Hugo Wolf - "Im Frühling" (Mörike) Fischer-Dieskau

[KISIMOV]

I love this!

[ekonvollm]

Hallo Caren, wie immer gelingt es Dir, Lied, Interpretation und Gesang wundervoll zu begleiten (ich wollte extra nicht illustrieren sagen!) Herzlichen Dank für dieses wunderschöne Lied!

[ethan2003]

Beautiful song, tenderly sung; the accompanying video is excellent.

Atmospherically, would you say the song bears a resemblance to Vaughan-William's "Silent Noon"?

[jenspen]

God. What imagination - poet, composer and interpreters.

[KISIMOV]

wonderful

[harisiadis]

--Alte unnennbare Tage!

Amazing song and singing, wonderful video. Thank you so much!

[FiDiTanzer528]

@harisiadis

You are most welcome. It is an amazing song (not to mention performance). Happy Spring!

[leahnewyork]

let's talk about the sheer gorgeousness of this song. there is nothing trite about the poetry or the music. for me it is pure rapture to experience the marriage of the two. what an endlessly rewarding work of art. thanks so much for posting it.

[FiDiTanzer528]

And thank you for your comments. You do understand. :)

[eusebium7]

It was the Wagnerians I think who set Germany's great music culture up for dissolution, particularly Wagner himself. Wolf seems to be a summation of the lied, with hints of Schubert's feeling for words, Schumann's colouring and pianistic commentary, and Wagnerian harmony.

But after Wolf, Wagner and Mahler, there probably wasn't much left to say in the late romantic idiom.

Romanticism, and indeed beauty, seemed to be associated with the war, and Schoenberg et al reacted against this.

[gatorno11]

Beautiful lied

[baldwalrus7]

I think I might agree.

[dietrich123123]

remnants of another era, now all these seem so strange and foreign. Echos from the past. Germany is gone together with its superior art..

[DorianLS]

This is an interesting observation Dietrich. I discovered the beauty of the German language through my discovery of Schubert lieder. Prior to that (like many I suppose) what I knew of German was from films about WW2. I spoke with a German friend a few years ago who told me that the German of Schubert's day is no more. That postwar Germany had lost it's soul. Whether that is true or not I don't know - perhaps others may comment. In any case, thanks for your wonderful videos FiDi!

[mannerpanner]

Thanks to Hitler, Germany is severely damaged. The old, beautiful artistic society is much different today. Its just not the same country anymore... I guess we can only hold on to what people like schubert left for us. We have the legacy of the old germans.

[dietrich123123]

With or without Hitler, Germany's artistic end was on it's way. It came too dramatic and too abruptly.

[harisiadis]

@dietrich123123

In a way yes, but on the other hand, as long as the texts exist and the art is alive in the heart of even a few human beings, the spirit of that era has not been lost.

[mdehkram]

Thanks so much for posting this. This is a favorite Fischer-Dieskau of mine, it sounds like it comes from his 1958 recording. A masterful performance in every way, Great breath control, beautiful soft notes that float in the air, great diction, sensitive use of rubato. The 1958 Wolf Morike recording is full of treasures.

[imusiciki]

Yeah more Hugo Wolf!!! What a breathtaking poem and an excellent choice now that spring has just arrived!! Thanks for the lovely video Karen!

[megansspark]

Yet, his heart understands that she, like the zephyr, has no home.

beautiful, Karen... thank you!

[FiDiTanzer528]

Thanks, dear. Isn't that a wonderful poem?