Schlafen Sie Gut [Import]

Schlafen Sie Gut [Import]

Track Listings

1. Schlafe Gut

2. Secret Garden - Indigo Falls

3. Flowing

4. Rough Tor

5. Eternal Waves

Tracks:

'Not While I'm Around'
The Sound Of Music: 'Edelweiss'
'Wiegenlied'
'Gestilte Sehnsucht'
'Geistliches Wiegenlied'
'Wiegenlied (Wie sich der Auglein)'
'Sandmannchen'
The Consul: 'Mother's Aria'
'Brezairola' (Berceuse)
Chants d'Auvergue: 'Oi Ayai'
'Ar hyd y nos' (All Through The Night)
'Sehnsucht nach dem Fruhling'
'Lass mich schlummern, Herzlein, schweige'
Siete Canciones populares espanolas: 'Nana' (Berceuse)
'Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito'
'The Little Horses' (Lullaby)
'Cantiga de Ninar' (Baby's Goodnight Song)
'Susse, susse Sommernacht'
'Wiegenlied' (Schlafe, schlafe, holder susser Knabe)
Into The Woods: 'Stay With Me'

Amazon.com

This record is most notable for its performances. Kirchschlager's singing is ravishingly beautiful and deeply expressive; the pianists and other instrumentalists are all first rate. Its content seems designed less for consistent musical quality and a balanced program than for variety and popular appeal. Yet the predominantly slow songs induce a certain monotony, and Mozart and Menotti, Brahms and Broadway musicals make strange stylistic bedfellows. However, many gems stand out in the mix: the two Brahms songs with viola, in which the renowned Yuri Bashmet is unfortunately almost inaudible; two Schubert Cradle Songs, one famous, one unknown; several enchanting Spanish songs; a Haydn arrangement of a Welsh lullaby better known as "All through the Night"; a lovely romantic song by Zemlinsky; and a lush, soaring one by Miguel Kertsman written for Kirchschlager and just right for her expressively inflected voice. She identifies with every idiom and pours so much care and affection into each song that one can well imagine a loving mother singing to her child, and indeed the record is dedicated to her little son. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

Gentle crossover that gets a bit sleepy.......2006-06-01

When Sony's artist executives were German, they tried to promote the young Austrian mezzo Angelika Kirchschlager, but because of her difficult name (I am guessing) and the slackening classical music market, she never caught on. Today Kirchschlager is a star in Europe, and one sees her name on the Met roster. This, her second CD, is a gentle recital of lullabies, made more varied by adding Broadway tunes into the mix and bringing in star musicians like John Williams on guitar and Yuri Bashmet on viola.

The result is winning and thoroughly professional. Kirchschlager sings especially well in English, with a hybrid British-American accent but almost no German mannerisms. The closest comparison in terms of high mezzos would be with von Otter, and Kirchschlager's voice is at least as beautiful. But she lacks von Otter's imaginaiton, and after a while everything sounds a bit too square and placid--after all, these songs may be for babies, but the intended audience is also adults who go to lieder recitals, isn't it?

An Example of When Crossover Works.......2006-01-09

Angelika Kirchschlager is well known on the operatic stage and in chamber and orchestral programs where her forte is Mozart and Bach. Hers is a voice creamy rich and produced with incredible intelligence. She is also a communicator - in recital, in opera, in anything she does. It comes as no surprise then that an artist of this caliber (or her agent....!) is able to set the standard for the now ubiquitous 'crossover album' that most of the major singers find it necessary to make to gather in more admirers.

Selecting a wide variety of lullabies with varying settings feels so natural in Kirchschlager's elegant mezzo-soprano voice. Other artists have produced recitals of lullabies: Dawn Upshaw and Richard Goode immediately come to mind. But in this album, though not all of the works are of genius quality, Kirchschlager gives each her considerable talent and the result is a little night music that is equally as lovely for adults as for the intended audience of children (and of course their parents...).

With fine support from the London Metropolitan Ensemble, pianists Roger Vignoles and Helmut Deutsch, guitarist John Williams and violist Yuri Bashmet among others, Kirchschlager offers a rich variety of songs from Mozart, von Weber, Haydn, Brahms, Schubert, Canteloube, de Falla, Copeland, Sondheim, Rogers and Hammerstein and Zelimsky. And no matter the language or the setting they all work. This is an album to cherish and share and raises the respect for Angelika Kirchschlager even higher. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, January 06

Lullabies for All Ages.......2005-07-13

I bought this CD as a gift for my first grandchild to introduce her to the world of classical music. But when I played it, it enchanted me and my grandchild's parents even more than it did the baby. Angelika Kirschlager is a young Austrian mezzo-soprano who had previously been unknown to me. She sings these simple songs with a beautiful round warmth of tone.

