Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music, including authors from classical Greece, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and his contemporaries.
Performer Biography
Ulrich Eisenlohr, the pianist and Artistic Advisor for this Naxos edition, specializes in song accompaniment and chamber music, performing with numerous instrumental and vocal partners.
Compositional Technique
Schubert's 'Der Hirt auf dem Felsen' (The Shepherd on the Rock) is unique for its text compilation from three separate poems by two authors and its introduction of the clarinet as a second melody instrument.
Composition History
In 1816, Franz Schubert and his friends planned to publish a collection of his songs, with the first two volumes featuring poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Album & Artwork
The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition aims to group all of Schubert's over 700 songs according to the poets who inspired him or the literary circles whose works he set to music.
Recording & Production
The performers on this album benefited from the Neue Schubert Ausgabe (New Schubert Edition), which uses primary sources like autograph copies for the most recent research.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at the Sendesaal, SWR Studio, Karlsruhe, Germany, from September 6th to 9th, 2006, as a co-production with SWR.
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