Schubert "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen" Elly Ameling (Part II )

[METoperastar2019]

Did anyone hear the key is not bB major? It is A major!!!!

[OperaLoverL]

quite slow.....lovely voice.

[copperleaves]

It is so rare to hear three musicians coming together with such effortless artistry! For me, the performance is brilliant from every point of view. I wore the old LP out years ago (I believe it was first released in 1965) and replaced it with the CD. The late British actor, Sir Peter Ustinov, once said this recording was one of two or three that he would like to have with him on a desert island because he never tired of listening to it. Thanks for posting this wonderful work.

[dreamwaves2rg]

Beautiful recording - Elly's use of tonal "color", sensitive phrasing and seamless intervalic connections make this performance exceptional

[david423]

Adding the score is a thoughtful extra. Thank you for that.

I always enjoy Ameling and this work is a wonderful showcase

of her talents and Schubert's genius at lieder.

[PIta03141]

Soooo, who's playing the clarinet?

[civileso]

@PIta03141 If you wantch the video, it is written in the first presentational slide: Hans Deinzer

[PIta03141]

@civileso Hahah, myyy bad... thanks for pointing out my complete lack of ability to actually pay attention lol.

[syncopated84]

great work on the score along with the music!

[fluffynamedkimba]

this isjust perfection. so tender! so sweet and loving!

[shahn1951]

The very best that I have heard !!

[monster9500]

Just saying, I really dont like that clarinets tone.

Amazing voice though.

[Melechkibitzer]

I heard the voice director at my school sing this song and this performance is SOOOOO much better. She always sings everything like she's trying to awaken the dead, heavy and loud. This is so tender and enjoyable.

[reeniepop]

Elly Ameling was one of the greatest, and this presentation is THE best. Thanks a mill.

[bayreuth79]

Delightful...

[morinoroba]

Excellent voice,and what a graceful song by Schubert ! Wilhelm Müller's poem is also beautiful... Thank you for posting.

[alguso]

Wonderfull! I can't stop hearing it. Thanks for posting it.

[Alandix]

float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, Ameling is the essential voice for this song, almost a humble concoction, a utopian sense of balance, an excitement of art that bears repeating, and one of the greatest song moments ever recorded...etc

[michelledvorsky]

thank you so much for the brilliant upload with the music.

there is so much beauty in here with the language and music reflecting the meaning.

[paulostroff99]

Wonderful singing!

[Ivanbelastegui]

This is so beautiful. Very well performed too. Thanks for posting

[SopranoOfTheNight]

I love the song, but this singer clearly doesn't know how to handle an umlaut. "Fruhling" should not be pronounced "frooling."

[eyesk8er]

My young friend, this singer is from the Netherlands which shares its entire eastern border with Germany, & whose language is often referred to as "High German because it is very closely related to German. This singer is an excellent lieder singer who is fluent in German. If her pronunciation sounds odd it's probably because it's being sung not spoken.

[SchokoladeTorten]

@eyesk8er Sung German is actually almost identical to spoken German. The biggest difference is the placement of consonants, especially 'r.' The are placed more forward in the mouth, and 'r' is usually pronounced with the tip of the tongue rather than the back.

[tcradical]

She is pronouncing it exactly as it should be pronounced. It is how you should do it too. Good Luck and best wishes....

[SchokoladeTorten]

@tcradical No she isn't. It is pretty good but not exactly right. 'Je' should never be pronounced with the 'j' as in 'gin' but rather like the 'y' in 'yoyo.' No exceptions. You should be more careful before giving incorrect advice.

[tcradical]

@SchokoladeTorten Are you drunk? or better said, were you drunk while you replied my comment? You are the one that needs to know what people are talking about before you reply or elaborate any comment on what the other person is saying. For you to see that you know soo much, I never spoke of the pronunciation of any "Je", in fact nobody that has comented on this video has. I was answering the question that the person two or three comments above me had asked.

[tcradical]

@SchokoladeTorten (finishing My Reply) Like I had said, I was answering the question asked by SopranoOfTheNight about the umlaut. Now, who should be more careful before giving Incorrect Advice? Thank you very much!

[SchokoladeTorten]

@tcradical My mistake. When you said 'it' I thought you meant that all of her German is correct, which it is not.

[tcradical]

@SchokoladeTorten That's fine, now I understand why you replied in that way. Greetings from US.

[MastersoftheOpera]

Thanks for putting the score on the video, I feel free to sing along!

[westinna]

once had a recording of her singing part of the hunt cantata--would love to hear that again--such a lovely voice!

[32Styx]

You chose an excellent performance of this work, which surely is one of Schubert's greatest! Having performed this several times in my music school days, it was a trip down memory lane for me. Thanks for this contribution, and many of your other contributions, I might add!

[carriewilce]

It's a shame the recording is in A major instead of B flat; otherwise it's lovely

[koochitykoo]

Oh Schubert, I think I'm in love!