The twenty selections on this CD include Brahms famous lullaby together with two lesser-known songs of Brahms accompanied by piano and viola. Schubert's two lullabies are included, and they are melting. There is a Mozart song (the theme of which he used in the third movement of his final piano concerto) and a Haydn arrangement of the Welsh folk -song "All Through the Night", which features an accompanying trio of violin, cello, and piano.
Aaron Copland's arrangement of "All the Pretty Little Horses" will delight young listeners, and there are songs by Richard Rogers, Steven Sondheim, C.M. Von Weber, and others to fill out an enchanting CD of music and dreams. Ms Kirschlager's singing is the highlight of this CD. She is accompanied well by a variety of pianists and by performers on the guitar, violin, cello, and flute. Texts and translations for the songs are included in the liner notes.

Although I bought this CD for my granddaughter, others dear to me have expressed interest, and I will be buying another copy.

Thanks to my Amazon friend Scott Morrison for recommending this CD and to the other perceptive reviewers of this lovely music.

Robin Friedman

A Wonderful Gift for a Baby!.......2005-02-15

Our family has just been blessed with a new grandson and one of my very thoughtful friends had the brilliant and generous idea to send the baby a copy of this wonderful collection of lullabies and nightsongs done so stunningly by the marvelous German mezzo, Angelika Kirchschlager. I am happy to report that the very first selection, Schubert's 'Wiegenlied' ('Cradle Song'), seemed to make him smile, even at his tender age. This bodes well for his developing discriminating musical taste because Ms Kirchschlager is a terrific singer. Her various accompanists provide sensitive support for her lovely and perfectly managed voice. She sings with impeccable diction in several languages and even in English I don't pick up any accent at all.

I must point out, however, that Amazon has listed the contents of this disc in an order different from that on the CD, but the musical samples they provide do match the titles listed.

Scott Morrison

Voice of an Angel.......2000-05-02

I was first introduced to Ms. Kirchlager three years ago and was instantly impressed. Her sumptuous voice and incredible beauty make her a delight to listen to, time and time again. When Night Falls, is only the most recent of what promises to be a long and impressionable career. From the ever popular "Edelweiss" to the easily recognizable "Wiegenlied", Ms. Kirchschlager approaches each song with the same heart-felt emotion as if she were singing to her own child. I have often listened to her CD late at night to help myself fall into my own sweet dreamland of "The Little Horses".

Die schönsten deutschen Kinder- und Wiegenlieder

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Child-like simplicity, celestial soprano
Child-like simplicity, celestial soprano
Really Great Moments
It takes Lucia Popp
Wonderful!

Die schönsten deutschen Kinder- und Wiegenlieder

Manufacturer: Orfeo
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000005984
Release Date: 1992-09-05

Tracks:

Alle Vogel Sind Schon Da
Hoppe, Hoppe, Reiter Hansel Und Gretel
Widele, Wedele
Fuchs, Du Hast Die Gans Gestohlen Trarira, Der Sommer, Der Ist Da
Ward En Blumlein Mir Geschenket
Guter Mond, Du Gehst So Stille
Taler, Taler, Du Musst Wandern A, B, C, Die Katze Lief Im Schnee
Es Tanzt Ein Bi-Ba-Butzemann
Uber Stock Und Uber Steine
Die Blumelein, Sie Schlafen
Kuckuck, Kuckuck
Guten Abend, Gut' Nacht
Aber Hiedschi, Bumbeidschi
Weisst Du, Wieviel Sternlein Stehen
Eia Popeia
Bruderchen, Komm Tanz Mit Mir
Ein Mannlein Steht Im Walde Hopp, Hopp, Hopp, Pferdchen Lauf Galopp
Im Marzen Der Bauer
Hanschen Klein
Der Kuckuck Und Der Esel
Der Mai Ist Gekommen
Summ, Summ, Summ
Mude Bin Ich, Geh' Zur Ruh'

Customer Reviews:

Child-like simplicity, celestial soprano.......2002-07-27

How could someone like the late opera diva Lucia Popp take kiddy folk tunes from Germany and make them sound so divinely simple, yet utterly charming? Well, that happened to be one of Popp's unique abilities. She sang the Fourth Movement of Mahler's Fourth Symphony with the same child-like tone that the song, a child's view of heavenly delights, requires. Popp takes that same deceptively simple ability to sing in a childlike way with great clarity and puts it to use here in these ever-popular German folk tunes.

