Peter Tchaikovsky
  6. The Sleeping Beauty: Waltz - Peter Tchaikovsky
  7. Capriccio italien Op. 45 - Peter Tchaikovsky
  8. Swan Lake: Ballet Suite: Scene No. 10 - Peter Tchaikovsky
  9. Swan Lake: Ballet Suite: Waltz - Peter Tchaikovsky
  10. Eugene Onegin: Polonaise - Peter Tchaikovsky

Tracks:

  1. The 4 Seasons: Concerto No. 1 In E Major: Spring - VIVALDI, Antonio
  2. Siciliano - VIVALDI, Antonio
  3. Concerto In D Minor:: (Allegro Assai) Cologne Concerto - VIVALDI, Antonio
  4. The 4 Seasons: Concerto No. 2 In G Minor: Summer - VIVALDI, Antonio
  5. Oboe Sonata In B Flat Major, RV 34: Adagio - Allegro - Largo - Allegro - VIVALDI, Antonio
  6. The 4 Seasons: Concerto No. 3 In F Major: Autumn - VIVALDI, Antonio
  7. Oboe Concerto: Allegro non tasto - Largo - Allegro non molto - VIVALDI, Antonio
  8. Concerto In D Minor: (Largo e spiccato) Cologne Concerto - VIVALDI, Antonio
  9. The 4 Seasons: Concerto No. 4 In F Minor: Winter - VIVALDI, Antonio

Tracks:

  1. Scherzo No 1 In B Minor, Op. 20 - Frederic Chopin_
  2. Three Nocturnes, Op. 9: No 3 In B Major - Frederic Chopin_
  3. Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No 5 In G Flat Major - Frederic Chopin_
  4. Twelve Etudes, Op. 25: No 10 In B Minor - Frederic Chopin_
  5. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 13 In F Sharp Major - Frederic Chopin_
  6. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 14 In E Flat Minor - Frederic Chopin_
  7. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 In D Flat Major 'Raindrops' - Frederic Chopin_
  8. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 16 In B Flat Minor - Frederic Chopin_
  9. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 17 In A Flat Major - Frederic Chopin_
  10. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 18 In F Minor - Frederic Chopin_
  11. Scherzo No. 2 In B Flat Minor, Op. 31 - Frederic Chopin_
  12. Waltz In E Flat Major, Op. 18 - Frederic Chopin_
  13. Nocturne In C Sharp Minor, Op. Posth. - Frederic Chopin_
  14. Four Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 3 In A Flat Major - Frederic Chopin_
  15. Four Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 4 In B Flat Minor - Frederic Chopin_

Tracks:

  1. Ave Maria - Franz Schubert
  2. Impromptu In E Flat Major - Franz Schubert
  3. Standchen - Franz Schubert
  4. Trout Quintet: Tema con variazioni - Franz Schubert
  5. 'Rosamunde': Entr'acte No. 1 - Franz Schubert
  6. Moment Musical In A Flat Major - Franz Schubert
  7. 'Rosamunde': Entr'acte No. 2 - Franz Schubert
  8. Moment Musical No. 3 In F Minor - Franz Schubert
  9. 'Rosamunde': Ballet Music No.2 - Franz Schubert
  10. Symphony No. 8 In B Minor 'Unfinished': Allegro moderato - Franz Schubert

Tracks:

  1. Nabucco: Overture - Verdi, Giuseppe
  2. Nabucco: Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate - Verdi, Giuseppe
  3. Aida: Prelude - Verdi, Giuseppe
  4. II Trovatore: Verdi! le fosche notturne (Gypsies' Chorus) - Verdi, Giuseppe
  5. II Trovatore: Or co' daddi, ma fra poco (Soldiers' Chorus) - Verdi, Giuseppe
  6. Aroldo: Overture - Verdi, Giuseppe
  7. La Traviata: Prelude - Verdi, Giuseppe
  8. La Traviata: Noi siamo zingarelle - Verdi, Giuseppe
  9. La Traviata:: Libiamo ne' lieti calici - Verdi, Giuseppe
  10. La Traviata: Di Madride noi siam mattadori - Verdi, Giuseppe
  11. La forza del destino: Overture - Verdi, Giuseppe

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars masters of classical music.......2007-03-26

A nice collection for the classical listener. Great variety of composers and the music quality of the cds are very good.

5 out of 5 stars A good basic collection.......2006-11-10

With selections from numerous composers, it is an easy way to familiarize oneself with some of the most popular classical works and excerpts. A pleasant listen for the initiated too.

5 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to classical music.......2006-10-18

This is an excellent introduction to classical music. Well performed and presented.

5 out of 5 stars Very Beautiful!!!!!1.......2006-10-05

If you are a fan of classical music then you better get this set. Not only is it very cheap, 10 Discs for about 2$ per disk. Now where are you gonna find a deal like this. I actually found mine chaper, $20.00 even and the music is outstanding. If you had a very bad day and very stressed out, just put in one of these cds, lay down, dim down the lights and just relax. It really helped me out.

5 out of 5 stars Still Stuck on Beethoven.......2006-08-22

I just recently started listening to classical music so I'm certainly not one to compare or critique the quality of this set. However, I do have a few comments...

My interest started in this genre of music because I'm researching my ancestry in Prussia and this is the music of those times. Never mind my ancestors were poor peasants who probably never got the chance to hear such wonderful music... when listening to these CDs, I'm taken back in time... to a royal court in Europe... to another place in time. The music is inspiring, relaxing, invigorating.

I have yet to listen to all the CD's in the set. I'm stuck on Beethoven! Wasn't he AWESOME!?!

I think this set is a wonderful introduction to classical music!!!!!




