Nacht und Träume Gerard Souzay D827

Nacht und Träume Gerard Souzay D827
Franz Schubert
eil'ge Nacht, du sinkest nieder;
Nieder wallen auch die Träume
Wie dein [Licht]1 durch die Räume,
[Lieblich durch der Menschen Brust]2.
Die belauschen sie mit Lust;
Rufen, wenn der Tag erwacht:
Kehre wieder, heil'ge Nacht!
Holde Träume, kehret wieder!


Holy night, you sink down;
Dreams, too, drift down
Like your moonlight through space,
Through the quiet hearts of men;
They listen with delight
Calling out when day awakens:
Return, holy night!
Fair dreams, return!

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Music

Tags:

• gerard
• souzay
• nacht
• und
• traume
• schubert
• lieder
• night
• and
• dreams
• D827
• fischer-dieskau

[TheTristan1954]

O mon âme, Gerard Souzay, le plus beau des barytons

[meltzerboy]

I completely agree. Souzay is a master of mezza voce and legato and creates the dreamy atmosphere to perfection.

[mariusfelix]

I love this type of vibrato, unbelievable beauty in this voice.

[Herur22]

Superb.

[stevevandien]

Souzay's vibrato became slower (but still not as slow as a wobble) as his career progressed as one can hear on some of the records he made later --

[perv10003]

Well, I don't get the 'video' at all, but Souzay's singing of this song is beyond praise. The quality that always moves me in his art is its humaneness. He sings like a man, not a virtuoso, telling the story of the song and revealing things in it we have never suspected. I especially like the tenderness and refusal to exaggerate in Nacht und Traüme: one of the great musical discoveries of wonder and loss.

[countceprano]

So gorgeous.... the song and the performance.

[marijke0607]

t is the 'soul' in this performance that makes it so outstanding.

vibrato or not, I love it.

[aarnold1971]

Einzigartig! Der französische Gérard Souzay war der größte deutsche Liedersänger.

[SoulNotes1]

Vibrato is part of the human voice - it is the wave pattern and I think very unique and if allowed to blend beautifully as is the case here, it amplifies the magnificence of the song and the very essence of the music as a whole...

There is a difference between a "wabble' and 'vibrato' - and that is important to know...

[Zva26]

Absolutely gorgeous ---- it's the ultimate in great legato and mezza voce singing. He was one of a kind. This man's art will live forever among the real voice "gourmets". There was only one Gerard Souzay. His recitals were like something from another world.

[marenius74]

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