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Schwanengesang Discography

Commercial recordings (including pirates) of

SCHUBERT'S Schwanengesang, D957

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Introduction

Note that there are many recordings of individual songs from Schwanengesang (especially Die Taubenpost, Ständchen and Der Doppelgänger), but this list has only complete Schwanengesangs, or complete Rellstab or Heine sections of Schwanengesang. Such 'half' Schwanengesangs are noted by (H) or (R) in the type column, full Schwanengesangs have (F).

If you spot any errors or omissions, particularly new releases to keep the list up to date, please send an Email to Richard Morris at info@franzschubert.org.uk.



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Discography

Singer Voice Accomp Instrument Amazon Mins Date Lang Label:No(s):Medium. Note Type T  1 T  2 T  3 T  4 T  5 T  6 T  7 T  8 T  9 T 10 T 11 T 12 T 13 T 14
Theo Adam Bass-Baritone Rudolf Dunckel Pianoforte link    1974 German [Lukaskirche, Dresden. Oct 1974] Berlin Classics:9216:CD(2)   H                            
John Mark Ainsley Tenor Graham Johnson Pianoforte link  30.34 2000r German Hyperion 33037:CD [2]  R 2.55 5.16 3.53 4.03 3.35 6.04 4.48              
Peter Anders Tenor Michael Raucheisen Pianoforte   35.32 1943r German MYTO 1 MCD 973.163; Acanta: 442117-2:CD (3) [2]  R 2.54 5.35 3.38 3.53 3.19 4.57 4.43     2.34       3.59
Olaf Bär Baritone Geoffrey Parsons Pianoforte   52.32 1989r German EMI/Angel/Virgin/Imports 66145:CD(3?); EMI 1990:CD, CDC 7 49997 2:CD [3]  F 3.10 5.11 3.25 3.44 2.57 6.01 5.16 2.16 3.47 2.52 4.11 3.04 2.35 4.03
L. Daine Unknown V. Tsrule Unknown         Melodyia D 035525/26:LP                                
Jose Van Dam Bass-Baritone Valéry Afanassiev Pianoforte link    1991 German Forlane UCD 16647   F                            
Jose Van Dam Bass-Baritone Valéry Afanassiev Unknown     1991r   Forlane UCD 16647:CD                                
Max van Egmond Bass Irwin Gage Unknown     1973   Telefunken SAT 22509:LP                                
Max van Egmond Bass Kenneth Slowik Fortepiano     2003 German Musica Omnia 20102:CD   F                            
Brigitte Fassbaender Mezzo-Soprano Aribert Reimann Pianoforte   49.13 1989,1991r German DG 429 766-2:CD [3]  F 2.50 4.54 3.30 3.31 2.59 5.44 3.28 2.02 2.54 1.59 2.57 4.23 4.24 3.38
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Baritone Klaus Billing Unknown   45.50 1948r live German [Berlin] Melodram: 18017:CD; Verona: 30013/14: CD(2); Myto: 22067:CD [2]  F 2.38 4.42 2.01 3.28 3.03 5.14 3.03 2.01 2.52 2.08 2.45 4.12 4.11 3.32
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Baritone Gerald Moore Pianoforte   19.46 1951r German EMI 7243 5 65671 2 2:CD(6); EMI CMS 7 63559 2:CD [2]  H               2.23 3.00 2.07 2.59 4.51 4.26  
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Baritone Gerald Moore Pianoforte   18.16 1962r German EMI 7243 5 65675 2 8:CD(6) [2]  H               2.04 2.42 1.58 2.53 4.14 4.25  
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Baritone Gerald Moore Pianoforte     1962r German ALP 1993:LP; EMI 5 66146 2:CD; EMI 49081:CD   F                            
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Baritone Gerald Moore Pianoforte link  50.31 1972r German DG 437 238-2:CD(3) [2]  F 2.48 4.34 3.17 3.53 3.23 5.32 4.23 2.15 2.53 2.03 2.55 4.35 4.25 3.35
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Baritone Alfred Brendel Unknown   48.41 1982r German Philips 6514 484: LP; Philips: 411 051-2:CD [2]  F 2.52 4.10 3.05 3.25 2.43 5.32 4.31 1.56 2.42 1.53 2.53 4.17 4.41 4.01
Shura Gehrman Bass Nina Walker Pianoforte link      German Nimbus NI 5022:CD; Nimbus 1781:CD(3)   F                            