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ASIN: B000058BGY
Release Date: 2001-03-20

Tracks:

  1. Thais: Meditation - Nigel Kennedy
  2. Vn Con No.1 in g, Op.26: Adagio - Kyung Wha Chung
  3. Con No.4 in f, RV 297 'Winter': Largo - Alan Loveday
  4. Con in d, BWV 1043: Largo, Ma Non Tanto - Henryk Szeryng/Maurice Hasson
  5. Adagio in E, K.261 - Henryk Szeryng
  6. Vocalise, Op.34 No.14 - Akiko Suwanai/Philip Moll
  7. Vn Con in D, Op.77: Adagio - Joshua Bell
  8. Vn Con: Andante - Joshua Bell
  9. Melodie - Arthur Grumiaux/Istvan Hajdu
  10. Vn Son No.5 in F, Op.24 'Spring': Adagio Molto Espressivo - Itzhak Perlman/Vladimir Ashkenazy
  11. Vn Con in D, Op.35: Canzonetta: Andante - Leila Josefowicz
  12. Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op.55 No.4 - Arthur Grumiaux/Istvan Hajdu
  13. None But The Lonely Heart - Josef Sakonov
  14. The Gadfly: Romance - Alexander Kerr

Tracks:

  1. Romance No.2 in F, Op.50 - Arthur Grumiaux
  2. Vn Con in E, BWV 1042: Adagio - Midori
  3. Salut D'amour - Kyung Wha Chung/Philip Moll
  4. Ave Maria, D.839 - Arthur Grumiaux/Istvan Hajdu
  5. Con in a, RV 522: Larghetto - Midori/Pinchas Zukerman
  6. Son in D, Op.1 No.13: Larghetto - Iona Brown
  7. Vn Con No.3 in G, K.216: Adagio - Arthur Grumiaux
  8. Liebesleid - Joshua Bell/Paul Coker
  9. Vn Con in e, Op.64: Andante - Kyung Wha Chung
  10. Souvenir D'un Lieu Cher, Op.42: Melodie - Akiko Suwanai/Philip Moll
  11. Vn Con in d, Op.47: Adagio Di Molto - Kyung Wha Chung
  12. Vn Con in D, Op.35: Romance: Andante - Chantal Juillet
  13. Standchen, D.957 No.4 - Arthur Grumiaux/Istvan Hajdu
  14. Estrellita - Arthur Grumiaux/Istvan Hajdu
  15. Orchestral Ste No.3 in D, BWV 1068: Air ('Air On A G String') - ASMF/Neville Marriner

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful.......2005-11-07

An excellent compilation of folk tunes and violin concerto adagios, played masterfully by some of the world's most revered musicians. Features modern pieces (Korngold, Barber), which are a personal favorite of mine.

5 out of 5 stars Thanks you Decca.......2005-01-23

My daughter is a violin student of 7 years and she has played 3 or 4 of these pieces for recitals. I bought the CD's so she could become familiar with the pieces as she was learning to play them. Now I find myself listening to the CD's almost every night when I go for my end of the day drive to relax. My favorites are the Mozart Concerto in G, the Mendelssohn Concerto in E minor and Beethoven's Romance in F on disc 2, but all the songs are exquisitely beautiful. I highly recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars Exquisite music for the soul.......2004-06-14

These CDs have the most incredible selections of music on them. Listening to the violins has enabled me to complete papers for my doctoral level classes without the usual neck aches. This is soothing, exquistie music for the soul! Lovely!!

5 out of 5 stars Indeed a joy forever!.......2003-05-22

Before buying this 2 CD set,I've read Reviews by Chicagodreamer,
who rated it as "Highly, highly recommended." His laudatory recommentation, I must say, is found "well justified."

5 out of 5 stars Exquisite collection & performances, unbelievable value!!!.......2002-01-15

"Over 2 l/2 hours of the world's most beautiful music." These words on the cover are very close to true. What an incredible value this collection is!! So many of these compilations of this sort are cheaply produced, and those "greatest hits" collections are one trite piece after another -- after a while one runs screaming to the stereo to shut it off. However, this collection is top-notch, and the performers they chose are masterful musicians at the top of their game. Every selection is lovely, each one unfolding after the other in a sublime slide show of exquisite compositions performed by legends. This is TWO CDs of sparkling performances composed and performed by masters. There is not a bad selection or a piece of inferior quality in the entire lot.

The violin is an extraordinary instrument that, when played correctly, can pluck the heartstrings and stir the soul. It is played perfectly by each puppetmaster on each one of these wonderful pieces, and the experience of listening to this collection is an exquisite journey for the heart and spirit. Looking for a fantastic collection of exquisite pieces written and performed by genius? It's here. Highly, highly recommended!!
Songs Without Words
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Best Music CD I've Ever Seen (or heard!).....
  • A wonderful program of delightful and important music
  • Perahia plays Bach - no other recommendation needed
  • Lyrical Masterpieces Played with Wonderful Discernment
  • Without words, but with soul...
Songs Without Words

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ASIN: B000034CYW
Release Date: 1999-11-16

Amazon.com

The heart of this collection is 15 of Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, those eternally lovely miniatures, well selected and played by Perahia with the lyrical sense the music needs. Too bad he didn't record them all. The disc opens with four of Busoni's Bach transcriptions, all organ chorale preludes based on sung hymns (hence the connection and the title). These, too, are well done, very clear and fleet and with impressive agility in "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein." The conclusion is four of Liszt's brilliant arrangements of Schubert songs, again played with wonderful lyricism and some high drama that indicates Perahia knows the original songs and their texts very well. Despite the title, the album isn't totally congruent, but everything on it is well worth hearing. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars The Best Music CD I've Ever Seen (or heard!)............2002-07-17

Murray Perahia is at his best in this classic. His playing of Mendelssohn's compositions is absolutely mouth-dropping. Some of them seem a little fast (example: Op. 19, No. 3) but it all incredible. Mendessohn is my personal favorite composer not only for his work but also for his excellent Christian faith in his music. Liszt, Bach, and Schubert are very wonderful composers in this as well. I guess I got carried away about the Mendelssohn...!! This is a must if you love classical/romantic period music.

5 out of 5 stars A wonderful program of delightful and important music.......2002-06-16

This disk is a bit of a rarity in modern recording. It isn't a disk of a single work or series of works. It isn't the WHOLE of the Mendelssohn "Songs Without Words". Instead it opens with four of the wonderful Busoni transcriptions of Bach organ preludes. Perahia played these four here in Ann Arbor along with the Bach "Goldberg Variations" and it was a GREAT night. His playing here is at its most poetic and is full of colors (don't mistake this for being colorful in the sense of being eccentric - think rather in terms of a rich palette of sounds).

The middle section has 15 of the best of the Mendelssohn "Songs Without Words". I know that many think him not one of the great ones and that Mendelssohn's reputation has slipped in the past thirty years. But I think this is very wrong. I urge you to get to know his music and to try and hear it with fresh ears. These pieces are a very nice place to start. There is a great deal to love in these pieces and if you can play the piano dust off this music and play them. They are much fun and reward the effort.

The disk ends with four Liszt transcriptions of Schubert Lieder. Well, I know and love these pieces and have peformed the "Staendchen" several times. It is WONDERFUL. These performances of these transcriptions show off the genius of three wonderful musicians - Schubert and Liszt and Perahia. "Auf dem Wasser zu singen" is one of my favorite songs.

