12/5 A Beethoven Lieder Recital with Fischer-Dieskau and Shea

Beethoven's lieder (songs) aren't as well known as say, Schubert's, but he actually wrote the very first "song-cycle": An die ferne Geliebte (To my Beloved, far away, a song cycle by Jeitteles) Op.98 (1816).

Today I'll feature a kind of "vocal recital"...here's the program:

Peter W. Shea / Monica Jakuc Leverett (on Fortepiano)(2008):
1., 2.  An die ferne Geliebte (To my Beloved, far away)  (in 2 parts)
 (with embedded lyrics)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore (1972):
3. Neue Liebe, neues Leben (New love new life), Op. 75, No. 2
4. Aus Goethes Faust ("Mephistos Flohlied"/Song of the Flea), Op. 75, No. 3
5. Mailied (Maying Song), Op. 52, No. 4
6. 3 Songs, Op. 83 - I. Wonne der Wehmut (Joy of Sadness)
7. 3 Songs, Op. 83 - II. Sehnsucht (Longing)
8., 9. An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 (in 2 parts)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Jörg Demus (no video sadly):
10. Andenken (Memory), WoO 136
11. L'amante impaziente (The impatient Lover, Arietta buffa), Op. 82, Nr. 3

(43 Minutes total)

Song of the Flea was previously featured here...
More song titles translated here...