Ives' setting and Tichina Vaughn's performance make the irony of the poem more apparent than the Schumann setting does. That is the primary difference I see/hear between the two.
Beautiful, beautiful voice! I don't know why so many Americans do the "sch" sound for the "ch" of "ich" and "nicht." It's not that difficult to learn the proper German "ch" on the end of words. Otherwise the German sounds great to me...and I've lived 1/2 of my life in Germany.
Sister Lady has a beautiful, rich, true mezzo sound. I wonder what she'd sound like singing "Printemps qui commence" or "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"? I'm sure it would be great. Amazingly beautiful voice, and a great setting of Heine's text. I only knew the Schumann setting from Dichterliebe. This setting is more reflective. I really like! Thanks for posting.
Ives' setting and Tichina Vaughn's performance make the irony of the poem more apparent than the Schumann setting does. That is the primary difference I see/hear between the two.
SyntheticProsthetic 9 months ago
Beautiful, beautiful voice! I don't know why so many Americans do the "sch" sound for the "ch" of "ich" and "nicht." It's not that difficult to learn the proper German "ch" on the end of words. Otherwise the German sounds great to me...and I've lived 1/2 of my life in Germany.
markpianoman 1 year ago
Good voice but the German isn't too good. Neither is her interpretation - she lacks sophistication.
Lindow 2 years ago
funnny you say that, it's true it does not sound like the Hoch Deutsch we're used to in singing, more like a dialect german, perhaps?
jarvy327 2 years ago
simply excellent. what else can we hear from the elegant and fabulous woman?
youkali22 2 years ago
Sister Lady has a beautiful, rich, true mezzo sound. I wonder what she'd sound like singing "Printemps qui commence" or "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"? I'm sure it would be great. Amazingly beautiful voice, and a great setting of Heine's text. I only knew the Schumann setting from Dichterliebe. This setting is more reflective. I really like! Thanks for posting.
UrsulanChild 3 years ago
Yes she does!
agabusdawatchman 3 years ago
Tichina rules!!
GO tichina go!!!
gunterfreno 3 years ago