You might want to pick up the first volume of the Ian Bostridge recordings of the Schubert songs to here the originals of some of these and to read the words. Very moving and Liszt does a lot to tell their story with his transcriptions. It isn't just for show show, even if it does add to the original. But this was authentic nineteenth century performance practice.

Perahia is never a showy pianist, but he always seems to have all the virtuosity he needs. He never seems to be walking a tightrope and teasing us that he might fall. Instead he overwhelms us with his poetic heart and lyrical playing. He has power, but like all great pianists he makes us feel he has more in reserve (he may not, but he never sounds like he is hitting the wall). And he doesn't ever make ugly sounds on the piano. I love his playing. I have been fortunate to hear him play live several times over the past couple of decades and it has always been a complete delight. Just like this wonderful disk.

5 out of 5 stars Perahia plays Bach - no other recommendation needed.......2001-11-16

After the first 4 tracks, where Murray Perahia plays 4 Bach transcriptions of organ preludes to cantatas, the rest of the CD is just a bonus.

Perahia plays Bach with as much feeling and love as anyone alive or dead, in my opinion. The first two pieces are played with quiet dignity. The third track shows Perahia's dexterity and finger speed - I'd like to hear that on the organ! Back to peace and tranquility on the fourth track - and I haven't gotten to Mendelssohn yet, since I keep 'rewinding' the CD!

5 out of 5 stars Lyrical Masterpieces Played with Wonderful Discernment.......2001-02-25

I didn't know what to expect when I bought this recording, since I had only heard one of the twenty three selections presented here before. Overall I found it to be a true revelation, and I've listened to it many times since with growing pleasure. In selecting these pieces, it seems that Perahia has given himself a well-deserved break from taking on heavyweight interpretations of Handel and Bach, and a relaxed, unselfconscious pleasure shines through in his playing. With his understated elegance and crystalline tone, you couldn't ask for a better interpreter.

Although the recording is named after the selections from the Mendelssohn pieces of the same name, the real highlights for me are the Bach and Schubert transcriptions done by Busoni and Liszt respectively. With the Bach you have some glorious organ works infused with subtle touches of late-nineteenth century romanticism, which fleshes them out just a little without diminishing their highly refined qualities. All four selections are serene masterpieces, beautifully executed. The Schubert transcriptions however, are a wonder, pure and simple. I don't know Schubert's songs, but have most of his Sonatas and all of his Impromptus and Moments Musicaux. With these four pieces, I feel like I've discovered another set of Impromptus, because they have all the unbounded lyricism and deceptive mood changes that make the Impromptus such masterpieces. It seems to me that Liszt remained very faithful to the spirit and sublime simplicity of Schubert's melodies here, eschewing the romantic flourishes and breathtaking technical demands that characterize his own compositions. Once I heard these pieces, I was reminded too that Perahia is a superb exponent of Schubert, with his recording of the Impromptus being among the very best. The Mendelssohn complements the other selections very well, and I'm glad this recording introduced me to them, but they are comparatively light compared to the Bach and Schubert transcriptions. They seem to fall somewhere between Chopin's Nocturnes and some of his Etudes and Preludes, but on the whole they don't have the same kind of atmospheric drama that Chopin could conjure forth in the space of a few minutes. Still, I can't really fault Mendelssohn here simply because he's not quite a Bach, a Schubert, or a Chopin. So buy this recording--it's incredibly soothing and meditative without being in any way superficial, and it'll bring a lot of listening pleasure.

5 out of 5 stars Without words, but with soul..........2000-05-18

Excellent effort from one of today's greatest pianists. For me the true findings of this record are the Bach/Busoni transcriptions, elegant, beautiful and simple at the same time. They alone are worth the price, but the Mendelssohn pieces are extremelly well played also, and the Liszt pieces remind us once again of the supreme master of this art.
Brahms: The Masterworks (Box Set)
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • The "Clinker" of the bunch
Brahms: The Masterworks (Box Set)

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ASIN: B00062FLIS
Release Date: 2004-11-30

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3 out of 5 stars The "Clinker" of the bunch.......2006-12-19

Having collected the entire "The Masterworks" series (including the Bach and Mozart Complete Works) this set is the 'clinker' of the bunch. First off... 6 CD's of Lieder 'historic' (pre-historic) recordings. No Overtures, No Orchestral Seranades, No Haydn Variations?? The performances of the Symphonies and the Concertos are shakey and not very well recorded. Brilliant Classics, who has done such a wonderful job with the Hadyn Complete Symphonies (licensed from Nimbus), the Mozart and Bach Complete sets, has stumbled a bit with this release.
Complete Webern
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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  • 5 Star music. Some very good performances, some are aimless.
  • not much more to be said
  • a transcendent masterpiece
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Complete Webern
Anton von Webern , Clemens Hagen , David Finckel , Anton Webern , Pierre Boulez , Ensemble InterContemporain , Mary Ann McCormick , Berliner Philharmoniker , Eric Schneider , Gianluca Cascioli , Krystian Zimerman , Oleg Maisenberg , Pierre-Laurent Aimard , Christiane Oelze , Francoise Pollet , Lawrence Dutton , Gidon Kremer , and Philip Setzer
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ASIN: B00004R9F0
Release Date: 2000-05-09

Tracks:

  1. Passacaglia For Orchestra Op. 1: Sehr massig, Tempo I - Massig bewegt, Tempo II - Sehr lebhaft, Tempo III
  2. 5 Movements Op. 5: I. Heftig bewegt
  3. 5 Movements Op. 5: II. Sehr langsam
  4. 5 Movements Op. 5: III. Sehr lebhaft
  5. 5 Movements Op. 5: IV. Sehr langsam
  6. 5 Movements Op. 5: V. In zarter Bewegung
  7. 6 Pieces For Orchestra Op. 6: I. Etwas bewegte Achtel
  8. 6 Pieces For Orchestra Op. 6: II. Bewegt
  9. 6 Pieces For Orchestra Op. 6: III. Zart bewegt
  10. 6 Pieces For Orchestra Op. 6: IV. Langsam. Marcia funebre
  11. 6 Pieces For Orchestra Op. 6: V. Sehr langsam
  12. 6 Pieces For Orchestra Op. 6: VI. Zart bewegt
  13. 2 Arrangements: J.S. Bach: Fuga (Ricercata) a 6 voci: Sehr massig
  14. Franz Schubert: German Dances Op. Post. D 820: No. 1 - No. 2 (No. 1) - No. 3 ( No. 1) In A Flat Major
  15. Franz Schubert: German Dances Op. Post. D 820: No. 4 - No. 5 (No. 4) - No. 6 (No. 4) In B Flat Major
  16. Im Sommerwind - Idyll For Large Orchestra: Ruhig bewegt - Ruhig - Lustig - Schnell - Feierlich bewegt - Voll Schwung - Aufjauchzend - sehr ruhig und weihevoll

