Comedian Harmonists cover - Am Brunnen vor dem Tore (Der Lindenbaum) - a cappella multitrack collab

This is a multitrack cover version of the song "Am Brunnen vor dem Tore" (aka "Der Lindenbaum") in the arrangement from the German vocal ensemble "Comedian Harmonists". Der Lindenbaum (= the lime tree) is a famous so-called "Lied" (song intended for voice and piano) written by Franz Schubert in 1827, towards the end of his short life. It is one of the most well-known such Lieder of a cycle of 24, called "Winterreise" (= Winter trip). The lyrics are based on a poem by Wilhelm Müller. The song was made popular thanks to the TTBB arrangement by Friedrich Silcher.

DISTRIBUTION OF VOICES IN THIS MULTITRACK:
- tenor 2 : Patrick von Massow
http://www.youtube.com/Partyburner
- tenor 1: Julien Neel
http://www.youtube.com/trudbol
- bass: Daniel Westphal
http://www.youtube.com/gipskull
- baritone: Christoph Wendel
(no YouTube channel... yet!)

In the original Comedian Harmonists' recording, parts were sung by:
- tenor 1: Ari Leschnikoff
- tenor 2: Erich A. Collin, Harry Frommermann
- baritone: Roman Cycowski
- bass: Robert Biberti

LYRICS:
Am Brunnen vor dem Tore
Da steht ein Lindenbaum.
Ich träumt' in seinem Schatten
So manchen süßen Traum.

Ich schnitt in seine Rinde
So manches liebe Wort;
Es zog in Freud' und Leide
Zu ihm mich immer fort,
Zu ihm mich immer fort.

Ich musst' auch heute wandern,
Vorbei in tiefer Nacht.
Da hab' ich noch im Dunkeln
Die Augen zugemacht.

Und seine Zweige rauschten,
Als riefen sie mir zu:
Komm her zu mir, Geselle,
Hier find'st Du Deine Ruh',
Hier find'st Du Deine Ruh.

Die kalten Winde bliesen
Mir grad ins Angesicht!
Der Hut flog mir vom Kopfe,
Ich wendete mich nicht.

Nun bin ich manche Stunde
Entfernt von diesem Ort,
Und immer hör' ich's rauschen:
Du fändest Ruhe dort,
Du fändest Ruhe dort.

CREDITS
We would like to thank:
- Christoph Wendel for participating in this mutitrack project with us and for helpful feedback on vocals,
- Professor Walter A. Aue, for the translation:
http://myweb.dal.ca/waue/Trans/Mueller-Lindenbaum.html
- Josh Chevalier for advice on video editing. Check out his YouTube multitrack channel here:
http://www.youtube.com/bordonthestreet
- Rob Angus for the video setup idea. Check out his YouTube multitrack channel here:
http://www.youtube.com/robangus

All the credit for the video editing goes to Patrick von Massow. Thanks for the wonderful job you did! It really looks like we're all in the *same* room!
http://www.youtube.com/Partyburner

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[Relleumppm]

unfortunately this ist Not Comedian Harmonists ha ha

[trudbol]

@Relleumppm Fortunately it says so in the title, if you bothered to read, ha ha.

[MrFpam]

Quite good and quite enjoyable despite some slight intonation and balance problems.

What a shame they use the name of the fabulous group from the 1930's!

[trudbol]

@MrFpam Why shame? It's their arrangement.

[MrFpam]

@trudbol But the quality of the voices is not nearly as good and it gives people a false impression of the Comedian Harmonists who were quite outsatanding.

[trudbol]

@MrFpam It clearly says in the title that it's a collab. Just read before you watch.

No need for condescending comments, we're amateur singers who produced a FREE music video that you just watched.

I just love that the people who write unfriendly comments always have ZERO videos on their page. Sure gives you a lot of credibility.

[trudbol]

@DerErwecker I'll never quite get how haters can take so much time posting lengthy comments in poor English, in which they lecture those who actually work to produce free quality content on YouTube. Really beats me.

[Partyburner]

@64wing Thank you very much!

[64wing]

that was excellent, gentlemen

[Partyburner]

@MrFpam Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy our recording!

It wasn't our intention to give a false impression of this video being a recording of the Comedian Harmonists and we don't call ourselves like them. We hoped this would be clear, since it says it's a cover in the video title, the video description and the video itself. We're just fans, having fun doing an amateur cover and sharing it.

Regarding the balance and blending: Where do you feel we're off and which voice do you think sticks out?