Schubert: "Vor meiner Wiege", D. 927 Fischer-Dieskau, Moore

[napsuta]

How can I study when I have this to listen to! So beautiful. So convincing that it is difficult to believe that DFD is not singing his own words to his own music from his own experience. When you hear DFD on tape, disc or here it is dead, its a recording and yet DFD's music is alive and stirs the soul and compels you to listen. Its as if he is standing and singing just where you are. Thank you Karen.

[MVerbesserung]

I don't usually like lieder accompanied by slide shows because the images often seem to inhibit my own imagination's response to the song. But this is really beautifully and sensitively done. Thanks for posting.

[mdehkram]

I have not heard this song before. It is striking, and unusual. What emotional contrasts and honesty.

[WatchBlueSkies]

fantastic.

[saiserieht]

I did not know this LIed before and it touches me in its profoundness. Also Fischer-Diskau does a great job - it is a serious and straightforward interpretation.

[megansspark]

beautiful work on this, Karen... one of Schubert's best, and you've presented it to perfection. :)

[sfkcbf]

Bravo to you (5 stars), to Schubert, to DFD, to Moore. Despite the beauty of this song, hearing it is painful, not just because of the words reminding us of our own mortality and brief lives, but also of Schubert's own life that was ended far too soon, far to young. What music still remained within him?

[holdekunst57]

What wonderfully apt illustrations you found for this song! It's one of my very favourite Schubert songs, ever since I first heard this recording about 35 years ago! Thank you, Karen.

[oakroom48]

Beautiful, simply beautiful in every way. We have so much to thank you for, Karen, in your exquisite work!

[imusiciki]

What a beautiful song that essentially summarizes life and death! Your video was presented perfectly & I loved the way you ended your video with the cradle..it makes the song even more meaningful. Thank you Karen.

[007strauss]

What a wonderful posting. Thank you, Karen!

[Glenmed]

This video is a work of art here on every possible level. Wonderfully meticulous and appropriate presentation, Karen, really.