Tracks:

  1. 5 Pieces For Orchestra: I. Bewegt
  2. 5 Pieces For Orchestra: II. Langsam (sostenuto)
  3. 5 Pieces For Orchestra: III. Sehr bewegte Viertel
  4. 5 Pieces For Orchestra: IV. Langsame Viertel
  5. 5 Pieces For Orchestra: V. (Alla breve)
  6. 3 Orchestral Songs: I. Leise Dufte: 'Leise Dufte, Bluten so zart'
  7. 3 Orchestral Songs: II. Kunfttag III: 'Nun wird es wieder Lenz'
  8. 3 Orchestral Songs: III. 'O sanftes Gluhn der Berge'
  9. Symphony Op. 21: I. Ruhig schreitend
  10. Symphony Op. 21: II. Variationen: Thema. Sehr ruhig - Var. I. Lebhafter - Var. II Sehr lebhaft - Var. III. Wieder massiger - Var. IV. Ausserst ruhig - Var. V. Sehr lebhaft - Var. VI. Marschmassig. Nicht eilen - Var. VII. Etwas breiter - Coda
  11. Das Augenlicht Op. 26: 'Durch unsre offnen Augen' - 'The Eyes Of Radiance' - Langsam
  12. Cantata No. 1 Op. 29: I. 'Zundender Lichtblitz des Lebens' - Getragen - Lebhaft
  13. Cantata No. 1 Op. 29: II. 'Kleiner Flugel Ahornsamen' - Leicht bewegt
  14. Cantata No. 1 Op. 29: III. 'Tonen die seligen Saiten Apolls' - Ruhig
  15. Variations For Orchestra Op. 30
  16. Cantata No. 2 Op. 31: I. 'Schweigt auch die Welt' - Sehr lebhaft - Ruhig
  17. Cantata No. 2 Op. 31: II. 'Sehr tief verhalten innerst Leben' - Sehr verhalten
  18. Cantata No. 2 Op. 31: III. 'Schopfen aus Brunnen des Himmels' - Sehr bewegt
  19. Cantata No. 2 Op. 31: IV. 'Leichteste Burden der Baume' - Sehr lebhaft
  20. Cantata No. 2 Op. 31: V. 'Freundselig ist das Wort' - Sehr massig
  21. Cantata No. 2 Op. 31: VI. 'Gelockert aus dem Schosse' - Sehr fliessend

Tracks:

  1. Piano Quintet: Moderato
  2. 'Entflieht auf leichten Kahnen' op. 2: Zart bewegt
  3. 2 Lieder op. 8: I. 'Du, der ichs nicht sage'
  4. 2 Lieder op. 8: 'Du machst mich allein'
  5. 5 Pieces for Orchestra op. 10: I. Sehr ruhig und zart
  6. 5 Pieces for Orchestra op. 10: II. Leghaft und zart bewegt
  7. 5 Pieces for Orchestra op. 10: III. Sehr langsam und ausserst ruhig
  8. 5 Pieces for Orchestra op. 10: IV. Fliessend, ausserst zart
  9. 5 Pieces for Orchestra op. 10: V. Sehr fliessend
  10. 4 Lieder op. 13: I. Wiese im Park: 'Wie wird mir zeitlos'
  11. 4 Lieder op. 13: II. Die Einsame: 'An dunkelblauem Himmel'
  12. 4 Lieder op. 13: III. In der Fremde: 'In fremden Lande lag ich'
  13. 4 Lieder op. 13: IV. Ein Winterabend: 'Wenn der Schnee ans Fenster fallt'
  14. 6 Lieder op. 14: I. Die Sonne: 'Taglich kommt die gelbe Sonne'
  15. 6 Lieder op. 14: II. Abendland I: 'Mond, als trate ein Totes'
  16. 6 Lieder op. 14: III. Abendland II: 'So leise sind die grunen Walder'
  17. 6 Lieder op. 14: IV. Abendland IV: 'Ihr grossen Stadte steinern aufgebaut'
  18. 6 Lieder op. 14: V. Nachts: 'Die Blaue meiner Augen'
  19. 6 Lieder op. 14: VI. Gesang einer gefangenen Amsel: 'Dunkler Odem im grunen Gezweig'
  20. 5 Sacred Songs op. 15: I. 'Das Kreuz, das musst' er tragen'
  21. 5 Sacred Songs op. 15: II. Morgenlied: 'Steht auf, ihr lieben Kinderlein'
  22. 5 Sacred Songs op. 15: III. 'In Gottes Namen aufstehn'
  23. 5 Sacred Songs op. 15: IV. 'Mein Weg geht jetzt voruber'
  24. 5 Sacred Songs op. 15: V. 'Fahr hin, o Seel', zu deinem Gott'
  25. 5 Canons op. 16: I. 'Christus factus est'
  26. 5 Sacred Songs op. 15: II. 'Dormi Jesu, mater ridet' From 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'
  27. 5 Sacred Songs op. 15: III. 'Crux fidelis'
  28. 5 Sacred Songs op. 15: IV. 'Asperges me, Domine'
  29. 5 Sacred Songs op. 15: V. 'Crucem tuam adoramus, Domine'
  30. 3 Traditional Rymes op. 17: I. 'Armer Sunder, du'
  31. 3 Traditional Rymes op. 17: II. 'Liebste Jungfrau, wir sind dein'
  32. 3 Traditional Rymes op. 17: III. 'Heiland, unsre Missetaten'
  33. 3 Lieder for voice, E flat clarinet and guitar op. 18: I. 'Schatzerl klein'
  34. 3 Lieder for voice, E flat clarinet and guitar op. 18: II. Erlosung: 'Mein Kind, sieh an' From 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'
  35. 3 Lieder for voice, E flat clarinet and guitar op. 18: III. 'Ave , Regina coelorum'
  36. 2 Lieder op. 19 for mixed choir: I. 'Wiess wie Lilien'
  37. 2 Lieder op. 19 for mixed choir: II. 'Ziehn die Schafe'
  38. Quartet op. 22: I. Sehr massig
  39. Quartet op. 22: II. Sehr schwungvall
  40. Concerto op. 24: I. Etwas lebhaft
  41. Concerto op. 24: II. Sehr schwungvoll
  42. Concerto op. 24: III. Sehr rasch