"Alle Voegel Sind Schon Da" is a classic that many kids who study German as a second language learn to sing. If your kids are taking German in school, this is a great tool to assist in studying the language. And by the way, may I point out that Spanish, though a beautiful language, is not necessarily the easiest one. A local German teacher in our town here in Delaware laments the fact that most students won't consider anything but Spanish. She thinks German has a lot to offer students of a second language and they are missing a lot if they don't give it a try.

Child-like simplicity, celestial soprano.......2002-07-27

Really Great Moments.......2000-12-30

How refreshing it is to hear an operatic diva sing these songs with such simple sincerity! The children's songs she enjoys with such gusto and glee; the lullabies are so tender and moving (I particularly liked the echo of 'schlafe' in 'Sandmunchen'). Her diction should make many an opera 'star' take note. Wouldn't it be lovely if all children's songs were presented to them by such an artist, and not trotted out in pianola style?

It takes Lucia Popp.......2000-07-27

It takes a singer of Lucia Popp's caliber to turn these slight but charming children's songs into little Lieder jewels. Her singing is heavenly in its simplicity and warmth, no prima donna postures here. Do try this very well produced recital, 100% chances you will love it.

Wonderful!.......1999-05-06

If you appreciate opera and German children's songs you'll like this CD. My girls and I enjoy it very much.

Average customer rating:

A truly beautiful CD
A truly beautiful CD
the best
John P. Cutler

Wiener Sangerknaben - Kein schoner Land
Vienna Boys Choir , Max Reger , Engelbert Humperdinck , Carl Orff , Heinrich Isaac , Franz Schubert , Felix Mendelssohn , Johannes Brahms , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Uwe Christian Harrer , and Helmut Deutsch
Manufacturer: Koch Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000001SNF
Release Date: 1995-01-25

Tracks:

KEIN SCHONER LAND IN DIEZER ZEIT - Uwe Harrer
GUTEN ABEND, GUTEN ABEND! EUCH HIER BEISAMM - U. Theimer
DER MOND IST AUFGEGANGEN - Matthias Claudius
MARIA WIEGENLIED - Maria sitzt am Rosenhag - Bote & Bock
ZWA STERNDAL AM HIMMEL - Volksweise
HORT, IHR HERR'N UND LASST EUCH SAGEN - Volksweise
ABENDSEGEN - Abends, will ich schlafen geh'n - Engelbert Humperdinck
ANDACHTSJODLER UND MATER ET FILIA - Carl Orff
INNSBRUCK, ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN - Heinrich Isaak
WACHTLIED UND KARNTNER ABENDJODLER - Guate Nacht, guate Nacht - Uwe Theimer
DIE NACHT - Wie schon bist du, freundliche Stille - Franz Schubert
NACHTHELLE - Die Blumelein, sie schlafen - Johannes Gabriel Seidl
CHOR DER ELFEN (aus Ein Sommernachtstraum) Bunte Schlangan, zweigezungt - Felix Mendelssogn-Bartholdy
SANDMANNCHEN - Die Blumelein, sie schlafen - Johannes Bramhs
WIEGENLIED - Guten Abend, gut' Nacht - Johannes Bramhs
WIEGENLIED - Schlafe, schlafe, holder, suBer Knabe - Franz Schubert
WIEGENLIED - Schlafe mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Customer Reviews:

A truly beautiful CD.......2000-11-14

I can listen to this CD over and over. It's all Choir with many solos. Truly angelic, I don't own any better CD of the VBC.

A truly beautiful CD.......2000-11-14

I can listen to this CD over and over. It's all Choir with many solos. Truly angelic, I don't own any better CD of the VBC.

the best.......2000-09-15

I own 52 VBC recordings...this is the best...trust me.

John P. Cutler.......1999-12-30

I've listened to this CD countless times.It's one I enjoy very much. I think You will too.

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Brahms: Lieder

Manufacturer: EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Genius performs Genius.

