Litanei auf das Fest aller Seelen

Schubert setting of a poem by Johann Georg Jacobi (1740-1814). A Litany for the feast of All Saints. Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker.

Rest in peace, all souls
who have had done with anxious torment,
who have had done with sweet dreams
who, sated with life and hardly born,
have departed from this world:
all souls rest in peace!

Maiden souls, full of love,
whose tears cannot be counted,
who have abandoned a false friend
and have disowned the blind world;
all who have parted from here,
all souls rest in peace!

And those who never smiled at the sun,
keeping watch on the thorns beneath the moon,
to see God in the pure heavenly light
and look him just once in the face:
all who have parted from here,
all souls rest in peace!

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[angorASS123]

i love opera !

[shazzer1976]

Thanks for taking the time to listen and watch! It's not really opera but it is a wonderful piece of music performed by a wonderful singer who actally did do some opera! A wonderful English mezzo called Janet Baker. There is lots more by her on Youtube if you are interested! Best wishes and happy hunting!

[angorASS123]

it is opera i am a singer

[shazzer1976]

'Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work (called an opera) which combines a text (called a libretto) and a musical score.[1] Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition.[2] Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery and costumes and sometimes includes dance. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble.' (From Wikipedia! What opera is it from?

[bradleyjenks]

Congratulations on being a singer. Regardless, this is not opera. This is German Art Song.

[ah332]

ha, it's not opera.  it's lieder

[MrLuke314]

@ah332 I have listened to terfel, it is quite good. unfortunately, I thought it was badly recorded.(goes from barely audible to unbearably loud.) That was from the cd, never heard it live.

[Tintaan]

I am touched by the song and the appropriate images - an excellent way for celebrating All Soul's. Just a slight correction of the English translation of the poem. In the second stanza, "Die ein falscher Freund verliess", is in English: Whom a false freund abandoned (or rather: Who was abandoned by a false friend). "Ein falscher Freund" is in the nominative, so it is the sentence's subject.

[Ravenelvenlady]

I totally agree--I think her rendition has not quite been EQUALED.  And there are so many that are quite well done that I love.

[Ravenelvenlady]

Over twenty years ago, I was immediately taken by Dame Janet Baker's rendition of this wonderful lieder. It remains my favorite performance of the song, and I have heard many different versions. Thanks so much for sharing it.

[belbelcanto]

wonderful. sublime schubert and perfect baker!

[ah332]

have you listened to bryn terfel's? i highly recommend it. i think you'll fall in love with it.

[vonspre]

Schubert wrote this lied after his Mother' s death ...He was19...I adore Dieskau but Baker's rendition of this ineffably beautiful lied is in my opinion unsurpassable...

Perfect legato in pianissimo!

[vonspre]

Baker's rendition of this lied is simply unsurpassable..