Tracks:

  1. 3 Poems: I. Vorfruhling: 'Leise tritt auf...'
  2. 3 Poems: II. Nachtgebet der Braut: 'O mein Geliebter'
  3. 3 Poems: III. Fromm: 'Der Mond scheint auf mein Lager'
  4. 8 Early Lieder: I. Tief von fern: 'Aus des Abends weissen Wagen'
  5. 8 Early Lieder: II. Aufblick: 'Uber unsre Liebe hangt eine Trauerweide'
  6. 8 Early Lieder: III. Bleuengruss: 'Der Strauss, den ich gepflucket'
  7. 8 Early Lieder: IV. Bild der Liebe: 'Von Wald umgeben'
  8. 8 Early Lieder: V. Sommerbend: 'Du Sommerbend! Heilig, goldnes Licht!'
  9. 8 Early Lieder: VI. Heiter: 'Mein Herz ist wie ein See so weit'
  10. 8 Early Lieder: VII. Der Tod: 'Ach, es ist do dunkel in des Todes Kammer'
  11. 8 Early Lieder: VIII. Heimgang in der Fruhe: 'In der Dammerung'
  12. 3 Lieder on poems by Ferdinand Avenarius: I. Gefunden: 'Nun wir uns lieben, rauscht mein stolzes Gluck'
  13. 3 Lieder on poems by Ferdinand Avenarius: II. Gebet: 'Ertrage du's, lass schneiden dir den Schmerz'
  14. 3 Lieder on poems by Ferdinand Avenarius: III. Greunde: 'Schmerze und Freuden reift jede Stunde'
  15. 5 Lieder on poems by Richard Dehmel: I. Ideale Landschaft: 'Du hattest einen Glanz auf deiner Stirn'
  16. 5 Lieder on poems by Richard Dehmel: II. Am Ufer: 'Die Wlet verstummt, dein Blut erklingt'
  17. 5 Lieder on poems by Richard Dehmel: III. Himmelfahrt: 'Schwebst du nieder aus den Weiten'
  18. 5 Lieder on poems by Richard Dehmel: IV. Nachtliche Scheu: 'Zaghaft vom Gewolk ins Land'
  19. 5 Lieder on poems by Richard Dehmel: V. Helle Nacht: 'Weich kusst die Zweige der weisse Mond'
  20. 5 Lieder from 'Der siebente Ring' by Stefan George op. 3: I. 'Dies ist ein lied'
  21. 5 Lieder from 'Der siebente Ring' by Stefan George op. 3: II. ''Im windes-weben'
  22. 5 Lieder from 'Der siebente Ring' by Stefan George op. 3: III. 'An baches ranft'
  23. 5 Lieder from 'Der siebente Ring' by Stefan George op. 3: IV. 'Im morgen-taun'
  24. 5 Lieder from 'Der siebente Ring' by Stefan George op. 3: V. 'Kahl reckt der baum'
  25. 5 Lieder on poems by Stefan George op. 4: I. Eingang: 'Welt der gestalten lang lebewohl!'
  26. 5 Lieder on poems by Stefan George op. 4: II. Noch zwingt mich treue uber dir zu wachen'
  27. 5 Lieder on poems by Stefan George op. 4: III. 'Ja heil und dank dir'
  28. 5 Lieder on poems by Stefan George op. 4: IV. 'So ich traurig bin'
  29. 5 Lieder on poems by Stefan George op. 4: V. 'Ihr tratet zu dem herde'
  30. 4 Lieder on poems by Stefan George: I. 'Erwachen aus dem tiefsten traumes-schoosse'
  31. 4 Lieder on poems by Stefan George: II. Kunfttag I: 'Dem bist du kind, dem freund'
  32. 4 Lieder on poems by Stefan George: III. Trauer I: 'So wart bis ich dies dir noch kunde'
  33. 4 Lieder on poems by Stefan George: IV. 'Das lockere saatgefilde lechzet krank'
  34. 4 Lieder op. 12: I. 'Der Tag ist vergangen' - Folksong
  35. 4 Lieder op. 12: II. Die geheimnisvolle Flote: 'An einem Abend, da die Blumen dufteten' - Li-Tai-Po
  36. 4 Lieder op. 12: III. 'Schien mir's, als ich sah die Sonne' - 'Gespenstersonate'
  37. 4 Lieder op. 12: IV. Gleich und gleich: 'Ein Blumenglockchen'
  38. 3 Songs From 'Viae inviae' by HildegardJone op. 23: I. 'Das dunkle Herz, das in sich lauscht'
  39. 3 Songs From 'Viae inviae' by HildegardJone op. 23: II. Es sturzt aus Hohen Frische'
  40. 3 Songs From 'Viae inviae' by HildegardJone op. 23: III. Herr Jesus mein'
  41. 3 Lieder on poems by Hildegard Jone op. 25: I. 'Wie bein ich froh!'
  42. 3 Lieder on poems by Hildegard Jone op. 25: II. 'Des Herzens Purpurvogel fliegt durch Nacht'
  43. 3 Lieder on poems by Hildegard Jone op. 25: III. 'Sterne, ihr silbernen Bienen der Nacht'

Tracks:

  1. Slow Movement For String Quartet: Langsam, mit bewegtem Ausdruck
  2. 5 Movements For String Quartet: I. Heftig bewegt
  3. 5 Movements For String Quartet: II. Sehr langsam
  4. 5 Movements For String Quartet: III. Sehr bewegt
  5. 5 Movements For String Quartet: IV. Sehr langsam
  6. 5 Movements For String Quartet: V. In zarter Bewegung
  7. String Quartet
  8. 6 Batatelles For String Quartet op. 9: I. Massig
  9. 6 Batatelles For String Quartet op. 9: II. Leicht bewegt
  10. 6 Batatelles For String Quartet op. 9: III. Ziemlich fliessend
  11. 6 Batatelles For String Quartet op. 9: IV. Sehr langsam
  12. 6 Batatelles For String Quartet op. 9: V. Ausserst langsam
  13. 6 Batatelles For String Quartet op. 9: VI. Fliessend
  14. Rondo For String Quartet: Bewegt
  15. Movement For String Trio op. post.: Ruhig fliessend
  16. 3 Pieces For String Quartet: I. Bewegt
  17. 3 Pieces For String Quartet: II. Langsam: Grief Always; Looking Upward; Heaven's Dew; Memory; Black Flowers; On Breast; Out Of Mother
  18. 3 Pieces For String Quartet: III. Nicht zu langsam
  19. String Trio op. 20: I. Sehr langsam
  20. String Trio op. 20: II. Sehr getragen und ausdrucksvoll
  21. String Quartet op. 28: I. Massig
  22. String Quartet op. 28: II. Gemachlich - Bewegt
  23. String Quartet op. 28: III. Sehr fliessend

