These eight songs are among Strauss' most famous lieder. They were written in the mid-1880s on poems of Hermann von Gilm and are the first songs that Strauss assembled into a single opus and allowed to be

No singer is able to ignore Beethoven's Adelaide. There are thousands of recordings; many love this lyrical setting of Friedrich von Matthisson's poem. Matthisson himself said of it: "Several

This dramatic masterpiece is a standard selection in the soprano repertoire. The origin of this concert aria, though, is swathed in mystery. We still do not know where Beethoven found the text for the aria.

To whom did Beethoven address this song cycle An die ferne Geliebte (To the Distant Beloved), which he completed at the age of 45 in April of 1816? Was it to the same person to whom his passionate

Beethoven's importance as the creator of monumental orchestral works and of substantial chamber music and solo sonatas is so great that his rich art song output can be overlooked. But his Lieder represent

Beethoven's importance as the creator of monumental orchestral works and of substantial chamber music and solo sonatas is so great that his rich song oeuvre is often hardly even noticed. But his Lieder

It is hard to believe that all of the five Beethoven works included in this edition were previously unknown; they are now presented here for singers to discover! This volume contains songs designed for

Who could fail to sympathize with the feelings of unrequited love that Schumann immortalized in his song cycle Dichterliebe? On texts of Heinrich Heine, the pieces range from hopeful anticipation

Faust; Wilhelm Meister; Egmont; Erlkonig - Beethoven often chose texts by Goethe for his song compositions. Now, for the first time, all of Beethoven's songs with texts by the great Weimar writer

First published in 1842, this remains one of Schumann's most important song cycles to this day. Eight years later, Schumann revised his work for a new edition, also replacing the opening piece in the first