Die Taubenpost
Posted in Classical, Lieder on Sep 4th, 2008 No Comments »
One of my favourite Schubert songs, The Pigeon Post from Schwanengesang, and almost the last he ever composed (only The Shepherd on the Rock to come). It is a jolly song for one so close to death and a tribute to Schubert’s tenacious grip on life. It is sung here by Christian Gerhaher, from a concert I was at at Wigmore Hall, London on 22 October 2001. Gerhaher was taught by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the great German baritone - and it shows in the echo of the great man’s phrasing you can hear in Gerhaher’s performance, and lovely voice. The pianist is Gerold Huber.
