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Robert Schumann: Complete Secular Choral Works / Studio Vocale Karlsruhe

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Robert Schumann: Songs (3) for solo voices & piano, Op. 29; Part songs (4/5) for mixed voices, Op. 59; Lieder (6), Op. 33; Part songs (5) for mixed voices, Op. 55; Beim Abschied zu singen, for chorus...
Performers: Chung, Locky; Hoppe, Gesa; Lampert, Christian; Lampert, Daniel; Schneider, Gundula; Witoschynskyj, Ira Maria
Conductors: Pfaff, Werner; Engelbrecht, Bernd
Ensemble: ; Renner Ensembles Regensburg

During Schumann's troubled life, the composer came relatively late to writing choral music. Inspired by nature and poetry, his secular choral works reveal a fascinating...continue...
Recording information: Baden-Baden & Regensburg....continue...

Frederica von Stade in Duets, Arias, Scenes & Songs

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Botschaft ("Nelken wind ich und Jasmin"), for soprano voice, alto voice & piano (Spanisches Liedersp; Das Glück (" Vöglein vom Zweig"), song for voice & piano (Lieder-Album...
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Brehm, Alvin; de Peyer, Gervase; Glickman, Loren; Katz, Martin; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Lesser, Laurence; Maria, Joel Del; Phillips, Daniel; Schwarz, G...
Conductors: Bernardi, Mario; Davis, Andrew

Born in 1945, Frederica von Stade - who auditioned for the Met on a $50 bet - is considered one of the world's most accomplished...continue...
Recording information: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (08/1977/07/1978); National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada (08/1977/07/1978); Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London (08/1977/07/1978); Columbia...continue...

Lied-Duette / Gruberova, Kasarova, Haider

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Johannes Brahms: Die Meere ("Alle Winde schlafen..."), duet for soprano, alto & piano, Op. 20/3; Die Schwestern ("Wir Schwestern zwei"), duet for soprano, alto & piano, Op. 61/1; Robert Schumann: Sch...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Kasarova, Vesselina

Schumann: Manfred / Boreyko, Dusseldorfer SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-08-30

Works: Robert Schumann: Manfred, Op. 115
Performers: Abele, Ekkehard; Bach, Mechthild; Berndt, Tobias; Bittner, Manfred; Flaig, Markus; Mammel, Hans Jorg; Popien, Elisabeth; von Bülow, Johann
Conductors: Boreyko, Andrey
Ensemble: Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra

This musical adaptation of Lord Byron's famous Romantic closet drama, Manfred, has been described as "truly spectacular" (Das Opernglas) In this Düsseldorf production, the audience...continue...
Run Time: 89 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French
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Wiegenlieder, Vol. 2

1 CD / Carus / 2011-05-31

Works: Friedrich Silcher: Gut Nacht; Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun ruhen alle Wälder, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 392 (BC F166); Peter Cornelius: Wiegenlied, Op 1/3; German Traditional: Der Wäc...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Beeftink, Eildert [Piano]; Begemann, Hans Christoph; Bozec, Anne Le; Danz, Ingeborg; Doufexis, Stella; Eberspacher, Sabine; Erdmann, Mojca; Foll, Elisabeth; Freimuth, Michael; Gees, M...

Schumann: Das Paradies und Die Peri / Harnoncourt

2 CD / RCA Records Import / 2010-11-02

Works: Robert Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri), for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 50
Performers: Martin, Rebecca
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

Recording information: Herkulessaal, Munich, Germany (10/18/2005-10/22/2005)....continue...

Schumann: Spanische Liebeslieder / Marlis Petersen

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-09-14

Works: Robert Schumann: Spanisches Liederspiel, 10 songs for voice(s) & piano, Op. 74; Minnespiel, Op. 101; Spanische Liebeslieder (10 Spanish Love Songs), for voice(s) & piano, Op. 138
Performers: Berner, Christoph; Gura, Werner; Petersen, Marlis; Radicke, Camillo; Vondung, Anke

The year 1849 was one of Schumann's most prolific. The inspiration for his 'Spanische Liebeslieder' and 'Spanische Liederspiel' was an anthology of Spanish texts translated...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (06/2009)....continue...

