Christa Ludwig sings "Der Tod und das Mädchen" by Schubert

[yusukeundisolde]

beautiful!!

[thesmallestatom]

I must admit, I wanted the lower register for that note. However, that aside, her intention still carried through totally.

[wolkenhuegel]

oh, love this song. it makes me cry and wanna die.

[blahdorkweirdo]

I love the dramatic introduction. XD

[MrBerlino90]

it's a pitty, she didn't sing the death's last tone downwards like it is in the original; but apart from that: really awesome!

[Hobott]

@MrBerlino90 No, sorry, you're wrong - the original is with two equal in rights variants of the last note - high and octave low. The composer has left the choice which note to sing entirely to the singer. To sing the low note is just kind of tradition.

In this case Luvig is so right- much more important is the overall expression, than just one single note, which, sung in a marginal register could sound strained and ugly.

[Schantalbert]

Gutes Muts? :)

[poookah]

@Schantalbert correct poetic german...

means: you shall be in good courage

[wyomingmali]

He's my brother's cousin!

[jarabaa]

This is wonderful, wonderful. But no low D. I felt deprived. Perhaps because I sort of grew up with Marian Anderson's version, with the final low D. Which is ... perfection.

[straightupnc]

The term "bed of sickness" is meant to be used as a figure of speech here, he wasn't implying that the lyrics depict the girl in an actual bed.

[Thorneycroft1937]

Wunderbar!

[minnie888444]

What "bed of sickness"? He puts things there.

[suffisance]

This is more about a quality than about range or about hitting a note.

[2Mazed]

beautiful

[Laroling]

God, such a beautiful low register. It's sad overall low notes are so underrated, for me personally it takes a lot more trouble to make those sound good than with high notes.

[ThatsHawt25]

I OWN ONE OF HIS PIANOS :D

[minnie888444]

Part 1, when the maiden speaks, is sung too loudly and sounds monochromatic. Part 2, when Death speaks, is sung with an ugly vocal emission. There should be a contrast in color between the two, and she achieves some contrast, but Death should sound covered, soft, and reassuring saying "I am not evil", "I do not come to punish". Ugly low A "schlafen" which should be sung sweetly "sleep."

Gerald Moore starts too loudly, the beginning should be more subdued.

The low D is optional, for men only.

[silvr94]

@minnie888444 i don't believe the low D was only intended fo male singers.

[charliekelev]

I think the only three singers to have

recorded the low D are Schumann-Heink

(better in 1903 than in 1919),

Anderson and amazingly Crespin

(watch the video). Elsewhere Crespin

recorded a high Db, almost three

octaves higher, giving her the widest

range of any recorded singer that I could find. Matzenauer ranges from low F to

high D on recordings and Schumann Heink from low D to high B, a whole tone

less than Crespin.

[silvr94]

jessye norman also sang the low D.

btw, edda moser had a 3 octave range on record (low G from vitellia aria and high G from popoli di tessaglia)

[noteworthy65]

Christa is always one of my favorites, but she was not capable to reach the final deep note.

Anyway, a good interpretation of this phenomenal pece.

[puiskens]

How could she? does anyone have a range like that?

[treblemaker24]

i can reach a low D. I am usually embarassed of my low voice, I don't like it at all. my friends say I sound like a man.

[maxoulimo77410]

C'est Nul x)

[lamarce3010]

Arte! Y cómo aguantó la última frase toda en un solo fiato!!!!!

[99Isher]

Magnifica, impeccabile, commovente per la bellezza dell'interpretazione.

[stevevandien]

Ludwig is superb. And how wonderful it is to have Gerald Moore's work on video. God bless them both:) --

[saturne46]

Une vraie merveille !

[grkmuse77]

excellent! I learned this song in voice class... I didn't appreciate it til now... i don't think any of us interpreted it so well.

[FerozaLaBonne]

Quite spell-binding!

[mehertoorkey]

Thank you Thank you Thank you!To see the great Gerald Moore with the unmatched Christa Ludwig!MORE please!

[SalixWi]

Einfach unglaublich.

Ich habe mir fast alle Versionen angehöhrt, aber das ist einfach unglaublich.

[vincik80]

la coppia christa ludwig-gerald moore ci ha regalato momenti tra i più alti della dell'interpretazione liederistica....

[Lohengrin]

what a vocal and interpretive Miracle... what a musicianship, equal only to Callas'

[2006jn]

Thank you very much for posting videos showing the work of the great accompanist Gerald Moore. What an awesome treasure for future generations to share!