Tracks:

  1. 2 Pieces For Cello And Piano: I. Langsam
  2. 2 Pieces For Cello And Piano: II. Langsam
  3. Movement For Piano: Lebhaft
  4. Sonata Movement (Rondo) For Piano: (Bewegt) - Ruhig bewegt - Sehr ruhig
  5. 4 Pieces For Violin And Piano op. 7: I. Sehr langsam
  6. 4 Pieces For Violin And Piano op. 7: II. Rasch
  7. 4 Pieces For Violin And Piano op. 7: III. Sehr langsam
  8. 4 Pieces For Violin And Piano op. 7: IV. Bewegt
  9. 3 Little Pieces For Cello And Piano op. 11: I. Massige
  10. 3 Little Pieces For Cello And Piano op. 11: II. Sehr bewegt
  11. 3 Little Pieces For Cello And Piano op. 11: III. Ausserst ruhig
  12. Cello Sonata: Sehr bewegt
  13. Children's Piece For Piano: Lieblich
  14. Piano Piece: Im Tempo eines Menuetts
  15. Variations For Piano op. 27: I. Sehr massig
  16. Variations For Piano op. 27: II. Sehr schnell
  17. Variations For Piano op. 27: III. Ruhig fleissend

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Pierre Boulez's Complete Webern Edition appears just over two decades after his last traversal. Well, it's not literally complete, but does have enough early works to set the mature ones in the right context. These days, Webern is no longer seen so much as a new music guru as he is a major composer, pure and simple--his expression as concise as it is intense. Performancewise, there's a quality of musicianship here that few previous recordings have matched; familiarity with the idiom certainly plays its part, but so does Boulez's belief that what we're hearing needs to be presented with conviction. Try the Passacaglia, sensuous music that combines the soundworld of Brahms and Mahler, or the string quartet or orchestra pieces--miniatures in duration, but whole dramas of expression.

Ease of performance doesn't always make this music easy to come to grips with: the song cycles need several listenings to grasp the meaning behind the compression, while the later instrumental and choral works have a luminous austerity that looks back to Bach and beyond to Renaissance masters such as Schütz and Isaac. While much of Webern's music has long been admired, only now is it becoming possible to respond to it through the heart as well as the brain. This set, superbly packaged and comprehensively documented, marks a major step forward, and deserves investigating by anyone keen to appreciate something of the music's quiet, calm essence in an often strident, dislocated century. --Richard Whitehouse

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Thank You Boulez.......2001-10-23

If you are a fan of the "New Vienna School" (Schoenberg, Berg, Webern) or 20th century "classical" or "serious" music, this disk set is very rewarding. Beautifully recorded and packaged, and with equally good liner notes, it is a treat to strap on the headphones and listen.

I debated between buying this or Boulez's older Webern set and went with this one. There is much more music on this set because pieces without opus numbers are included. They lend a lot of insight into his "published" works. I also went with this set because it is a modern digital recording, the previous set being from the early 70's. I will often side with a classic recording when needed-performance over sound. Here, I'm happy to report, the listener gets both. Every detail is captured.

Thank you very much Pierre Boulez and DG for making this project happen. Please keep the Schoenberg and Berg disks coming. And thank you Anton Webern for continually opening my ears.

5 out of 5 stars 5 Star music. Some very good performances, some are aimless........2001-08-25

Webern's music demonstrates a level of craft, in which few composers ever contend. The more that I listen to the works of Webern, the more I hear that each note must be just as it is. There is nothing wasted in this music. The expression is never vague, always intense. I do admire the works of many modern composers, but few are so discerning and meticulous in their works. Webern's craft is equal with the greats of music history; Guillarme de Machaut, Carlo Gesualdo, Claudio Monteverdi, J.S. Bach, Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig Beethoven. He is a towering figure. The music that is played here is first rate. However, I have not yet heard performances of many of his works that bring out everything that Webern's music has to offer. For example, the Op. 27 Piano Variations are seldom done justice. All of the movements are given `circa' tempo indications, but many take the movements much slower or faster than indicated. Unfortunately, on this recording the fast movement is slow and the slow movements fast. Presumably the slower tempo in the fast movement would allow for more accurate interpretation of the frequent changes between piano and forte. The problem is that the F's typically don't fade away fast enough and drown out the P's. The other option is to make the P's a little bit more like mezzo forte's. The recording that Pollini did of the work on Deutsche Gramaphon with the Boulez 2nd Sonata manages to reconcile the dynamics with the tempo. However, what I have not heard with the work is the full impact of the affect in the work. What the Pollini performance fails in is the coldness of the interpretation. For those interested, I believe that DG is currently putting out the Pollini performance with Stravinsky's Petruska and a Prokofiev sonata at a fairly low price. This recording brings together several performances of more `high profile' ensembles than the older recording on Sony, which mostly featured performances of musicians from Juilliard. The performances are often more colorful, but I can't say that I always think they surpass their predecessors. The interpretations of the works are a little bit `hit and miss.' The ensembles that Boulez conducts tend to bring out the same sorts of things in the works that the previous ensembles did with the last `complete Webern.' This is good in places; I appreciate the more resonant quality that the recent recording equipment affords, and Boulez conducts a comparable performance of the orchestral works such as the `Symphonie.' The recording of the `Konzert' for nine instruments is good. The performances of the early expressionist works, such as the `Five Orchestral Pieces,' are powerful. Boulez is less afraid to see the human in Webern and let the shocked silences speak. Furthermore, the peaks are less harsh, allowing more of the subtle affects to become visible. Some of the performances just lack a certain power of expression that the previous `complete webern' had; a viscerally that the strength of the `Webern - Vogue' afforded them. The musicians that played the previous complete were looking at Webern as a giant, they are young and virile performances. These performances sometimes view Webern as a curiosity, a historical anachronism, the way that your grandfather will tell you a strange story, of which he himself doesn't understand the point, but he relates as a bit of curio. All in all, I wouldn't say that this set of recordings is the final word on the majority of Webern's works. Many of the performances in the previous set are just as good, but neither do those constantly surpass these performances. Both have their faults. The previous set tended to be cold and more aggressive than was necessary in places. The new set tends to wander at times, as if the performer does not understand the point. It's always difficult to sum up a complete works set for a prospective buyer. Just as in `complete works' of Bach sets that I own, the performances are not always amazing. However, the strength of the compositions often overcomes my desire for a strong performance, and I'm just glad that I have a recording of someone performing that Bach work that I want to hear. Here, similarly, the performances aren't always the best, but there is a wider range of Webern's ouvre represented and many of the performances are quite good. I suppose my counsel would be that one should consider the price of this set vs. the older sony set. The sony set is less complete, but it does include all of the really monolithic, profound Webern works. You also get a view of the younger, romantic Webern in this new set, in addition to better sound quality. Certain performances are better in each set, and so you'll get some good and some bad in either choice. For those that already have a strong taste for Webern's music, try this set. For those who are looking for a starting place, you might try the sony set. The highlights of this set are the Boulez orchestral performances. He has honed his vision for Webern since the last set and they are `worth the price.' For those further exploring Webern, those performances should be heard.

