Thomas Hampson : "Liebst du um Schönheit" (Rückert Lieder) by Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Friedrich Rückert (Rückert-Lieder, 1901/1902)

"Liebst du um Schönheit!"

Thomas Hampson, baritone
Wolfram Rieger, piano

Live Recording: 18. Aug 2005
Salzburger Festspiele 2005

Liebst du um Schönheit,
O nicht mich liebe!
Liebe die Sonne (Frühling?),
Sie trägt ein gold'nes Haar!

Liebst du um Jugend,
O nicht mich liebe!
Liebe den Frühling,
Der jung ist jedes Jahr!

Liebst du um Schätze,
O nicht mich liebe.
Liebe die Meerfrau,
Sie hat viel Perlen klar.

Liebst du um Liebe,
O ja, mich liebe!
Liebe mich immer,
Dich lieb' ich immerdar.
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• du
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• schönheit
• rückert
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• operazaile

[liederfan1]

He sang a wrong word!  Should be "Sonne" the first time round. :-)

[flylooper]

@36Thoughtless

Don't know how you can write that. Hampson is the greatest working baritone going right now. This is a wonderful giving of a difficult song for the baritone voice, bouncing between head and chest voice. I have a recording of the entire Rückert Lieder of him and the San Francisco Symphony/MTT which is absolutely flawless, IMHO.

[TheSniiPs]

liebe die meeeeeerfrau! ;)

[pgmalmcpo]

En castellano: Si amas la belleza, ¡no me ames a mí! Ama al sol, ¡él porta una dorada cabellera! Si amas la juventud, ¡no me ames a mí! Ama la primavera, ¡ella renace joven cada año! Si amas los tesoros, ¡no me ames a mí! Ama a las sirenas, ¡ellas poseen abundantes perlas brillantes! Si amas al Amor, ¡oh sí, ámame a mí! Ámame siempre, ¡que yo te amaré por siempre así!

[web4pro]

this is live ! this if LIFE !!! forget about potential mistakes ! don't kill the artists asking them the perfection in concert ... they won't never take risks anymore ! it would be such a pity !

[TheRenamay]

ohne mich!

[wolffree1]

beautifull!

[operamac]

well... mistakes happen in live recordings... which this is. It happens all the time... this one just happened to be recorded and released.

[36Thoughtless]

For some reason, as a baritone, I just can't get into Hampson's voice. IMO, this interpretation just feels uncontrolled and shaky, like he didn't know the music that well.

[julianosuzuki]

even thou it's amazing interpretation, one can't record which such a mistake....

"Liebe die Sonne..."