[schmup53]

I think listening to Elly Ameling recordings for so long is the reason I can't seem to enjoy any modern soprano singing without feeling like something is missing.

[pagerbear]

I used to have this recording on LP, but did a purge of all my LPs when I moved a few years ago. I had to buy it again just now on iTunes.

[lizziethecreepy]

LOVE her.

[musictman]

i think i'm gonna try to find a soprano to sing this with me, cause i want to play the clarinet part! it's such a nice piece =D

[rarinit]

Composing something so light and happy at the end of your life is amazing. Thank you very much, civileso, for the wonderful posting, and thank you Schubert for thinking of us at your end......

[rarinit]

The singer reassures the unhappy youth with a delightful lie, "love will come again like the Spring". Her brightness hides her lecturing, a powerful contrast if the message is false. The clarinet (unlke, say, an oboe) makes it more a dance than a love song. I thought Schwarzkopf was good until I heard this.  Elly Ameling's clarity is perfect.

[heavensfrost]

Her VOICE. PRISTINE! Don't you just love her BRIGHT tone. NOT HEAVY. SO many soprano's have that KERMIT FROG THING Going On...So covered it sounds like they are singing with MARBLES in their mouth. But this..is BRILLIANT PERFECTION.!

[voiceproject]

@heavensfrost

I agree, but then she's singing this is a major, a semitone down, which makes it so much easier to make a light and pleasant tone. Don't know why she chose to do this; her voice is light enough as it is.

Main thing is though that this is wonderful to listen to:)

[JanetteHeffernan]

The last thing Schubert wrote! What a way to go!

[quelasol]

I don't think the fermata on the final Bb is out of place at such a lighthearted moment. She conveys the feeling of a light, flung-open heart perfectly.

[soosoo2006]

I can't believe how beautiful and moving this is.

incredible....

[musicdivinemusic]

Voice and clarinet do a nice echo effect in the phrases "Je weiter meine Stimme dringt, / Je heller sie mir wiederklingt," (The further my voice travels / the clearer it returns to me.) A showpiece, as the wiki comments explain, and lovely;

[taulpaul65]

I'm not particularly found of the clarinetist's tone...but decent phrasing and style

[lamsauping]

I LOVE IT

[kakvostava]

I love the singer, Elly is wonderful, but she couldn't resist to show off in the finale :-) and added an extra fermata on her high B flat.

[misssusser]

Dear Kaknostava,is that a negative-- Or just the "flair" of a fabulous soprano? !! If a voice such as this can't SHOW off with an extra fermata on a simple B flat~ THEN peacocks should never open their plummage. What a waste that would be.

[codonauta]

Schubert died too soon!

[MarcionusNovus]

Gorgeous, but has anyone noticed that it's a half step down from the written key? Just an observation...

[DustPuppyOI]

Actually, the vocal part and piano are written in key. The clarinet part looks like it's transposed by a whole tone. Is that an instrumental convention?

[MarcionusNovus]

I meant the sounding pitch. She's definitely not singing Bflats at the top. I know Elly had a pretty easy upper register, but those are As...

[MarcionusNovus]

And yeah, the clarinet is a transposing instrument, so the parts are written in a different key from the one actually being used.

[Yoavmw]

The reason is that this is a period instruments performance. Hammerklavier and a romantic clarinet based on the instrumnt from schubert's time. That why the pitch is "flat".

[markeyburgess]

Yeah I totally agree - I was singing along because i have a clarinetist friend who might do it with me and was astounded to have sung a B flat. I went to my piano and found it was actually an A - in fact the whole thing has been transposed down a minor 2nd. Incidentally, I have NO problem with that - some 90% of Schubert's songs are available in transposition for high, medium or low voice, so why not this one? Brilliant piece, perfectly sung!

[ccotenh]

This is the greatest song ever written in my opinion.

[renteguia]

i agree. you have a great taste. good likes

[amarilis63]

Maravilloso Schubert y maravillosa Elly Ameling! Una de las pocas cosas buenas que he encontrado por aquí.Saludos

[paulostroff99]

She is awesome!

[fwoukster]

Elly Ameling is just amazing...and this piece.I didn't know it but was made aware of it by my friend a clarinet player... maybe we'll try to playy/sing it together sometime..

[nhf7170]

Thank you for this. Not only one of the most beautiful songs for sopranos, but one of the most beautiful pieces in the clarinet repertoire as well.

[civileso]

You are right.. Such a sublime piece. Love the way clarinet duets with the soprano.. Genius composition..

[Jacktheclarinetist]

@civileso I agree with you wonderful piece even if I don't like so much the light sound of the clarinet....but it's very well played as concerns musicality :)

[kaboodles041]

One of my favorite songs for sopranos!

[AlanDNZ]

Just what I needed after a long day's work. Thank you. Keep them comming.