Christian Gerhaher Baritone Gerold Huber Pianoforte   50.09 1999r German ARTE NUOVA 74321 75075 2; Arte Nova 82876 57747 2:CD(3) [2]  F 2.51 5.05 3.28 3.40 2.46 5.50 4.18 2.12 2.42 2.10 3.13 3.51 4.22 3.41
Matthias Goerne Baritone Alfred Brendel Pianoforte   52.13 2003r live German [5,7 Nov 2003, Wigmore Hall, London] Decca 000420102:CD [2]  F 3.08 4.46 3.17 3.44 2.49 5.51 4.27 2.11 3.22 2.10 3.07 4.40 4.23 4.18
Ernst Haefliger Tenor Jörg Ewald Dähler Unknown       German Claves D 8506:LP; Claves 508506:CD                                
Ernst Haefliger Tenor Erik Werba Unknown     1964? German DG 138905:LP; DG 410 544-1:LP                                
Håkan Hakegård Baritone Emanuel Ax Pianoforte     1985r German RCA 7863-55476-1:LP; RCA RCD1-5476:CD   F                            
Ralph Herbert Baritone Frederic Waldman Unknown     1950?   Allegro 3089:LP                                
Andriej Hoilski Unknown Jerzy Marschwinski Unknown     1965?   Muza SXL 695:LP                                
Robert Holl Bass-Baritone David Lutz Unknown link      German Preiser 93402:CD   F                            
Wolfgang Holzmair Baritone Imogen Cooper Pianoforte link  51.11 1994r German Philips 442 460-2:CD [4]  F 2.54 4.47 3.16 3.43 3.00 6.07 4.23 2.33 2.52 1.57 2.54 4.28 4.26 3.51
Hans Hotter Bass-Baritone Michael Raucheisen Pianoforte   16.35 1950r German Acanta: 442117-2:CD (3) [2]  H               2.26 2.57   2.51 4.05 4.16  
Hans Hotter Bass-Baritone Gerald Moore Pianoforte link    1954 German Angel 35219:LP; EMI CX 1269:LP; Seraphim IC 6051:LP; EMI 65196:CD                                
Gerhard Hüsch Baritone Hanns Udo Müller Pianoforte       German Believed to be a partial recording only                                
Gerhard Hüsch Baritone Manfred Gurlitt Pianoforte     1952 German ? Japanese Victor SD 3073/75, SF 715/18:78; Japanese Victor LS 103-4:LP; World Records Club 65:LP                                
Gerhard Hüsch Baritone Michio Kobayashi Unknown     1962r   Japanese Victor RA 2184:LP                                
Georg Jelden Tenor Vera Cech Unknown     1975   Saphir/Intercord 120 864:LP                                
Rudolf Knoll Baritone Paul Schilhawsky Unknown     1978   Euphoria E2115:LP                                
Rudolf Knoll Baritone Hugo Steurer Pianoforte   47.07 1992c German Pilz 160 270:CD [2]  F 2.39 4.33 3.50 3.57 2.54 5.19 4.16 2.15 2.50 1.59 2.09 3.41 3.24 3.21
Ralph Kohn Baritone Graham Johnson Pianoforte link      German Priory PRI 571:CD   F                            
Maaretn Koningsberger Baritone Kelvin Grout Pianoforte     1992 German KAM CD 9205:CD [3]  F                            
Tom Krause Baritone Irwin Gage Unknown     1973 German ? MDC Limited Edition 461 5902; London OS 26328:LP; Decca SXL 6590:LP                                
Daniel Lichti Bass-Baritone Janina Fialkowska Unknown link      German ? Doremi/Opening Day Recordings 9302:CD   F                            
Siegfried Lorenz Baritone Norman Shetler Pianoforte link  52.51 1985r German [Lukaskirche, Dresden. Nov 1985] Berlin Classics 9317:CD; Capriccio 10 097:CD   F 3.01 5.17 3.33 3.52 3.49 5.47 4.32 1.58 2.37 2.00 3.17 4.33 5.02 3.33
Benjamin Luxon Baritone David Willison Unknown       German Chandos ABRD 1361:LP; Chandos 9721:CD; 10042:CD                                
Inez Matthews Mezzo-Soprano Lowell Farr Unknown     1955   Period SPL 717:LP                                
Kevin McMillan Unknown Lev Natochenny Unknown link    1993 German Marquis Records 151:CD [3]  F                            
Petre Munteanu Unknown Franz Holetschek Unknown     1952   Westminster WL 5165:LP                                
Thomas Pfeiffer Baritone Fritz Rieger Pianoforte     1988? German Bayer 100 012:CD                                
Possemeyer Baritone Theo Palm Unknown     1992?   Ars Produktion ARS 368 326:CD                                