Lullabies, Vol. 1

1 CD / Carus / 2010-05-11

Works: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz: Der Mond ist aufgegangen; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5), Op. 49; Sandmännchen ("Die Blümelein sie schlafen"), folk song for voice & piano, WoO 31/4; Karl Friedrich...
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Elsner, Leonhard; Elsner, Paulina; Foll, Elisabeth; Gees, Michael; Haller, Benoit; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Huber, Gerold; Irmer, Stefan; Iven, ...

Many German lullabies are known all over the world. For this recording more than 50 of the most well-known singers with German as their mother...continue...

Robert Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes Faust / Mojca Erdmann, Christiane Iven, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, et al

2 CD / RCO Live / 2009-10-13

Works: Robert Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust
Performers: Doss, Kevin; Erdmann, Mojca; Gerhaher, Christian; Gura, Werner; Iven, Christiane; Jellema, Anitra; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Nicolaus Harnoncourt’s acclaimed 2008 performances of Schumann’s rarely heard masterpiece Szenen aus Goethes Faust with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra were recorded live and edited for...continue...

Schumann: Lieder / Hilz, Beate Kielland, Bouscarrut

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Lieder aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a; Liederkreis, Op. 39; Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart (Mary Stuart Songs), for voice & piano, Op. 135; Herbstlied ("Das Laub fällt von...
Performers: Bouscarrut, Katja; Hilz, Christian; Kielland, Marianne Beate

Schumann, Mahler, Britten / Ann Murray, Malcolm Martineau

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder (5); Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Benjamin Britten: A Charm of Lullabies, song cycle for mezzo-soprano & piano, Op. 41; Cabaret songs (4) for Hed...
Performers: Martineau, Malcolm; Murray, Ann

"What a perceptive and versatile recitalist Ann Murray is to each group of songs Murray brought a perfectly judged sense of style and delivery. Just...continue...

Schumann: Kerner Lieder, etc / Hunt, Ollman, Barret

1 CD / Koch International / 2009-01-27

Works: Vitezslava Kaprálová: Dubnova Preludia (April Preludes), suite for piano, Op. 13; Legend, for violin & piano, Op. 3a; Burlesque, for violin & piano, Op. 3b; Compositions (5) for piano, Op. ...
Performers: Barrett, Michael; Chase, Stephanie; Eskin, Virginia; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Ollmann, Kurt

The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol 11 / Müller-Brachmann, Johnson, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-01-13

Works: Robert Schumann: Songs (6) (Neun) for voice & piano, Op. 89; Resignation ("Lieben, von ganzer Seele lieben"), song for voice & piano, Op. 83/1; Der Einseidler ("Komm, Trost der Welt, du stille Nacht!...
Performers: Broderick, Katherine; Doufexis, Stella; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Loges, Stephan; McGreevy, Geraldine; Muller-Brachmann, Hanno; Thompson, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]

Graham Johnson’s monumental and triumphant complete Schumann songs edition comes to an end with an eleventh disc of rarities and delights. With this last issue...continue...

Schumann: Frauenliebe und leben, etc; Brahms: Songs Op. 57 / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Julius Drake

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2008-11-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 106; Robert Schumann: Lieder aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a; Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Claude Debussy: Fantoches; George Frederick Handel: Theodora
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine

"The stillness achieved in the song which deals with the coming of the couple's child, 'Sußer Freund', is spellbinding, and the profundity of the expression...continue...

Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri / Harnoncourt, et al

2 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2008-05-06

Works: Robert Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri), for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 50
Performers: Güra, Werner; Gerhaher, Christian; Hartelius, Malin; Haußler, Gerald; Martin, Rebecca; Röschmann, Dorothea; Strehl, Christoph
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

'Das Paradies und die Peri' tells the story of the Peri, a creature from Persian and Islamic mythology. She has been expelled from Paradise and...continue...

Frauenliebe und Leben / Susan Platts, Rena Sharon

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-04-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Clara Wieck Schumann: Lieder (6), Op. 13; Mein Stern; Lieder aus Jucunde (6), Op. 23; Four songs by Friederich Rückert, Op. 12; Die gute Nacht; Jo...
Performers: Platts, Susan; Sharon, Rena

Canadian mezzo-soprano Susan Platts brings a uniquely rich and wide-ranging voice to the concert and recital repertoire for alto and mezzo-soprano. In May of 2004,...continue...

Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals

11 CD / Decca / 2008-04-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Otello; Tancredi; Semiramide; L'italiana in Algeri; La Cenerentola; L'assedio di Corinto; La donna del lago; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, op...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Horne, Marilyn; Katz, Martin
Conductors: Lewis, Henry; ; Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Carl
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Suisse Rom...

