Siegfried Lorenz, baritone ; variously accompanied by Kurt Masur conducting the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Günther Herbig conducting the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester, or Otmar Suitner conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin
Songs for baritone and orchestra.
Includes program notes in German on insert.
Recorded at the Leipzig Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche in January, 1978 (1st work) and January, 1979 (2nd work); and at the Berlin Christuskirche in December, 1980, January-February, 1980, and December, 1982 (3rd work); and in March and December of 1982 (4th work).
German words by Friedrich Rückert (1st-3rd works) or from popular German sources (4th work); printed as texts on insert.
Kindertotenlieder (23:18) -- Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (15:16) -- Fünf Lieder nach Friedrich Rückert (20:28) -- Vier Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn (20:11)