5 out of 5 stars not much more to be said.......2001-08-01

... i could be extremely nit-picky, and complain about the solo piano pieces, and their performer's occasional humming, and the baffling ordering of the quartet disc, and the discrepencies in the translations of the booklet, and how the english left out any explanation of sator arepo etc..., yet the french seems to, and all the little tiny errors, in the booklet... but... these are all moot points when any of the performances are heard. it brings to light all facets of the composer, so he no longer seems ascetic and overly intellectual, just check out the highly romantic string quartet op. 28, and variations for orchestra, yes even the solo piano pieces with the humming. all in all, a very enlightening experience.

5 out of 5 stars a transcendent masterpiece.......2000-07-17

The performances here are absolutely brilliant.

Nuance, detail, sensitivity.

This is not merely music, this is magic!

5 out of 5 stars Five stars and a bullet.......2000-06-13

Pierre Boulez, the enfant not-very-terrible-any-more of French music, has surpassed himself. Twenty-two years ago, CBS released his Complete Works of Anton Webern, and it's remained the definitive Webern collection. Until, as they say in movie trailers, now.

This consists of the three Webern albums Boulez has recorded for DG over the past five years or so, plus everything else Webern ever wrote. It thus scores straightaway over the earlier CBS/Sony set, which was restricted to works that had opus numbers and filled three CDs. This one includes the charming early songs, the equally early "Im Sommerwind" for orchestra and a number of posthumous and otherwise non-Opus works that didn't make it onto the earlier set. Webern is a composer whose entire output takes about six hours to listen to in its entirety, and it's all here, on six CDs.

That's fine; is it any good? Well, it's digitally recorded, and if ever a composer was born for CD, it's Webern. The pianissimos are more ppp than ever, thanks to better recording techniques. Boulez himself has also unbuttoned a bit. His earlier set, recorded between 1967 and 1972, was high on austerity and, if it fell down at all, did so on emotion. The older Boulez (he's 75 this year) is more relaxed about letting tuttis blare and climaxes, well, climax. The result is both as intellectually satisfying as we've come to expect from Boulez, and warmly expressive; in general, a more moving and less didactic set of recordings than the previous lot. And all the better for it, as far as this composer (and this listener) is concerned.

There are many benefits of a digital set, not the least being the better registration of timbral variety, which Webern (as is well known) made into a compositional principle. Even those allergic to twelve-tone music can't help but be ravished by the intricate sweetness of his arrangement of the Bach six-part fugue from the "Musical Offering". The arrangement of Schubert's German Dances has been re-recorded, and can be heard now in all its sprightliness. (The CBS/Sony set has an archive recording conducted by Webern himself in the thirties, but dodgy sound quality prevented it from shining forth properly, despite Webern's witty conducting.)

This is, for my money, the best classical recording that's likely to be released this year, if not for the next ten years. I don't know whether it's a complement to the CBS/Sony set or a replacement for it, but either way it's a wonderful package. Congratulations to all involved.
Songs by Robert & Clara Schumann
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Songs by Robert & Clara Schumann

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ASIN: B0000042G4
Release Date: 1997-05-13

Tracks:

  1. Myrthen, op.25: Widmung
  2. Myrthen, op.25: Der Nussbaum
  3. Myrthen, op.25: Die Lotosblume
  4. Myrthen, op.25: Lied der Suleika
  5. Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen
  6. Liebst du um Schonheit
  7. Das Veilchen
  8. Lorelei
  9. Mein Stern
  10. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Seit ich ihn gesehen
  11. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Er, der Herrlichste von allen
  12. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben
  13. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Du Ring an meinem Finger
  14. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Helft mir, iht Schwestern
  15. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: SFreund, du blickest
  16. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
  17. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
  18. 6 Lieder, op.13: Ich stand in dunklen Traumen
  19. 6 Lieder, op.13: Sie liebten sich beide
  20. 6 Lieder, op.13: Liebeszauber
  21. 6 Lieder, op.13: Der Mond kommt still gegangen
  22. 6 Lieder, op.13: Ich hab' in deinem Auge
  23. 6 Lieder, op.13: Die stille Lotosblume
  24. Liederkreis, op.39: Waldesgesprach
  25. Liederkreis, op.39: Mondnacht
  26. Liederkreis, op.39: Er ist's, op. 79 no.24
  27. Liederkreis, op.39: Sehnsucht, op. 51 no.1
  28. Liederkreis, op.39: Mein Sch Stern!, op. 101 no.4
  29. Liederkreis, op.39: Mignon, op 79 no. 29

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Brava Bonney!.......1999-12-04

I've listened to many recordings of "Fraunliebe", and although I still would not give up my precious disc with Lucia Popp's interpretation (now out of print), Bonney's interpretation is so moving on account of it's very convincing use of rubato. I listened to Bonney sing these songs (meaning "Fraunliebe" and some of Clara Schumann's) in Vienna. Her interpretation (especially through rubato) gave me the impression that she was not singing but speaking -- more specifically, speaking to *me*, about all the joys and sorrows of life. Of course I'm aware that she wasn't really doing so, but the effect was just magical. And now I enjoy that same impression every time I listen to this CD! Ashkenazy accompanies with utmost sensitivity, bringing out some voices which one doesn't usually hear. And yes, Clara Schumann's Lieder are beautiful in their own right. Has anyone noticed that "Er ist gekommen" resembles the D minor episode of the last movement of Robert's "Kreisleriana"? Also, Clara's "Mein Stern" resembles the chorale-like theme from the end of the penultimate movement of "Kreisleriana." Any musicologists out there who might know what to make of this? I know Clara and Robert were fond of quoting each other in their own compositions, so it's hard to imagine these cases being mere coincidences of musical invention...

