Recorded on 12/21/2005, uploaded on 01/24/2009
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Dear God, Thou know'st how oft I've rued this:
That I gave my lover once a little kiss.
Heart's command I kiss him, how dismiss?
And long as I live I'll think of that first kiss.
Dear God, Thou know'st how oft in still of night,
How in joy and pain on him my thoughts delight.
Love is sweet, though bitter oft to rue;
My poor heart is his and ever, ever true.
The wind whispers loudly, as do the little birds;
The longing, the longing - it will not fall asleep.
Alas, when no longer into the golden distance
does my spirit hurry on dream-wings,
when no more on the eternally distant stars
does my longing gaze rest;
Then the wind and the little birds
will whisper away my longing, along with my life.
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Classical Music | Mezzo-Soprano
Johannes Brahms
Lieber Gott, du weisst, from Ziguenerlieder Play
Recorded on 12/21/2005, uploaded on 01/24/2009
Musician's or Publisher's Notes
Lieber Gott, du weisst, from Ziguenerlieder Johannes Brahms
Dear God, Thou know'st how oft I've rued this:
That I gave my lover once a little kiss.
Heart's command I kiss him, how dismiss?
And long as I live I'll think of that first kiss.
Dear God, Thou know'st how oft in still of night,
How in joy and pain on him my thoughts delight.
Love is sweet, though bitter oft to rue;
My poor heart is his and ever, ever true.
The wind whispers loudly, as do the little birds;
The longing, the longing - it will not fall asleep.
Alas, when no longer into the golden distance
does my spirit hurry on dream-wings,
when no more on the eternally distant stars
does my longing gaze rest;
Then the wind and the little birds
will whisper away my longing, along with my life.
More music by Johannes Brahms
Ballade No. 3 in b minor, Allegro, Op. 10
Intermezzo No. 2 in A Major, from Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118
Piano Trio No. 3 in c minor, Op. 101
Ballade No. 4 in B major, Andante con moto, Op. 10
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2
Variations on a theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (Joachim cadenza)
Intermezzo in E Major, Op. 116, No. 4, from Seven Fantasies
Scherzo for Violin and Piano in c minor, WoO posth. 2 (from F.A.E. Sonata)
Capriccio in c-sharp minor, from Eight piano pieces, Op. 76
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I attempt from Love’s sickness to fly
Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn, from Ziguenerlieder
Brauner Bursche, from Ziguenerlieder
Geistliches Wiegenlied, from Zwei Gesange
Gestillte Sehnsucht, from Zwei Gesange
He, Ziguener greife in die Saiten ein, from Ziguenerlieder
Hochgetürmte Rimaflut, from Ziguenerlieder
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Röslein dreie in der Reihe, from Ziguenerlieder
Rote Abendwolken, from Ziguenerlieder
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