In 1816, Franz Schubert and his friends planned to publish a collection of all his songs, grouped by the poets who inspired him.
Composer Biography
Schubert's Hagars Klage, D. 5, a fifteen-minute work, is his earliest completely preserved song, though not his absolute earliest composition.
Compositional Technique
Schubert's setting of Hagars Klage, D. 5, shows him adopting and elevating the compositional methods of Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, a reformer of the art song, to explore new regions in Lieder composition.
Recording & Production
This recording benefits from the Neue Schubert Ausgabe (New Schubert Edition) published by Bärenreiter, which uses primary sources like autograph copies for accuracy.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Schubert often immersed himself in the works of individual poets, setting multiple poems to music concurrently to assimilate their linguistic patterns and expressive content.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Schubert's teacher, Wenzel Ruzicka, recognized his immense talent after hearing Hagars Klage and showed it to Salieri, who then offered to teach Schubert for free.
Album & Artwork
The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition, of which this album is a part, follows Schubert's original concept of grouping his over 700 Lieder by the poets who inspired him.
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