Franz Schubert - Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D. 714

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Concentus Musicus Vienna / Arnold Schönberg Choir Recorded in the course of the styriarte 1997, June 21st & 22nd Terrific performance of this underknown gem, in my opinion the best Goethe setting by Schubert - scorded for male voices (TTBB) and deep strings - viola, cello and bass only. Here's a translation of the poem, the painting is Caspar David Friedrich's "Flussufer im Nebel". "The soul of man Is like the water: It comes from heaven, It returns to heaven, And down again To earth must go, Ever changing. When from the high, Sheer wall of rock The pure stream gushes, It sprays its lovely vapor In billowing clouds Towards the smooth rock, And lightly received, It goes enshrouded, Softly hissing Down to the deep. Cliffs tower, Opposing its fall. Annoyed, it foams Step by step Into the abyss. In a flat bed It slinks down the grassy vale, And in the waveless lake All the stars Feast on their likeness. Wind is the wave's Handsome suitor; Wind stirs up from the depths Foaming billows. Soul of man, How like to the water! Fate of man, How like to the wind!" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

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Uploaded: February 19th, 2009 @ 8:46 pm
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