Beethoven: 6 Songs, Op. 75 (with Score)

Ludwig van Beethoven: 6 Songs (6 Gesänge), Op. 75 (with Score) No. 1, 4, 5 Mezzo-soprano: Natalie Pérez Piano: Jean-Pierre Armengaud No. 2, 3, 6 Tenor: Peter Schreier Piano: Walter Olbertz 0:00 1. Mignon. Ziemlich langsam (A major) 3:55 2. Neue Liebe, neues Leben. Lebhaft doch nicht zu sehr (C major) 6:52 3. Aus Goethes Faust. Poco allegretto (G minor) 9:19 4. Gretels Warnung. Etwas lebhaft mit liedehschaftlicher Empfindung, doch nicht zu geschwind (A major) 11:46 5. An den fernen Geliebten. Larghetto (G major) 14:24 6. Der Zufriedene. Froh und heiter, etwas lebhaft (A major) Like the Eight Songs op. 52, those of op. 75 were neither composed at the same time nor intended to form a set. Unlike the earlier publication, the songs of op. 75 are clearly the works of a more mature Beethoven. Dedicated to Princess Caroline Kinsky, the six songs were published simultaneously in Leipzig and London in October 1810 by Breitkopf und Härtel. Beethoven once told Bettina Brentano, “Goethe’s poems have great power over me