Favourite Schubert song?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Red card.

[Oddball]

Du bist die Ruh D.776
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Gerald Moore (mid to late '60s recording, from the 18-CD survey).

Yes I would agree with that - otherwise Ständchen.

And had it not been performed to death, Ave Maria must rank very highly.

[JFLL]

All right, yellow then.

Do you know the 1930 version of Erlkönig in French with Georges Thill, who makes a drama of it by bringing in a baritone to sing the Erl-king (or rather le Roi des aulnes) and a boy soprano to sing the boy? It sounds bizarre, and is possibly no longer Schubert (more like Berlioz or even Gounod in some ways), but it generates a tremendous tension, in my opinion. A curiosity. It's on YouTube, I see.

[cloughie]

An die musik.

[Norfolk Born]

Perhaps the outcome of this survey, showing, say, the 10 most popular songs, could be published in the form of a Lieder Board.

[Oddball]

Du bist die Ruh D.776
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Oh dear - very rusty on Schubert lieder - confusing Du bist die Ruhe with Litanei - both excellent but Litanei slightly better.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Perhaps the outcome of this survey, showing, say, the 10 most popular songs, could be published in the form of a Lieder Board.

[Ferretfancy]

Perhaps this is slightly outside the brief, but what about the Shepherd on the Rock? I have amongst others a lovely old record by Isobel Baillie. The trouble is that the insinuating clarinet melody stays in the mind for days once you've heard it!

[Richard Tarleton]

Perhaps this is slightly outside the brief, but what about the Shepherd on the Rock? I have amongst others a lovely old record by Isobel Baillie. The trouble is that the insinuating clarinet melody stays in the mind for days once you've heard it!

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[Eine Alpensinfonie]

All right, yellow then.

Do you know the 1930 version of Erlkönig in French with Georges Thill, who makes a drama of it by bringing in a baritone to sing the Erl-king (or rather le Roi des aulnes) and a boy soprano to sing the boy? It sounds bizarre, and is possibly no longer Schubert (more like Berlioz or even Gounod in some ways), but it generates a tremendous tension, in my opinion. A curiosity. It's on YouTube, I see.

I'll check it out. The wonder of this song for me is the way Schubert convinces the listener that there are 3 characters and a narrator, such is the contrast of styles.