Norma Sharp, soprano (2nd-4th, 6th-12th, 16th, 18th works) ; Helge Zimmermann, baritone (1st, 5th, 16th-17th works) ; other soloists ; instrumentalists ; Joachim Draheim, piano
18th to 20th century song settings of ancient texts; sung in German, Italian, French, Latin and Greek.
Program notes in German by Joachim Draheim on container with English translation and texts in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, and German ([2] p.) inserted in container.
Recorded in July and Oct. 1976.
Anakreontische Lieder. Die durstige Natur / Telemann ; Die schwarze Erde trinket / Steffan ; Ode anacréontique / Méhul ; Auf sich selbst / Loewe ; An die Leyer / Schubert -- Fragmente der Sappho. An Aphrodite / Loewe ; Romance traduite de Sapho / Spontini ; Sappho an Phaon / Moniuszko ; Sapphos Liebesgesang / Kodály ; Oscuro è il ciel / Pizzetti ; Hinuter ist schon der Mond / Reutter -- Oden des Horaz. Tu mi fuggi : Kantate / Arne ; Vixi : Kanon / Haydn ; Integer vitae : Kanon / Salieri ; Odi profanum vulgus : für Klavier / Alkan ; Horace et Lydie : Duett / Massenet ; Études Latines. Lydé ; Pholoé / Hahn ; Sei odi di Orazio. Al servo ; Alla fonte Bandusia ; A Diana ed Apollo ; A Venere / Castelnuovo-Tedesco