Thomas Hampson sings Schubert's "Lindenbaum"

www.ClassicalTV.com Thomas Hampson serenaded Washington's A list on 29th April including , George H W Bush (1989-1993), Obama's National Security Advisor James Jones, Colin Powell and others. Here he sings Schubert's "Lindenbaum".

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[flylooper]

I"ve been listening to Hampson for a long time. I think his enormous voice is so much better suited to the late Romantics (like Mahler, certainly) then for Schubert. I think Schubert calls for a lighter quality in the low voice.

That said, I kind of cut my teeth on Schubert lieder with Fischer-Diskau and Gerald Moore, probably the great combination of singer and accompanist in generations, so I'm obviously biased. 

[jonedelleman]

@MisterBailecito So he made one error with the lyrics. He sings with great expression and if some Besserwesser would not just look for that one error, he would enjoy this more...

[faktenmann]

Und die h i s t o r i s c h e Alternative ?

Natürlich die legendären Aufnahmen mit dem deutschen Tenor P e t e r A n d e r s mit Günther Weißenborn ( Köln, 1948 ) und Michael Raucheisen ( Berlin, 1945 ) am Klavier.

[Corellibg]

und seine Zweige rauschten!!!

Hi sings:Und seiner Zweiger rauschten

[ConradHansen]

Intonation, naja....

Aber dann noch die schlimmen Textfehler:

"Da träumt in seinem Schatten", ja wer denn??? "Ich träumt" müßte es heißen.

"Der Kot flog mir vom Kopfe" anstatt der Hut flog mir vom Kopfe.

Das ist schon lächerlich.

[musicalidea]

Listen to those pigs clink their silver forks against their stolen porcelain while the underpaid slum-bound wage slaves bend over backwards to dish out the lobster & stuffed quail. They could care less about art, refinement or the beauty of spirit necessary to indwell the space from which such music proceeds. They're beady eyes are fixed on the next big kickback from their oil lobbyist crony, their next big military venture to seize the valuables of an innocent people's land.

[MrOperabuffo]

The lyric mistake in the first verse was forgivable, but the missed entrance in the fast section was not. Granted, it's a tricky entrance and you have to count the beats, but c'mon! That's what professional singers get paid to do. That accompanist saved him from a lieder meltdown. Such a wonderful singer but in all fairness, this was horrible.

[brianwlam]

He messed on the words more than once.

[Falcusaronius]

He actually messed up a lot. He was a measure late on an entrance, but the accompanist saved him. He mixed words up all over the place. He had an off day, or perhaps wasn't well rehearsed on it. Doesn't take away from the fact that he's one of the best, and my favorite baritone.