This week, we discuss Hugo Wolf's Liederstrauß (with texts by Heinrich Heine) which were published posthumously. They are available for purchase through Amazon or Stretta Music.

Recordings featured in this episode, performed by Michael Vallikappil, tenor (Instagram @mgvtenor), and Ellen Rissinger, pianist:

• No. 1: Sie haben heut Abend Gesellschaft
• No. 2: Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen
• No. 6: Mein Liebchen wir saßen beisammen
• No. 4 Aus meinen großen Schmerzen       

Performances recorded at Carnegie Mellon University's Recording Studio in Pittsburgh, PA. Jingle and theme music recorded at The Camp Recording Studio in Elizabethtown, PA.

To hear the entire Liederstrauß, the recording we recommended on this episode was Schumann, Beethoven & Wolf: Vocal Works with Benjamin Bruns and Karola Theill.

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