The one album of LIEDER you think everyone should own.

[dtwilbanks]

Thanks, people.

[Daverz]

I don't think there's any CD that everyone should own, but this is a nice one of Schubert and Schumann that works wonderfully as a program:



These are also in a Deutsche Harmonia Mundi box titled "The Early Years Vol. 4", if you can find it.

The main issue that many have with Ameling is that she sings things very "straight".

I'd like to recommend Baker on an EMI twofer for a more dramatic approach, but that has no texts.  The texts are all online, and I suppose you could print them out.



I doubt this has been remastered since the last "double fforte" issue, if you should encounter that.

(I'm afraid I never got much into male lieder singers, but someone else can pick up the slack.)

[Michel]

Stuff about Dead Children, possibly by Ferrier.

[bhodges]

R. Strauss: Lieder (Jessye Norman / Geoffrey Parsons) - So many great things about this recording, starting with the selections themselves, which are some of the most beautiful ever written.  It also includes "Malven," the tiny, lovely song discovered shortly before this recording was made.  Norman is in really outstanding form, and ditto Parsons, and the sound quality (recorded in Snape Maltings) is fantastic, as if you are in the hall with them.



--Bruce

[PerfectWagnerite]

Contains the greatest lied of all time: Erlkonig.

[Drasko]

I'm not the most knowledgable on the matter but I do like this one

[Maciek]

I'm not sure if this has been released separately (especially on CD) but disc number 5 from this set is one of the best things I have in my modest collection (and the other discs in the set are all excellent too):


LÉOPOLD SIMONEAU
PIERRETTE ALARIE
Opera Recitals and Lieder
(DG)
CD number 5: Mozart - Lieder (Alarie - soprano, Erik Werba - piano, mono), Debussy - Ariettes oubliées and some other songs (Alarie - soprano, Allan Rogers, piano)

An absolute stunner!

If the disc hasn't been released separately then my nomination goes to the whole set.

Maciek

[Dancing Divertimentian]

If the Zemlinsky set proves too difficult to find, this one is a worthy substitute:

[zamyrabyrd]

Contains the greatest lied of all time: Erlkonig.

I agree and the way F-D does it is a hard, if not impossible act to follow.

ZB

[Tsaraslondon]

Well I can thing of at least a dozen, but for Lieder with orchestra, these two



and



And for Lieder with piano, this classic Schubert recital.



I know some people are allergic to Schwarzkopf, but the selection she recorded with Fischer is, in my opinion, hors concours, with a particularly dramatic rendition of Gretchen am Spinnrade. In later life seh was actually very critical of this version, finding it far too operatic. Maybe that's why I like it so much.

[Que]

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I know some people are allergic to Schwarzkopf, but the selection she recorded with Fischer is, in my opinion, hors concours, with a particularly dramatic rendition of Gretchen am Spinnrade. In later life seh was actually very critical of this version, finding it far too operatic. Maybe that's why I like it so much.

I also like early Schwarzkopf best.

Q

[BachQ]

Completely agree . . . . . . .

[Sergeant Rock]

Sarge

[BachQ]

Sarge

What does that sell for, Sarge?

[PerfectWagnerite]

I agree and the way F-D does it is a hard, if not impossible act to follow.

ZB

Yup. I think one time I had that track on repeat for about an hour and never got sick of it. It is really the only lied I listen to, other than Mahler of course.

[PerfectWagnerite]

What does that sell for, Sarge?

If you don't mind me chiming in I saw it at JandR in NYC for about $250, a bargain really if you love Schubert.

[dtwilbanks]

Thanks for all the replies so far.

Hey Sarge, will you burn me a copy of that? 

[Sergeant Rock]

What does that sell for, Sarge?

Mrs. Rock gave it to me; a Christmas present two years ago. She thinks she paid 140 pounds (around 200 Euro) at Amazon.UK. She said it was the best price she could find at the time. 5 Euro a disc...yeah, great price for an invaluable set.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Hey Sarge, will you burn me a copy of that? 

No, problem. I'll start now and should be done by mid-August 

Sarge

[Larry Rinkel]

Completely agree . . . . . . .

That set is definitely a must have. One of my top recommendations would be:
http://www.preiserrecords.at/album.php?ean=717281893060