Franz Schubert

Songs 5

Walther Dürr now presents the fifth volume of the new Urtext edition of Schubert's songs in high, middle and low register. While volumes 1 to 4 of this edition mainly contain songs that Schubert himself gave to print (in his own selection and arrangement), as well as those from the last two years of his life in the fourth volume, the songs in volumes 5ff. are arranged strictly in the order of the Deutsch-Verzeichnis, i.e. in principle chronologically. The songs in the fifth volume were composed between 1811 and 1814, the first of which - 'Hagars Klage' (D 5), dated March 30, 1811 - is also his first fully preserved song. The first eleven songs are evidence of learning (1811 - 1813/14). During this time, Schubert studied Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg's ballads and songs, wrote Italian arias as part of his composition lessons with Antonio Salieri and a single strophic song ('Klaglied', D 23), which - as the only one of these songs - appeared in print soon after Schubert's death (in November 1830 as op. 131, 3). The great ballad 'Der Taucher' (D 77) was composed between 1813 and around the beginning of 1815 as his journeyman's piece, probably not coincidentally at the same time as his first completed opera ('Des Teufels Lustschloss', D 84). He also set 14 poems by Friedrich von Matthisson to music and thus turned to the principle of the strophic song. - Clear, well-organized new edition based on the 'New Schubert Edition' - Preface by Walther Dürr on the history of origin and transmission as well as the sources for each individual song (German/English) - Song texts in English translation by Richard Wigmore Contents Hagars Klage, D 5 / Leichenfantasie, D 7 / Der Vatermörder, D 10 / Klaglied, op. post. 131, 3 - D 23 / Misero pargoletto, D 42 (high register only) / Totengräberlied, D 44 / Die Schatten, D 50 / Verklärung, D 59 / Pensa che questo istante, D 76 (middle and low register only) / Der Taucher, D 77 / Son fra l'onde, D 78 (high register only) / Adelaide, D 95 / Trost. An Elisa, D 97 / Erinnerungen, D 98 / Andenken, D 99 / Geisternähe, D 100 / Erinnerung, D 101 / Die Betende, D 102 / Die Befreier Europas in Paris, D 104 / Lied aus der Ferne, D 107 (1. Fassung) / Lied aus der Ferne, D 107 (2. Version) / Der Abend, D 108 / Lied der Liebe, D 109 / Romanze, D 114 (1st version) / Romanze, D 114 (2nd version) / An Laura (when she sang Klopstock's Auferstehungslied), D 115 / Der Geistertanz, D 116 / Appendix (lower transpositions only included in high register) Die Schatten, D 50 / Adelaide, D 95