Opera Arias & Songs

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CD 1
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1Wie ein Grüssen
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Wie ein Grüssen, op. 18
composer:
Adolf Mehrkens (German composer)
Adolf Mehrkens2:00
2Leggero Invisible (Bolero)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Leggero invisibile
composer:
Luigi Arditi
Luigi Arditi2:11
3Der Tod und das Mädchen
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 531
lyricist:
Matthias Claudius (German poet)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1817-02)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 531)
Franz Schubert2:57
4Das Rheingold: Weiche, Wotan (Scene 4)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
partial recording of:
Das Rheingold: Scene IV
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1853-11-01 until 1854-09-25)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Das Rheingold, WWV 86A
Richard Wagner4:05
5Le Prophete: O prêtres de Baal (Act 5: Prison Scene, part 1)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
partial recording of:
Le Prophète: Acte V
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer) (until 1849-04-16)
librettist:
Eugène Scribe (until 1849-04-16)
part of:
Le Prophète
Giacomo Meyerbeer3:55
6Le Prophete: Il va venir (Act 5: Prison Scene, part 2)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
partial recording of:
Le Prophète: Acte V
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer) (until 1849-04-16)
librettist:
Eugène Scribe (until 1849-04-16)
part of:
Le Prophète
Giacomo Meyerbeer2:56
7Rienzi: Gerechter Gott! (Act 3)Richard Wagner4:22
8Drei Paar Schuhe: I und mei Bua (Act 2) (Yodel Song)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
partial recording of:
Drei Paar Schuhe
composer:
Carl Millöcker (composer)
Carl Millöcker3:55
9Lucrezia Borgia: Um stets heiter und glückliche zu leben (Act 2: Il segreto per esser felice) ("Trinklied")Gaetano Donizetti2:58
10La Clemenza di Tito: Parto, parto ma tu bem mio (Act 1)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:05
11Sapho: O ma lyre immorteile (Act 3)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Sapho: Acte III. "O ma lyre immortelle" (Sapho)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
part of:
Sapho
Charles‐François Gounod4:05
12Mondnacht (Leiderkreis No. 5)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Liederkreis, op. 39: Nr. 5. Mondnacht
lyricist:
Joseph von Eichendorff
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (in 1840)
part of:
Liederkreis, op. 39
Robert Schumann3:51
13Schlafliedchen
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Schlafliedchen, op. 53 no. 3
composer:
Hans Hermann
Hans Hermann1:59
14Barbchen
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Barbchen
composer:
Hans Hermann
E.H.G Hermann1:26
15Samson und Dalila: Wie in der Lüfte (Act 2: 2nd verse of Mon coeur s'ouvre)Camille Saint‐Saëns3:37
16Le Prophete: Ah, mon fils (Act 2)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Le Prophète: Acte II No. 10 Arioso “Ah! mon fils, sois béni” (Fidès)
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer) (until 1849-04-16)
librettist:
Eugène Scribe (until 1849-04-16)
part of:
Le Prophète: Acte II
Giacomo Meyerbeer4:15
17Sei still
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Sei still, op. 173 no. 8
lyricist:
Henriette Nordheim
composer:
Joachim Raff (composer)
part of:
8 Gesänge, op. 173
Josef Raff4:03
18Traüme (Gedichte "Wesendonck Lieder" No. 5)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Wesendonck-Lieder: V. Träume (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Mathilde Wesendonck
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Wesendonck-Lieder (for voice and piano)
Richard Wagner4:18
19Samson und Dalila: Die Sonne, sie lachte (Act 1: Printemps qui commence)Camille Saint‐Saëns4:06
20Down in the Forest ("A Cycle of Life" No. 2)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Cycle of Life: No. 2. Down in the Forest (Spring)
lyricist:
Harold Simpson (poet)
composer:
Sir Landon Ronald (pianist, conductor and composer)
part of:
Cycle of Life
Simpson & Ronald2:48
21Wanderers Nachtlied
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Wanderers Nachtlied, op. 48 no. 5
lyricist:
Михаил Лермонтов
composer:
Антон Рубинштейн (Russian composer Anton Rubinstein)
translator:
Friedrich von Bodenstedt
part of:
12 Lieder, op. 48
Anton Rubinstein3:19
22Good Morning, Sue (Bonjour, Suzon)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Bonjour, Suzon !
