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Schubert - "Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen"

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My second selection for All Souls' Day.

Franz Schubert's "Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen", "the prayer-like intensity of which presents one of the greatest tests for a singer of Schubert, since he needs to spin out a seemingly endless legato." (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Schubert's Songs: A Biographical Study)



Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen

Ruh'n in Frieden alle Seelen,
Die vollbracht ein banges Quälen,
Die vollendet süßen Traum,
Lebenssatt, geboren kaum,
Aus der Welt hinüberschieden:
Alle Seelen ruhn in Frieden!

Und die nie der Sonne lachten,
Unterm Mond auf Dornen wachten,
Gott, in reinen Himmelslicht,
Einst zu sehn von Angesicht:
Alle die von hinnen schieden,
Alle Seelen ruhn in Frieden!

Johann Georg Jacobi (1740-1814)




Litany for the Feast of All Souls

Rest in peace, all souls
Who, done with anxious torment,
And with sweet dreams ended,
Weary of life, barely born,
Departed from this world:
All souls rest in peace!

And those who never smiled at the sun,
Kept watch on thorns under the moon,
God, in the pure light of Heaven,
To see face to face one day:
All who have departed from hence,
All souls rest in peace!



Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Gerald Moore (piano)

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  • What is the second painting shown here? Anyone, please?

  • Hi! The second painting is "All Souls Day" by the Hungarian artist Aladar Korosfoi-Kriesch. I hope this is the one you mean occurring at 0:24?

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  • Danke ! das ist unglaublich schön !

  • This is so beautiful! What a voice!

  • Thanks for this. Like the style. Any chance of doing a similar German/English translation presentation with the other 600 or so songs? That would be great!

  • une grande harmonie entre le pianiste, Fischer Dieskau et la video, magnifique!

  • I could recognize his damn beautiful voice among 1000000 of others

  • Beautiful pictures! Thank you!

  • I miss you dad.. I love you. I hope Schubert is playing for you up there ..

  • Eine der gößten Leistugen, die je vollbracht wurden! Dieses wunderbare Lied so zu singen bzw. zu begleiten ist einmalig. Grandios auch die Illustrierung von Caren. Herzlichen Dank!

  • This is one of the loveliest things I have ever seen and heard. Thank you for posting it.

  • Schubert and DFD: two Masters of Lieder.

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