Schubert's reputation as a composer of solo lieder has tended to overshadow the works for two of more voices that he composed from the age of 14 to his last years. Some of these works includes four voices and choir, and they fall in to the category of domestic music making. The earliest date from his years as a pupil of Antonio Salieri, and may well have been intended as study works, others, such as the scena 'Antigone und Oedipe' D542 of 1817 was probably composed for friends, and is quite demanding of the performers.
The singers on these CDs represent some of the very best Schubert interpreters of the period -- and the recordings date from 1973. The accompanist is the incomparable Gerald Moore.
Herman und Thusnelda D.322
Antigone und Oedip D.542
Cronnan D.282
Singübungen D.619
Selma und Selmar D.286b
Licht und Liebe (Nachtgesang) D.352
Hektors Abschied D.312b
Mignon und der Harfner D.877 N°1
Szene aus "Faust" D.126b
Der Hochzeitsbraten D.930
Die Advokaten D.37
Punschlied D.277
Kantate zum Geburtstag des Sängers Johann Michael Vogl D.666
Gütigster, Bester, Weisester D.441
Verschwunden sind die Schmerzen D.88
Trinklied D.148
Der Tanz D.826
Des Tages Weihe D.763
Hymne an den Unendlichen D.232
An die Sonne D.439
Nun laßt uns den Leib begraben D.169
Gott im Ungewitter D.985
Gott der Weltschöpfer D.986
Die Geselligkeit D.609
Gebet D.815
1973
“They are expert duettists [Baker and Fischer-Dieskau], having sung together on other occasions and in other media; the result, with the ever-faithful, ever-skilful Gerald Moore, is all that one might expect”
May 2011
“it really is pretty well impossible to imagine finer performances...these are charming domestic pieces here performed by four of the greatest Lieder singers of the time: luxury casting indeed.”
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Herman und Thusnelda D.322