"Each of the 11 CDs comes in a slip case with the original cover art, but no texts or translations are provided. At the price...continue...

In My Element / Anne Sofie van Otter

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito...
Performers: Augustsson, Mikael; Bjorkman, David; Blair, Michael; d'Oustrac, Stephanie; Dohmen, Albert; Forsberg, Bengt; Henryson, Svante; Jonsson, Fredrik; Kress, Roland; Lindberg, Jakob; Lindberg, Magnus; Linds...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Gardiner, John Eliot; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Boulez, Pierre; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; North German ...

Opera News
Smart, sophisticated and opinionated, Anne Sofie von Otter has become a star by doing exactly what she wants
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The Art of Christa Ludwig

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 94; Liebestreu, Op. 3 no 1; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 19; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (8) for voice & piano, Op. 59; Songs (5) ...
Performers: Callas, Maria; de Peyer, Gervase; Downes, Herbert; Fleming, Amaryllis; Ludwig, Christa; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Stich-Randall, ...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto; Böhm, Karl; Stein, Horst; Forster, Karl; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Ludwig's range of repertoire was remarkable, from Bach through Mozart to Brahms, Mahler and Strauss. She was equally at home in German Lieder, French melodies,...continue...

The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol 10 / Royal, Johnson

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-11-13

Works: Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39; Schön Hedwig, Op. 106; Balladen (2), melodramas for voice & piano, Op. 122; Songs (3) for solo voices & piano, Op. 29; Die Nonne ("Im Garten steht die Nonne...
Performers: Barlow, Edith; Gruett, Marcus; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kargl, Lukas; Lang, Melanie; Lehner, Daniela; Loges, Stephan; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Murray, Ann; Royal, Kate; Spence, Nicky; Ward, Ad...

Graham Johnson's acclaimed series of Schumann songs for Hyperion has reached its penultimate volume with this program headlined by soprano Kate Royal. Still at the...continue...

Schumann: The Paradise & The Peri / Giulini, RAI SO

2 CD / Arts / 2007-07-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri), for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 50
Performers: Brendel, Wolfgang; Gaifa, Carlo; Hage, Robert Amis el; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Miljakovic, Olivera; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Wright, Marjorie
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

The composer himself thought this oratorio was one of his best works; his contemporaries held it in high esteem and it received more than 50...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Petre Munteau Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-05-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Le cadi dupé, opera in 1 act. Wq. 29; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber vo...
Performers: Danco, Suzanne; Monteanu, Petre; Pini, Amalia; Rizzoli, Bruna

"Who would have thought that the Volksoper could celebrate such a great success with the young Romanian Petre Munteanu," wrote a Berlin newspaper critic of...continue...

Schumann, Schubert, Brahms / Baker, Isepp

2 CD / Regis Records / 2007-04-05

Works: Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Franz Schubert: Heimliches Lieben, D 922/Op. 106 no 1; Minnelied, D 429; Die abgeblühte Linde, D 514/Op. 7 no 1; Der Musensohn, D 764/Op. 92 no 1;...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Isepp, Martin

Schumann: Album of Songs for the Young, etc / Rubens, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-02-27

Works: Robert Schumann: Lieder Album für die Jugend, Op. 79; Lieder und Gesänge I (5), songs for voice & piano, Op. 27
Performers: Bauer, Thomas E.; Hielscher, Uta; Irányi, Stefanie; Rubens, Sibylla

"The collection is brimful with attractive songs, melodically appealing, that should be heard more often, at least when sung as on this disc: simply, naturally...continue...

Gemini - Schumann: Requiem, etc / Klee, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-05-02

Works: Robert Schumann: Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, Op. 112; Requiem for Mignon, Op. 98b; Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor, Op. 147; Requiem, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 148
Performers: Altmeyer, Theo; Andonian, Andrea; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Georg, Mechthild; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Lindner, Brigitte; Lovaas, Kari; Meyer,...
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Klee, Bernhard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Düsseldorf Städtischer Musikvereins Chorus ; Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
Schumann's neglected choral output includes several worthwhile pieces, notably the charming, light-filled oratorio The Pilgrimage of the Rose, and the late and dark-toned...continue...