Alexander Kipnis sings Brahms & Wolf

Manufacturer: Preiser Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000023PM
Release Date: 1995-02-07

Tracks:

In Stiller Nacht
Mein Madel Hat Einen Rosenmund
Sandmannchen
Vor Dem Fenster
Ruhe, Sussliebchen, Im Schatten
Der Gabg Zum Liebchen
O Kuhler Wald
Dein Blaues Auge
Meine Liebe Ist Grun
Geheimnis
Am Sonntag Morgen
In Waldeinsamkeit
Wir Wandelten
Wie Melodien Zieht Es Mir
Wiegenlied
Auf Dem Kirchhofe
Der Uberlaufer
Ein Wanderer
Wie Bist Du, Meine Konigin
Blinde Kuh
Von Ewiger Leibe
Die Mainacht
Erinnerung
O Wusst' Ich Doch Den Weg
Ein Sonett
Sonntag
Standchen
Vergebliches Standchen

Tracks:

Verrat
An Die Nachtigall
Vier Ernste Gesange: Denn Es Gehet Dem Menschen
Vier Ernste Gesange: Ich Wandte Mich Und Sahe An
Vier Ernste Gesange: O Tod, Wie Bitter Bist Du
Vier Ernste Gesange: Wenn Ich Mit Menschen-Und Mit Engelszungen Redete
Grenzen Der Menschheit
Um Mitternacht
Wie Glanzt Der Helle Mond
Cophtische Lied I
Der Musikant
Der Soldat
Der Schreckenberger
Nun Lass Uns Frieden Schliessen
Wir Haben Beide Lange Zeit Geschwiegen
Geselle, Woll'n Wir Uns In Kutten Hullen
Heb' Auf Dein Blondes Haupt
Sierb' Ich, So Hullt In Blumen
Wie Viel Zeit Verlor' Ich
Was Fur Ein Lied Soll Dir Gesungen Werden
Michelangelo-Lieder: Wohl Denk' Ich Oft
Michelangelo-Lieder: Alles Endet, Was Entstehet
Michelangelo-Lieder: Fuhlt Meine Seele

Customer Reviews:

Genius performs Genius........1999-05-26

Brahms wrote many of these songs late in life, and Kipnis and Moore excel in conveying their gentle autumnal inevitability.

Interestingly, the Wolf songs which fill out the second disk, great as they are, seem almost shallow in this context.

Tracks:

The Fairy Pipers
The Zoo - A Song Cycle For Young Voices
The Zoo - A Song Cycle For Young Voices
The Zoo - A Song Cycle For Young Voices
The Zoo - A Song Cycle For Young Voices
The Zoo - A Song Cycle For Young Voices
The Zoo - A Song Cycle For Young Voices
The Zoo - A Song Cycle For Young Voices
The Zoo - A Song Cycle For Young Voices
The Zoo - A Song Cycle For Young Voices
The Zoo - A Song Cycle For Young Voices
The Zoo - A Song Cycle For Young Voices
I Bought Me A Cat
In A Shady Nook (The Leprehaun)
Songs Of Peter Rabbit
Songs Of Peter Rabbit
Songs Of Peter Rabbit
Songs Of Peter Rabbit
Songs Of Peter Rabbit
Songs Of Peter Rabbit
Songs Of Peter Rabbit
Songs Of Peter Rabbit
Songs Of Peter Rabbit
Songs Of Peter Rabbit
Songs Of Peter Rabbit
Songs Of Peter Rabbit
Songs Of Peter Rabbit
Songs Of Peter Rabbit
Baby's Fishing For A Dream (Baby's boat)
That's An Irish Lullaby
That's An Irish Lullaby
Wiegenlied, Op.49 No.4
Wiegenlied, Op.41 No.1
Cradle Song/Berceuse
Si J'etais Petite Mere
Dormir A Un Negrito From Cancion De Cuna Para
Suo-Gan/Lullaby/Berceuse
Sandmannchen #4: The Little Sandman
Gai Lon La
Berceuse/Lullaby
Dream Angus
Ninna Nanna/Lullaby/Berceuse
My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose

Album Description

Tracy Dahl's fourth appearance on the CBC Records label showcases her flair as an actress as well as her outstanding vocal abilities, bringing the listener a collection of songs from around the world that is zany and fun on the one hand and gently rocking on the other. Take zany for example, with W.H.Belyea's Zoo Songs, as inspired by giraffes, elephants, monkeys, peacocks, kangaroos, bear, lions and rabbits. Speaking of rabbits, there is also the musical tale Peter Rabbit by Dudley Glass. Add Aaron Copland's I bought me a cat, and you're on a musical animal merry go round - where she stops, nobody knows. Well, it doesn't stop, but it does slow down to lullaby proportions as Tracy also explores music that will allow your children a bit of shut-eye after getting off the merry go round, like the music of Johannes Brahms or Robert Schumann, or a traditional Irish Lullaby.

