Christa Ludwig sings "Der Tod und das Mädchen" by Schubert

The great mezzo soprano Christa Ludwig sings Schubert's Lied "Der Tod und das Mädchen." From a 1961 BBC broadcast with Gerald Moore at the piano.

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• lied
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• death
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• tod
• und
• madchen

[Laroling]

God, such a beautiful low register. It's sad overall low notes are so underrated, for me personally it takes a lot more trouble to make those sound good than with high notes.

[ThatsHawt25]

I OWN ONE OF HIS PIANOS :D

[yusukeundisolde]

beautiful!!

[thesmallestatom]

I must admit, I wanted the lower register for that note. However, that aside, her intention still carried through totally.

[wolkenhuegel]

oh, love this song. it makes me cry and wanna die.

[Hobott]

@MrBerlino90 No, sorry, you're wrong - the original is with two equal in rights variants of the last note - high and octave low. The composer has left the choice which note to sing entirely to the singer. To sing the low note is just kind of tradition.

In this case Luvig is so right- much more important is the overall expression, than just one single note, which, sung in a marginal register could sound strained and ugly.

[blahdorkweirdo]

I love the dramatic introduction. XD

[MrBerlino90]

it's a pitty, she didn't sing the death's last tone downwards like it is in the original; but apart from that: really awesome!

[poookah]

@Schantalbert correct poetic german...

means: you shall be in good courage

[Schantalbert]

Gutes Muts? :)

[wyomingmali]

He's my brother's cousin!

[jarabaa]

This is wonderful, wonderful. But no low D. I felt deprived. Perhaps because I sort of grew up with Marian Anderson's version, with the final low D. Which is ... perfection.