Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Ballad by Goethe for soloists, choir and orchestra - piano reduction by the composer Edited by John Michael Cooper Text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe In the summer of 1799, Goethe wrote his ballad Th...

Franz Schubert composed his Lied, 'Der Erlkönig' (Erlking), for solo voice and piano in 1815, setting text from a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The song has become one of Schubert's most famous...

Franz Schubert composed his Lied, 'Der Erlkönig' (Erlking), for solo voice and piano in 1815, setting text from a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The song has become one of Schubert's most famous...

Das Mädchen Mignon verkörpert in J. W. v. Goethes Roman Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre die Sehnsucht nach Italien. Sie singt darin das Lied 'Kennst du das Land, wo die Zitronen blühn'. Eine freie Übertrag...

This is how the Parzen, the goddesses of fate in Greek and Roman mythology, sang: the Parzenlied in Goethe's verse drama "Iphigenia in Tauris", which became the model for Johannes Brahms, is about cur...

So sangen die Parzen, die Schicksalsgöttinnen der griechisch-römischen Mythologie: Von Fluch und Schicksal handelt das Parzenlied in Goethes Versdrama "Iphigenie auf Tauris", das zur Vorlage für Johan...

Thus sang the Parcae is the title of Goethe's "Song of the Parcae", the goddesses of fate in Greek and Roman mythology. The excerpt from "Iphigenia in Tauris" served Johannes Brahms as a model for his...

Thus sang the Parcae is the title of Goethe's "Song of the Parcae", the goddesses of fate in Greek and Roman mythology. The excerpt from "Iphigenia in Tauris" served Johannes Brahms as a model for his...

So sangen die Parzen, die Schicksalsgöttinnen der griechisch-römischen Mythologie: Von Fluch und Schicksal handelt das Parzenlied in Goethes Versdrama "Iphigenie auf Tauris", das zur Vorlage für Johan...

Gustav Mahler composed many large-scale works. But in the summer of 1906, he surpassed himself with the "Symphony No. 8". He himself described this exceptional work in terms of form, shape, size and s...

Goethes dramatische Ballade "Die erste Walpurgisnacht" inspirierte Mendelssohn zu einer großartigen und plastischen Darstellung des Konfliktes zwischen einer alten heidnischen Gemeinschaft und den neu...

Goethe's dramatic ballad "The First Walpurgis Night" inspired Mendelssohn to create a magnificent and vivid depiction of the conflict between an old pagan community and the new aspirations of Christia...

In this, one of Schubert's first and most successful artsongs, Gretchen reflects on her sudden infatuation with Faust. The piano accompaniment, with its relentless sixteenth notes in the right hand, d...

This touching text has been beautifully set by composer Blake Wilson. Goethe's words, 'Thou that from the heavens art, Every pain and sorrow stillest, ' poignant for the world today, come a live throu...

Lunas Zauberschein was first performed by Margaret McDonald (Mezzo-Soprano) and Julie Rees (Bass Flute) at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, on 20th March 1979.

So sangen die Parzen, die Schicksalsgöttinnen der griechisch-römischen Mythologie: Von Fluch und Schicksal handelt das Parzenlied in Goethes Versdrama "Iphigenie auf Tauris", das zur Vorlage für Johan...

Goethe's dramatic ballad The First Walpurgis Night inspired Mendelssohn to create a magnificent and vivid depiction of the conflict between an old pagan community and the new aspirations of Christiani...