Felix Mendelssohn: "Scheidend", Op. 9, No. 6 Fischer-Dieskau

I received a kind request for this song as performed by DFD. I should mention that for some reason he chose to sing only the first verse on this recording.


Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
"Scheidend" (Parting), Op. 9, No. 6
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano)



"Scheidend", Op. 9, No. 6

Wie so gelinde die Flut bewegt!
Wie sie so ruhig den Nachen trägt!
Fern liegt das Leben, das Jugendland!
Fern, fern liegt der Schmerz, der dort mich band,
Sanft tragt mich, Fluten, zum fernen Land!

Johann Heinrich Voss (1751-1826)



"Parting"

How mildly the river flows!
How calmly it carries the boat!
Far off is life, the land of youth!
Far, far away lies the sorrow, that held me there,
Gently bear me, river, to the distant land!

Translation by FiDiTanzer528

Category:

Music

Tags:

• classical
• vocal
• Lieder
• Mendelssohn
• Fischer-Dieskau
• Sawallisch

[Mrpiazzetta]

Thank you. I wonder why DFD does not sing the second strophe. I know this song with Brigitte Fassbaender a very different interpretation. The second strophe says: "Wohl, wohl war es süß, was dort mich band", rather than " Fern, fern liegt der Schmerz, der dort mich band" in the first . That may be one of the reasons why I feel that with BF this song is more intimate and more tragic, although less dramatic.

[FiDiTanzer528]

@Mrpiazzetta

I wondered that too. I cannot imagine why he would not record the other verse. I haven't heard BF but I do have Holzmair singing the complete version and feel it is a better song that way. The glory of these songs it that they leave room for multiple interpretations.

[sfkcbf]

Also, I truly appreciate the beauty and creativity of your video production, which complements the beauty of the recording so well. A must-save to favorites.

[FiDiTanzer528]

Thank you so much!

[holdekunst57]

Thank you, Karen. I haven't heard this recording since the 1970s, when I had the LP set of Mendelssohn Lieder. I remember that I was attracted to this song in particular, which at the time seemed so different from all the others. One of my all time favourites.

[FiDiTanzer528]

Thanks, Helen. I can't believe that I wasn't really familiar with this song. I have the CD but hadn't listened to it that often. You know how it is. So much DFD, so little time, lol.

[konradeug]

Hallo Caren,

herzlichen Dank für dieses wunderschöne Video. Sie machen sich unglaublich viel Mühe mit Ihren Videos, die ich als unglaublich gelungen empfinde.

[sfkcbf]

DFD: A treasure, a musical legend firmly placed in the history of vocal music. And to think that we nearly lost him in WW II and the wolrd would not have known what they had missed.

[Herur22]

Fischer-Dieskau is one of my favourite lieder singer. Thank you.

[paulostroff99]

DFD was the top lieder singer in Germany for many years.

[CanadaPisces]

A lovely song sung by a very fine singer!

[imusiciki]

Thank you Karen for introducing me to this piece:) The song flows so gently like a river & its very releaxing:)