"Klärchens Lied" (Franz Schubert) ~ Claire Herzog, M.M., soprano скачать в хорошем качестве

"Klärchens Lied" (Franz Schubert) ~ Claire Herzog, M.M., soprano

With nearly 3,000 settings of approximately 650 texts (according to lieder.net), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) is one of the most prolific German poets utilized by art-song and choral composers. The text of this song originates from Goethe’s play, Egmont (1787) – a tale of rebellion against religious oppression by the Spanish during the Counter-Reformation in Brussels, Belgium. At the end of the play, the title character’s lover, Klärchen, poisons herself after unsuccessfully attempting to stir the people to fight against the oppressors and to help free Egmont from his death sentence. In 1815, Franz Schubert (1797-1828) beautifully set Klärchen’s farewell sentiments – “happy alone is the soul who loves,” even though loving creates paradoxes of joy and sorrow, longing and anxiety, anguish and rejoicing – capturing the emotional teeter-totter with shifts in dynamics, harmony, tempo, and a three-against-two polyrhythm between the voice and the piano. Though Schubert passed away at the young age of thirty-one, he contributed over 600 songs to the lied (German art song) genre, accounting for over a third of his total compositions including symphonies, piano sonatas, string quartets/quintets, masses, operas, and choral works. Freudvoll Und leidvoll, Gedankenvoll sein; Langen Und bangen In schwebender Pein; Himmelhoch jauchzend Zum Tode betrübt; Glücklich allein Ist die Seele, die liebt. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) Joyful And sorrowful, Thoughtful; Longing And anxious In constant anguish; Skyhigh rejoicing, Despairing to death; Happy alone Is the soul that loves. ©Richard Morris (lieder.net)