lyricist:
Alfred de Musset
composer:
Léo Delibes (composer) (in 1861)
Léo Delibes3:01
23The Mother Sings (Moderen Synger)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
5 Digte, op. 60, no. 2: Moderen synger
lyricist:
Vilhelm Krag
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
part of:
5 Digte, op. 60
Edvard Grieg2:57
24Im Kahne (In the boat)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Im Kahne, op. 60 no. 3
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (from 1893 until 1894)
translated version of:
5 Digte, op. 60, no. 3: Mens jeg venter
Edvard Grieg2:18
CD 2
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1Mens jeg venter
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
5 Digte, op. 60, no. 3: Mens jeg venter
lyricist:
Vilhelm Krag
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
part of:
5 Digte, op. 60
Edvard Grieg1:26
2Sapphische Ode
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
5 Lieder, op. 94: Nr. 4. Sapphische Ode
lyricist:
Hans Schmidt (Baltic-German composer and poet)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
part of:
5 Lieder, op. 94
Johannes Brahms2:53
3Wiegenlied
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied "Guten Abend, gute Nacht" (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
"Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (special purpose artist) and Georg Scherer
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1868)
dedicated to:
Bertha Faber
premiered at:
[concert] (1869-12-22)
part of:
5 Lieder, op. 49
Johannes Brahms2:00
4Das Erkennen
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Das Erkennen, op. 65 no. 2
composer:
Carl Loewe (composer)
Carl Loewe3:54
5Old Black Joe
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Old Black Joe
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) (in 1960)
Stephen Foster3:49
6Traum durch die Dämmerung
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Traum durch die Dämmerung, op. 29 no. 1
lyricist:
Otto Julius Bierbaum (Martin Möbius, German writer)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
part of:
3 Lieder for voice and piano (op. 29; TrV 172)
Richard Strauss2:45
7Shepherd's Love
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Shepherd's Love
lyricist:
Hubert Fletcher (poet (?))
composer:
W. A. Manahan (composer)
W. A. Manahan3:46
8Pirate Dreams
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Pirate Dreams
composer:
Charles Huerter
Charles Huerter2:44
9Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
part of:
Oh, What a Lovely War! (stage musical)
Franz Xaver Gruber3:54
10Weihnachten
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Weihnachten
lyricist:
Adelheid Wette (German lyricist)
composer:
Engelbert Humperdinck (German composer)
Engelbert Humperdinck3:48
11Land of Hope and Glory (Coronation Ode)Edward Elgar3:38
12The Home Road
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
The Home Road
lyricist and composer:
John Alden Carpenter
John Alden Carpenter2:20
13The Star Spangled Banner
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
The Star‐Spangled Banner
anthem of:
USA (from 1931-03-03 to present)
lyricist:
Francis Scott Key (in 1814-09)
composer:
John Stafford Smith (in 1780)
is based on:
The Anacreontic Song
Francis Scott Key1:43
14Die Forelle
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Die Forelle, D. 550
lyricist:
Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (German poet) (from 1777 until 1787)
writer:
Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (German poet)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (from 1816-11 until 1817-07)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 550)
is based on:
Die Forelle (Schubart poem, not the Schubert song)
Franz Schubert1:58
15Danny Boy
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Danny Boy
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
Public Music AB
is based on:
Londonderry Air
Frederick Edward Weatherly3:32
16Der Lenz
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Lenz, op. 19 no. 5
lyricist:
Felix Dahn
composer:
Eugen Hildach
part of:
5 Lieder, op. 19
Eugen Hildach1:42
17Das Rheingold: Weiche, Wotan (Scene 4)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
partial recording of:
Das Rheingold: Scene IV
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1853-11-01 until 1854-09-25)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Das Rheingold, WWV 86A
Richard Wagner4:05
18Götterdämmerung: Höre mit Sinn
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
partial recording of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt I, Scene III "Altgewohntes Geräusch raunt meinem Ohr die Ferne"
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1869-10-02 until 1873-12-24)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt I
Richard Wagner5:01
19Der Erlkönig
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Erlkönig, D. 328
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (in 1782)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1815)
publisher:
Cappi & Diabelli (in 1821)
premiered at:
Theater am Kärntnertor in Wien, Austria (on 1821-03-07)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 328)
is based on:
Erlkönig (Goethe’s poem)
Franz Schubert4:32
20The Rosary
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
The Rosary
lyricist:
Robert Cameron Rogers (songwriter)
composer:
Ethelbert Nevin
Ethelbert Nevin2:40
21There is no Death
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
There Is No Death
lyricist:
Gordon Johnstone
composer:
Geoffrey O’Hara
Geoffrey O'Hara2:35
22St. Paul: (recit.) And he journeyed; (aria) But the Lord is Mindful of His OwnFelix Mendelssohn4:03
23Taps
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Taps (with lyrics by Pasternack)
lyricist:
Josef Pasternack (conductor)
arranger:
Daniel Butterfield
version of:
Taps
Josef Pasternack3:40
24Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto)
recording of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
part of:
Oh, What a Lovely War! (stage musical)
Josef Mohr4:54