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Peter Schreier sings Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte & Lieder

Peter Schreier sings Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte & Lieder

Concert

Norman Shetler

Production Date: 30/09/1987

Duration82 Min

Video Formats

In this concert, filmed at the Herbstliche Musiktag in Bad Urach in 1987, tenor Peter Schreier is joined by pianist Norman Shetler for a programme of Beethoven's songs. And though Beethoven's songs remain an under-appreciated part of the composer's output, many show him at his most naturally melodic and charming; and An die ferne Geliebte, completed in the spring of 1816, lays claim to being the first song cycle, its six numbers running without break into one another. Schreier, the pre-eminent German lyric tenor of his generation, was a renowned Lieder singer and here, with his long-term accompanist, proves an ideal champion for these songs.

Soloists
Peter Schreier (Tenor), Norman Shetler (Piano)
8 Lieder, Op. 52: 4. Mailied
2
02:34
6 Gesänge, Op. 75: 2. Neue Liebe, neues Leben
4
03:48
An die Hoffnung, Op. 94
5
07:53
Seufzer eines Ungeliebten und Gegenliebe, WoO 118
6
07:14
Gesang aus der Ferne, WoO 137
7
04:05
Der Wachtelschlag, WoO 129
8
04:04
Der Liebende, WoO 139
10
02:43
6 Gesänge, Op. 75: 6. Der Zufriedene
11
01:37
Zärtliche Liebe, WoO 123 "Ich liebe dich"
13
02:55
An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98
14
17:05
6 Lieder, Op. 48: 1. Bitten
15
02:50