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This highly regarded recording of a collection of lieder by Brahms was first released in 1982 and features one of the outstanding singers of her generation, the German mezzo-soprano Brigitte Fassbaender. The pianist is Irwin Gage, and they are joined on two of the songs by the viola player Thomas Riebl.
Brigitte Fassbaender’s international career took off when she appeared as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1971. Since then she has appeared in all of the major opera houses around the world in roles such as as Clairon in Capriccio, the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos, Fricka in Die Walküre, Carmen in Carmen, Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus, Amneris in Aïda, Maddalena in Rigoletto, Eboli in Don Carlos, and Klytemnestra in Elektra. Brigitte Fassbaender has also been successful as a lieder singer. In 1987, she won a Gramophone Award for her Deutsche Gramophon disc of songs by Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss.
Johannes Brahms was a prolific composer of Lieder and wrote around 200 during his lifetime. The first collection appeared in 1853, when Brahms had just turned 20, and the last was published in 1896, just a few months before his death.
Johannes Brahms: 6 Gesange, Op. 3 (text by R. Reinick)
6 Gesange, Op. 3: No. 1. Liebestreu
Johannes Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 106 (text by A. Frey)
5 Lieder, Op. 106: No. 4. Meine Lieder
Johannes Brahms: 5 Gedichte, Op. 19 (text by E. Morike)
5 Gedichte, Op. 19: No. 5. An eine Aolsharfe
Johannes Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 105 (text by D. von Lilencorn)
5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 4. Auf dem Kirchhofe
Johannes Brahms: 6 Lieder, Op. 86 (text by T. Storm)
6 Lieder, Op. 86: No. 4. Uber die Heide
Johannes Brahms: 4 Gesange, Op. 70 (text by C. Lemcke)
4 Gesange, Op. 70: No. 1. Im Garten am Seegestade
Johannes Brahms: 5 Gesange, Op. 72 (text by C. Lemcke)
5 Gesange, Op. 72: No. 4. Verzagen
Johannes Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 106 (text by K. Groth)
5 Lieder, Op. 106: No. 3. Es hing der Reif
Johannes Brahms: Regenlied, WoO 23
Regenlied, WoO 23
Johannes Brahms: 5 Gesange, Op. 72
5 Gesange, Op. 72: No. 3. O kuhler Wald
Johannes Brahms: 9 Lieder und Gesange, Op. 32 (text by A. von Platen-Hallermunde)
9 Lieder und Gesange, Op. 32: No. 5. Wehe, so willst du mich wieder
Johannes Brahms: 2 Gesange, Op. 91
No. 1. Gestillte Sehnsucht (Longing Eased)
No. 2. Geistliches Wiegenlied (Sacred Lullaby)
Johannes Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 107 (text by P. Heyse)
5 Lieder, Op. 107: No. 5. Madchenlied
Johannes Brahms: 4 Gesange, Op. 43 (text by L.H.C. Holty)
4 Gesange, Op. 43: No. 2. Die Mainacht
Johannes Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 106 (text by F.T. Kugler)
5 Lieder, Op. 106: No. 1. Standchen
Johannes Brahms: 49 Deutsche Volkslieder, Book 6, WoO 33
49 Deutsche Volkslieder, Book 6, WoO 33: No. 42. In stiller Nacht, zur ersten Wacht
Johannes Brahms: 4 Gesange, Op. 43 (Traditional lyricist)
4 Gesange, Op. 43: No. 1. Von ewiger Liebe
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6 Gesange, Op. 3: No. 1. Liebestreu