5 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Blend of Passion and Poetry.......1999-01-08

This CD is one of the most beautiful recordings of Schumann lieder I have heard to date. I recently wrote a paper for a music history class about Robert Schumann's use of "musical code" (imagery through musical motives) in the song cycle "Frauenliebe und Leben." During my research, I fell in love with the song cycle, which is a perfect blend of passion and poetry. I had listened to several recordings, but none paired piano and voice so well as Bonney and Ashkenazy have. "Frauenliebe und Leben" was meant to be a vocal/piano duet rather than merely a vocal solo with piano accompaniment, and they have captured the essence of the song cycle in that respect. Bonney's gorgeous, mellow voice and Ashkenazy's perfectly complementary, soulful interpretation give this album a truly "romantic" feel--both emotionally and musically. I highly recommend this album for lovers of "Frauenliebe und Leben." I plan to share this album with my accompanist as we prepare for my upcoming senior recital, in which I will perform this song cycle. Bonney and Ashkenazy's portrayal of "woman's love and life" is inspirational. Five stars, three thumbs up, and a big "WOW!" for this album.
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ASIN: B0000029V9
Release Date: 1997-06-03

Tracks:

  1. Salome, Op. 54: Final Scene
  2. Tosca - (Act I): 'Perche chiuso?...Mia gelosa'
  3. Tosca - (Act II): 'Vissi d'arte'
  4. Don Giovanni - (Act I): 'Don Ottavio, son morta!...Or sai, chi l'onore'
  5. Don Giovanni - (Act II): 'Crudele! Ah no, mio ben... Non mi dir, bell'idol mio'
  6. Die Fledermaus: 'Czardas'
  7. Der Zigeunerbaron: 'Habet Acht' - (Gypsy Song)
  8. Four Last Songs: 'Fruhling'
  9. Four Last Songs: 'September'
  10. Four Last Songs: 'Beim Schlafengehen'
  11. Four Last Songs: 'Im Abendrot'

Tracks:

  1. Op. 43, No. 1: 'Von ewiger Liebe'
  2. Op 105, No. 1: 'Wie Melodien Zieht Es Mir'
  3. Op. 84, No. 4: 'Vergebliches Standchen'
  4. 'Die Mainacht'
  5. 'Meine Liebe ist grun'
  6. Op. 2: 'Gretchen Am Spinnrade'
  7. Op. 43, No. 1: 'Die Junge Nonne'
  8. Schwanengesang: 'Liebesbotschaft'
  9. Op. 32: 'Die Forelle'
  10. Myrthen, Op. 25, No. 1: 'Widmung'
  11. Liederkreis, Op. 39, No. 5: 'Mondnacht'
  12. Myrthen, Op. 25, No. 3: 'Der Nussbaum'
  13. Zigeunerlieder,Op. 103: No. 1
  14. Zigeunerlieder,Op. 103: No. 2
  15. Zigeunerlieder,Op. 103: No. 4
  16. Zigeunerlieder,Op. 103: No. 7
  17. 'Mne Grustno'
  18. ''Mel'nik'
  19. 'Gde ti, zvezdochka?'
  20. 'Hat Dich Die Liebe Beruhrt'
  21. 'Valse De Chopin'
  22. 'Dei Nacht' - Op. 10, No. 3
  23. 'Cacilie' - Op. 27, No.2
  24. 'Ich atmet' einen linden Duft'
  25. 'Blicke Mir Nicht In Die Lieder'
  26. 'Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen'
  27. 'Um Mitternacht' - (Incomplete)

Amazon.com

Ljuba Welitsch had a short career, her stardom spanning the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s. Perhaps this is because she gave so much of herself--even on records you feel she's operating on all cylinders. Her most famous role, Salome, is represented here by the closing scene with Fritz Reiner and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, recorded at the time of her triumphant New York debut. She was also a great Donna Anna, her rendition of the big arias from Don Giovanni full of fire and thrust. Tosca's "Vissi d'arte" is a passionate reading, one of the best on disc. The song disc is more variable but always interesting. A great singer, captured in her prime. -- Dan Davis

Amazon.com

Half of Bulgarian soprano Ljuba Welitsch's Columbia output stems from her salad days at the Met, when her silvery voice cut across the footlights like liquid fire. The 1950 Tosca and Don Giovanni selections, as well as her incomparable Salome Final Scene with the fiery Fritz Reiner at the helm, sound more potent than ever in these 20-bit transfers from original source material. Also memorable are two delicately scaled Joseph Marx lieder and a peerless Strauss Cacille. Sadly, the 1952-3 lieder sessions find Welitsch in dire straits: her voice has acquired a papery edge, with perceptive decline in intonation and breath control. Give Paul Ulanowsky credit, though, for admirably maneuvering through the thankless, Crisco-thick piano "deorchestrations" of Strauss' Four Last Songs. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Enigimatic Flame!.......2003-11-14

This woman moved me! I felt exitement, finality, pain, passion, victory, sensuousness, and nostalgia of a time unknown to me. The Salome aria is the most convincingly and beautifully sung I have ever heard by far. The thread of sound is never broken. The lieder selections are very lovely and interestingly personal, not at all detached or serious; a joy. Strauss' Four Last Songs done with piano are quite effective as such.

The recorded sound is very impressive; a clean, full-bodied sound. Columbia's mono recordings are absolutely superior.

This soprano seemed to have something very important to say. There is an ever present urgency in her delivery, a haste, and a desperation that clings to the heart. As she sings, she invokes compassion, mystery, fear and joy.

Please hear this woman!

5 out of 5 stars perhaps the most sensual of German lieder singers.......1999-08-22

This collection of Ljuba Welitsch's singing Strauss is an great example of a singer's cultural connection to a composer giving her an almost eerily innate feeling for the music. Welitsch's voice can only be described as sexy, in a pre-war German sort of way, silvery hard and focused in tone combined with a sensuality of expression that is unique. She breathes life and fire into this music in a way that later singers -- even the great Elisabeth Schwarzkopf -- could not.
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