Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Strauss: Zueignung

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Uploaded by on Jun 20, 2009

The infamous Zueignung. Probably my favorite version by a female singer.

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  • There is on youtube this song sung by Lotte Lehmann with a disgustingly low number of listeners--just a couple of hundred. I''m not saying it's definitive, but I sure as hell would recommend anyone who loves the song to listen tom it|

  • @cantorga I just listened to the video you mentioned. It is a live recording Town Hall 1938. No words. It is that good. Everyone listen! I love Lotte Lehmann - she was one of Schwarzkopf's main role models btw.

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  • She was once asked "what do you think the significance of this song is" to which she replied "the high note."

  • I cried like a child.

    Thanks for posting

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  • @cantorga Searched, but can't find it. Link please.

  • Could be also nice to put some words about the orchestra and the conductor (RIAS/SZELL)

  • the favourite Song of Adolf Hitler

  • Es ist eine männliche Rolle. Lehmann denkt aus der Lyrik, darum kriegt sie es hin, schafft die ganze Innerlichkeit, Schwarzkopf als affektierte Autofaschistin denkt aus der einzelnen Silbe. Ist das aber gut? Die Überraschungs-rrs wie ferrn von dirr mich quäle, der Zech-rr, habe Da.nn-k und das affige Heilüch Heilig. Wie eine Über-Logopädin für Gesangsroboter aus Asien.

  • i don't know why people actually bother DISliking this.... i mean.... really???!

  • @saiserieht Those two words have a similar meaning, i.e. famous for negative reasons. I struggle to think why either would apply to this marvelous song. As for the meaning of the song I'm reminded of Churchill's analysis of the Soviet Union. He said it was "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma". Too late to ask Lotte Lehmann to explain it.

  • @BazzasBest NOTORIOUS! is the word, isn't it? That I was looking for, not infamous.

  • @BazzasBest Welcome back Barry! So what DOES it mean ;-)

    Have you listened to the live 1938 Lehmann recording also on youtube? It's phenomenal.

  • @saiserieht - It is a tricky word, Martin. Many English people neither know its meaning - nor how to pronounce it (emphasis on 1st syllable). Anyway, ES is my favorite too.

  • A pinnacle of German culture!

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