Lieder by Mendelssohn, Schumann & Brahms

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An adorable person who, like her singing, was all sunshine.

Lieder by Mendelssohn, Schumann & Brahms

Manufacturer: Romophone
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Auf Flugeln Des Gesanges: Op.34, No.2
Schneeglockchen: Op.76, No.27
Der Nussbaum, Op.25, No.3
Er Ist's: Op.79, No.23
Auftrage: Op.77, No.5
Mondnacht: Op.39, No.5
Loreley: Op.53, No.2
Standchen: Op.36, No.2
O Ihr Herren: Op.37, No.3
Roselein, Roselein: Op.89, No.6
Wiegenleid: Op.49, No.4
Vergebliches Standchen: Op.84, No.4
Nachtigall: Op.97, No.1
Der Jager, Op.95, No.4
Sandmannchen: V.K. No.4
Der Tod, Das Ist Die Kuhle Nacht: Op.96, No.1
Immer Leiser Wird Mein Schlummer: Op.105, No.2
Wiegenlied: Op.49, No.4
Das Madchen Spricht: Op.107, No.3
Der Mond Steht Uber Dem Berge: Standchen, Op.106, No.1
Die Schone Magelone: Ruhe, Sussliebchen, Op.33, No.9
An Eine Aolsharfe: Op.19, No.5
Bitteres Zu Sagen Denkst Du: Op.32, No.7
Blinde Kuh: Op.58, No.1
Erlaube Mir, Fein's Madchen: D. V. No.2
Wie Komm'ich Denn Zur Tur Herein?: D.V. No. 34
In Stiller Nacht: D.V. No. 42
Mein Madel Hat Einen Rosenmund: D.V. No. 25
Da Unten Im Tale: D.V. No.6
Schwesterlein: D.V. No. 15
Och Moder, Ich Well En Ding Han!: D.V. No.33

Customer Reviews:

An adorable person who, like her singing, was all sunshine........2000-10-12

A distinguished English music review magazine recently published the results of an opinion poll. Two dozen music critics were asked, "Who do you think ought to be remembered as the 20 greatest singers of the twentieth century". Of the sopranos the highest scorers were, in order, Kirsten Flagstad, Maria Callas, Lotte Lehmann and Elisabeth Schumann. Well, this CD provides a worthy tribute to one of those singers and ought to help perpetuate her art well into the next century. It comprises almost all her recordings of Schumann ( no relation) and Brahms lieder. Sampling the first three or four Schumann songs on this CD should give a good indication of the singers's art. The voice is in pristine health, the vocalising is confident and perfectly controlled, and the tone is pure silver. The songs, moreover, are not just sung, they are LIVED. This singer's special quality was much admired by famous accompanist Gerald Moore, a musician who worked with hundreds of singers. "My special pet was Elisabeth Schumann. An adorable person who, like her singing, was all sunshine." Fortunately, on the CD market, almost all her recordings are available, and this CD offers some of the best - including a few rare items that have had only a very limited circulation. Of her Brahms recordings however, one is missing. It is the song "Es traumte mir" which she recorded with Gerald Moore in 1946. Nevertheless there is well over an hour of pure delight here, facilitated by clear and clean transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn, and accompanied by many photographs, together with a balanced and scholarly appreciation by the singer's grand-daughter Joy Puritz.

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Kein schöner Land

Manufacturer: MD&G Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Das Wanden Ist Des Mullers Lust
Kein Schoner Land
Als Wir Jungst In Regensburg
Kein Feuer, Keine Kohle
Ach, Wie Ist's, Moglich Dann - Heiko JerkeBerliner Vokalensamble 'Carl Maria Von Weber'
Die Vogelhochzeit
Es Flog Ein Alter Kafer
Es Steht Ein Lind In Jenem Tal
Gut Nacht
Dir Blumelein, Sie Schlafen
Der Jager Aus Kurpfalz
Der Speisezettel
Wahre Freundschaft Soll Nicht Wanken
Ade Zur Guten Nacht
Es Zogen Auf Sonnigen Wegen
All Mein Gedanken, Die Ich Hab'
Mein Madel Hat Einen Rosemund
Muss' I Denn, Muss' I Denn
Das Lieben Bringt Gross Freud Heitere Volksliedfolge - Heiko JerkeBerliner Vokalensamble 'Carl Maria Von Weber'
Der Mond Ist Aufgegangen