Breuer/Trost/Edelmann/Bartos - Ludwig van Beethoven: Lieder, Vol. 1 - Sehnsucht, Erlk�nig, In questa tomba oscura

Beethoven�s contribution to the development of German song was significant � he wrote some 90 songs � but it has inevitably been overshadowed by his mastery of orchestral and instrumental music. Unlike Mozart and Schubert�s works in the genre, little is known about the composition and performance of Beethoven�s songs, but he is known to have greatly respected Goethe, as his settings amply show, not least in the incidental music to Egmont, from which Freudvoll und leidvoll is taken.