Christoph Prégardien Tenor Andreas Staier Fortepiano     1993r German BMG 05472 77319 2:CD [3]  H                            
Hermann Prey Baritone Gerald Moore Unknown     1971r German Philips 6747 059:LP; Philips 422 243-2:CD                                
Hermann Prey Baritone Leonard Hokanson Unknown     1978r German DG 2531 325:LP                                
Hermann Prey Baritone Philippe Bianconi Pianoforte   47.24 1985r German Denon 33C37-7906:CD   F 2.50 4.46 3.37 3.15 2.32 5.23 4.04 2.08 2.48 1.57 2.50 3.35 3.50 3.49
Hermann Prey Baritone Leonard Hokanson Pianoforte     1986r German Philips 070237-1:LD                                
Thomas Quasthoff Bass-Baritone Justus Zeyen Pianoforte link  49.18 2000r German Uni/Deutsche Grammophon - #471030 [2]  F 2.55 4.28 3.42 3.45 3.06 5.52 4.30 2.09 2.32 2.03 2.41 4.04 3.51 3.40
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson Tenor Graham Johnson Pianoforte link  21.35 2000r German Hyperion 33037:CD [2]  H               2.13 2.53 2.27 2.51 3.56 3.41 3.34
Andreas Schmidt Baritone Rudolf Jansen Pianoforte     1992 German DGG 437 536-2:CD                                
Andreas Schmidt Baritone Rudolf Jansen Pianoforte     2004 German Hänssler 098388000:CD   F                            
Michael Schopper Bass-Baritone Jos van Immerseel Unknown     1990r   Globe GLO 542:CD                                
Peter Schreier Tenor Walter Olbertz Pianoforte   18.05 1972r German Eterna 8 26 380:LP; DG 2530 469:LP   H               2.06 4.10 3.02 3.50 2.41 2.16  
Peter Schreier Tenor Norman Shetler Unknown     1985r German Eterna 725132:LP                                
Peter Schreier Tenor András Schiff Pianoforte     1989r German Decca 425 612-2:CD; Decca000201002:CD(3) [3]                               
John Shirley-Quirk Baritone Steuart Bedford Pianoforte link  50.55 1977c German Enigma VAR 1043:LP; ASV Quicksilva: 6171:CD [2]  F 2.40 5.24 3.09 4.06 2.49 6.09 4.41 2.00 2.57 1.54 2.35 4.27 3.54 4.10
Boje Skovhus Baritone Helmut Deutsch Pianoforte link    1994r German Sony 66835:CD [3]  F                            
Bernhard Sönnerstedt Baritone Folmer Jensen Unknown     1954?   HMV KALP 3:LP                                
Gérard Souzay Baritone Dalton Baldwin Pianoforte     1962 German Philips 438 514-2:CD                                
Gérard Souzay Baritone Dalton Baldwin Pianoforte     1972 German Testament Special Imports 1260:CD   F                            
Eduard Stocker Unknown Magda Rusy Unknown     1960?   Livre d'Or de France Culture 1002:LP                                
Nathalie Stutzmann Mezzo-Soprano Inger Södergren Pianoforte     2005 German [June 2005] Calliope 9359:CD   F                            
Bryn Terfel Bass-Baritone Malcolm Martineau Pianoforte link  56.07 1991c German Sain 4035:CD; Marquis Records 257:CD [2]  F 3.03 5.31 4.00 4.27 3.10 6.37 4.52 2.36 3.07 2.20 3.12 4.53 4.34 3.45
Robert Titze Unknown Walter Bohle Unknown     1958?   Discophile Francais DF 218:LP                                
Michael Volle Unknown Ulrich Eisenlohr Pianoforte link    2000 German Naxos 8554663 :CD   F                            
Weis Soprano Ferdinand Unknown     1972?   Electrecord ST-ECE 1507:LP                                

Discography by :
Richard Morris, Schubert Institute (UK) assisted by

Sue Skidmore, William D. Kasimer, Margo Briessinck, Celia Sgroi and subsequently updated by:

Marijke Halberstadt, Thomas Khalix, Daniel O'Hara, Sue Parker, Louise Thomas and the Schwanengesang discography by Richard Lesueur in the book A Companion to Schubert's Schwanengesang History, Poets, Analysis, Performance edited by Martin Chusid.

First Posted January 1999, Major revision November 2005


Note 2
Timings are track lengths, which will include pauses.
Note 3
Songs on CD in non-standard sequence.
Note 4
Die Taubenpost appears twice on this recording, and Am Meer and Die Stadt are swapped in sequence.