Sounds of music

Here are a few links for your listening enjoyment:

“Knoxville Summer of 1915,” Samuel Barber:
The complete lyric of “Knoxville” was a poem excerpted from James Agee’s A Death in the Family.

“Knoxville Summer of 1915,” recording:
This is a performance sung by Eleanor Steber who premiered the work.


Ständchen,” Johannes Brahms:
Performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Hertha Klust, piano.


Die schöne Müllerin, Franz Schubert:
Live concert performance by Hermann Prey, baritone and Michael Krist, piano, 1978.


Die Winterrise, Franz Schubert:
Performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone and Alfred Brendel, Piano.


Er ist’s,” Robert Schumann:
Performed by Barbara Bonney, soprano and Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano


Er ist’s,” Hugo Wolf:
Performed by Diana Damrau, soprano and Stephan Matthias Lademann, piano


Allerseelen,” Richard Strauss:
Performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone and Gerald Moore, piano.


Auch kleine Dinge,” Hugo Wolf:
Performed by Diana Damrau, soprano and Helmut Deutsch, piano