The shift from lied to drama in some pieces is largely achieved by the orchestra replacing the piano, moving the lied from an intimate setting.
Interpretation
The ensemble Pygmalion uses the fragmentary nature of some works to create transitions between different pieces of music on the album.
Composition History
Johannes Brahms orchestrated several lieder by Franz Schubert in the early 1860s at the request of baritone Julius Stockhausen.
Composition History
Franz Liszt, who conducted the premiere of Schubert's opera Alfonso und Estrella in 1854, also orchestrated Schubert's "Der Doppelgänger" in 1860.
Album & Artwork
The album title, "Mein Traum" (My Dream), comes from a text written by Franz Schubert in 1822, which resembles a dream transcription.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The program's pieces, like Schubert's dream, contrast different spaces, depicting legendary, metaphysical, or mythological places outside the material world through song.
Compositional Technique
Repetition is a primary element in these songs, where the same melody is sung to different strophes, a characteristic of the German lied.
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