Favourite Schubert song?

[Richard Tarleton]

Thomas Mann might have had a bestseller on his hands if he had given his "Lotte in Weimar" a racier title such as "Flotte Lotte". Or maybe not - a bit too much like what R3 is doing now?

Clearly much more to La Lott's nickname than I as a non-German speaker imagined

[Roehre]

Der Vollmond strahlt von Bergeshöh'n from Rosamunde, one of the very few non-operatic works of Schubert's for voice with orchestra.

Otherwise Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (including that beguiling clarinet-solo as well).

[Nick Armstrong]

Anything sung by Fritz Wünderlich or Elly Ameling

The programmes I've caught so far have reminded me how superlative the latter was ; I'd never forgotten about FW

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

But Erlkönig IS my favourite. It's in the Champions' League.

[JFLL]

But Erlkönig IS my favourite. It's in the Champions' League.

Red card.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Red card.

[Quarky]

Du bist die Ruh D.776
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Gerald Moore (mid to late '60s recording, from the 18-CD survey).

Yes I would agree with that - otherwise Ständchen.

And had it not been performed to death, Ave Maria must rank very highly.

[JFLL]

All right, yellow then.

Do you know the 1930 version of Erlkönig in French with Georges Thill, who makes a drama of it by bringing in a baritone to sing the Erl-king (or rather le Roi des aulnes) and a boy soprano to sing the boy? It sounds bizarre, and is possibly no longer Schubert (more like Berlioz or even Gounod in some ways), but it generates a tremendous tension, in my opinion. A curiosity. It's on YouTube, I see.

[cloughie]

An die musik.

[Norfolk Born]

Perhaps the outcome of this survey, showing, say, the 10 most popular songs, could be published in the form of a Lieder Board.

[Quarky]

Du bist die Ruh D.776
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Oh dear - very rusty on Schubert lieder - confusing Du bist die Ruhe with Litanei - both excellent but Litanei slightly better.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Perhaps the outcome of this survey, showing, say, the 10 most popular songs, could be published in the form of a Lieder Board.

[Ferretfancy]

Perhaps this is slightly outside the brief, but what about the Shepherd on the Rock? I have amongst others a lovely old record by Isobel Baillie. The trouble is that the insinuating clarinet melody stays in the mind for days once you've heard it!

[Richard Tarleton]

Perhaps this is slightly outside the brief, but what about the Shepherd on the Rock? I have amongst others a lovely old record by Isobel Baillie. The trouble is that the insinuating clarinet melody stays in the mind for days once you've heard it!

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[Eine Alpensinfonie]

All right, yellow then.

Do you know the 1930 version of Erlkönig in French with Georges Thill, who makes a drama of it by bringing in a baritone to sing the Erl-king (or rather le Roi des aulnes) and a boy soprano to sing the boy? It sounds bizarre, and is possibly no longer Schubert (more like Berlioz or even Gounod in some ways), but it generates a tremendous tension, in my opinion. A curiosity. It's on YouTube, I see.

I'll check it out. The wonder of this song for me is the way Schubert convinces the listener that there are 3 characters and a narrator, such is the contrast of styles.