The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol 9 / Lott, Murray, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-01-11

Works: Robert Schumann: Liedchen von Marie und Papa, for 2 voices, WoO 26/3; Album für die Jugend, Op. 68; Lieder Album für die Jugend, Op. 79; Album für die Jugend no 14 ("Kleine Studie") fo...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Murray, Ann

This ninth volume in the Hyperion Schumann Edition brings us to music Schumann wrote for children, and what a delight it probes to be. The...continue...

Kabarett / Jean Stilwell, Robert Kortgaard, et al

1 CD / CBC Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Franz Grothe: Ganz leise kommt die Nacht aus weiter Ferne; Illusion, film score; Mischa Spoliansky: Leben ohne Liebe kannst du nicht (for the film Nie wieder Liebe); Theo Mackeben: Eine Frau wird ers...
Performers: Berard, Marie; Kortgaard, Robert; Macerollo, Joseph; Morris, Andy; Spragg, James; Stilwell, Jean
Conductors: Tiefenbach, Peter

The charismatic mezzo-soprano, Jean Stilwell, is one of Canada's most versatile artists - one who has that rare ability to light up any stage on...continue...
Personnel: Jean Stilwell (mezzo soprano); Marie Berard (violin); Joe Macerollo (accordion); James Spragg (trumpet); Andy Morris (percussion).

Recording information: Glenn Gould Studio, Canadian...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Elena Nikolaidi

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-03-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Richard Strauss: E...
Performers: Behr, Jan; Nikolaidi, Elena; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Cleva, Fausto; Ludwig, Leopold; Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol 6 / McGreevy, Doufexis, etc

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-03-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Spanisches Liederspiel, 10 songs for voice(s) & piano, Op. 74; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 40; Spanische Liebeslieder (10 Spanish Love Songs), for voice(s) & piano, Op. 138; Cla...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Hough, Stephen; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Loges, Stephan; McGreevy, Geraldine; Thompson, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]

"Graham Johnson's typically teeming commentaries to this latest Hyperion volume, 'Schumann and the Spanish style', he relates a moving anecdote about the composer's perusal of...continue...

The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol 4 - Widmer, Doufexis, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-06-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge II (5), songs for voice & piano, Op. 51; Romanzen und Balladen I, 3 songs for voice & piano, Op. 45; Sommerlied ("Seinen Traum, lind wob"), for chorus, Op. 14...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: London Schubert Chorale

Now that the Hyperion Schubert Edition is coming to an end, the Schumann Edition is getting into its stride. Volume four introduces two outstanding young...continue...

Tatiana Troyanos in Recital (1985) / James Levine

1 CD / Video Artists International / 1999-07-06

Works: Robert Schumann: Seit ich ihn gesehen, song for voice & piano (Frauenliebe und -leben), Op. 42/1; Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben, song for voice & piano (Frauen...
Performers: Levine, James; Troyanos, Tatiana

Elisabeth Höngen singt Lieder - Wagner, Brahms, Wolf, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Benedetto Marcello: Il mio bel foco; Franz Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118; Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774; Robert Schumann: Work(s); Hugo Wolf: Goethe Lied...
Performers: Höngen, Elisabeth; Hotter, Hans; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Nordberg, Hermann Von; Seefried, Irmgard; Welfing, Hugo Meyer; Wuhrer, Friedrich; Zipper, Hans

Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Liederkreis / Shirai, Holl

1 CD / Camerata / 1997-05-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Liederkreis, Op. 39
Performers: Holl, Hartmut; Shirai, Mitsuko

Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, etc / von Otter, Forsberg

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1996-01-23

Works: Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Gedichte (12), Op. 35; Lieder und Gesänge (5), Op. 127; Songs (3) for voice & piano (Chamisso), Op. 31; Gesänge (6), Op. 107; Heitere Ges&aum...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; von Otter, Anne Sofie

A Protrait of Frederica von Stade

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1989-01-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules Massenet: Cendrillon; Jacques Offenbach: La Grande-D...
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Lesser, Laurence; Maria, Joel Del; Von Stade, Frederica; Wadsworth, Charles
Conductors: Bernardi, Mario; Almeida, Antonio de; Rudel, Julius; Pritchard, John

Schumann: Liederkreis, etc / Shirai, Protschka, Höll, et al

2 CD / Capriccio / 1988-01-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74; Liederkreis, Op. 39; Vocal Duets (4), Op. 34; Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Holl, Hartmut; Lipovsek, Marjana; Protschka, Josef; Shirai, Mitsuko