Schubert’s reputation as a composer of solo lieder has tended to overshadow the works for two of more voices that he composed from the age of 14 to his last years. Some of these works includes four voices and choir, and they fall into the category of domestic music making.

The earliest date from his years as a pupil of Antonio Salieri, and may well have been intended as study works. Others, such as the scena ‘Antigone und Oedipe’ D542 of 1817, was probably composed for friends, and is quite demanding of the performers.

The singers on these CDs represent some of the very best Schubert interpreters of the period – and the recordings date from 1973. The accompanist is the incomparable Gerald Moore.

Recording made in 1973.

Contents:
CD 1 [65’02]
1. Hermann und Thusnelda D322
2. Antigone und Oedip D542/Op.6 No.2
3. Cronnan D282
4. Sing-Übungen (vocal exercise) D619
5. Selma und Selmar D286
6. Licht und Liebe D352
7. Hektors Abschied D312
8. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (fifth version) D877 No.1
Janet Baker · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

9. Szene aus Goethes Faust, ‘Wie anders, Gretchen’ D126
Janet Baker · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau · Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus

10. Der Hochzeitsbraten D930/Op.104
Elly Ameling · Peter Schreier · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

11. Die Advokaten D37/Op.74 6’44
Horst R Laubenthal · Peter Schreier · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

CD 2 [57’41]
1. Punschlied D277 ‘Vier Elemente’
Horst R Laubenthal · Peter Schreier · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

2. Kantate zum Geburtstag des Sängers Johann Michael Vogl D666
Elly Ameling · Peter Schreier · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

3. Gütigster, Bester, Weisester D441
4 Verschwunden sind die Schmerzen D88
5. Trinklied, D148
Horst R Laubenthal · Peter Schreier · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

6. Der Tanz D826
7. Des Tages Weihe D763/Op. post. 146
8. Hymne an den Unendlichen D232
9. An die Sonne D439
10. Nun lasst uns den Leib begraben D168 ‘Begräbnislied’
11. Gott im Ungewitter D985
12. Gott der Weltschöpfer D986 u
13. Die Geselligkeit D609 ‘Lebenslust’
14. Gebet D815
Elly Ameling · Janet Baker · Peter Schreier · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau