Hindemith - A Requiem For Those we Love (When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd)

Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963)

When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd (Requiem for those we love), for mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra

Parts/Movements

1-When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom'd (Als Flieder jungst)

2-In the swamp, in secluded recesses (Aus dem Ried)

3-Over the breast of the spring (Über die Hugel im Lenz, March)

4-O western orb, sailing the heaven! (O Westgestim)

5-Sing on, there in the swamp! (Sin weiter, du im Ried), Arioso

6-O how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I loved? (O wie werd' ich)

7-With the fresh herbage... Lo! body and soul! (Schau, Sinn und Verstand), Introduction & Fugue

8-Sing on! Sing on, you gray-brown bird! (Sing mehr, du Vogel dort)

9-Death Carol: Come, lovely and soothing Death (Komm lieber und sanfter Tod)

10-To the tally of my soul (Wie ein Gleichklang meiner Seel')

11-Passing the visions (Schwinden die Bilder), Finale

Brigitte Fassbaender (Mezzo-Soprano)

Dietrich Fischer-Diskau (Baritone)

Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Vienna State Opera Chorus

Wolfgang Sawallisch

Recorded: 01 November 1983

Recording Venue: Live recording, Grosser Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria

Richard Strauss: Intermezzo Op.72

Richard Strauss

Intermezzo, Op. 72 

Performer:  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Lucia Popp (Soprano), Gabriele Fuchs (Soprano),
Adolf Dallapozza (Tenor), Gudrun Greindl-Rosner (Soprano), Karin Hautermann (Mezzo Soprano),
Martin Finke (Tenor), Raimund Grumbach (Baritone), Klaus Hirte (Baritone),
Jörn W. Wilsing (Baritone), Kurt Moll (Bass), Philipp Brammer (Spoken Vocals),
Erika Rüggeberg (Spoken Vocals), Elisabeth Woska (Spoken Vocals)
Conductor:  Wolfgang Sawallisch
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra