Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings Lieder

Advantages: Sublime, soulful songs by Schubert
Disadvantages: Sung in German

...The Music This is the first of two albums of Schubert’s Lieder composed for piano and voice. Schubert composed the music to the work of such classical poets including, Goethe, Collins and Shakespeare. Each Lied tells a story of its own. The lyrics are sung in German but a translation is included in the cover. I won't give a track by track listing of the CD as this is easily available but will mention some of my personal favourites. 1. Lieder: Die Forelle: The Trout (Schubert) A playful a cheerful tale of a trout's journey through a stream. Most people will know and love Schubert's piano quintet also entitled The Trout. 5. Lieder: Heidenröslein: Wild Rose (Goethe) A serious ode to the beauty of the wild rose. 6. Lieder: Wandrers Nachtlied II: Wanderers Night song (Goethe) A tranquil tale of a man wandering through... Read review

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Advantages: One of the finest casts ever
Disadvantages: Mono Sound, that's all

...MOZART - COSI FAN TUTTE - KARJAN EMI PLEASE COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW SO I CAN IMPROVE MY REVIEWS IN THE FUTURE!!! When critics line up the best available recordings of Mozart's superb comic opera "Così fan tutte" two recordings are almost invariably up there, Karl Böhm's second recording from 1962 (EMI - Stereo) and Herbert von Karajan's recording from 1954 (EMI - Mono). The remarkable Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is present in both recording as the charming Fiordiligi. I prefer her fresher voice in 1954 but she, like the other artists in the Böhm recording, benefit from the fresh stereo sound. One of the glories of the gramophone is Schwarzkopf, Merriman and Bruscantini in "Soave sia il vento" - simply breathtaking as regards phrasing, beauty of tone and the organic feeling to the ensemble. Giuseppe Taddei (Böhm) and Rolando Panerai (Karajan... Read review

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Advantages: Great music
Disadvantages: Street credibility is not even on the cards!

...a weekend festival on Clare Island (a tiny island off Ireland), on the boat back it was a perfect autumn evening and the green and red of mayo was conceived with a well known Galway free-spirited mintrel jarir al-majar. Around a year later it became this song. The song is very Irish and starts off with singing with the music coming in towards the end of the first verse. The music is soft and gentle and you can clearly hear all the different instruments. Davy Carton's vocals are softly sung, with a hint of an Irish accent and carry the song well. The lyrics convey Irish scenery and it is clear this is a different kind of music to anything you would hear from England, or that you would imagine Irish music sounding like if your previous experience has only been Boyzone, Westlife or The Corrs! "The Green and Red of Mayo, I can see it still... Read review

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