The Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling here performs songs by Franz Schubert, accompanied by Paul Rivinius. The disc includes some of Schubert's best-known songs, such as the carefree An Silvia, the serene Litanei, and the first Suleika song. The programme features great changes in emotion: from the portrayals of the joy and despair of young love in Bei dir allein! and Lied des Florio, to the Gothic drama of Der Zwerg and the despondency of Totengräbers Heimweh.
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…the bagpipe melody is very nice and original. Musically, the song is very well arranged, the mixing of the different instruments is really amazing and complex, particularily in the verses, and the structure flows very well. Some intensity can actually be found in the instrumentals of this song.
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