Franz Schubert - Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D. 714

Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Concentus Musicus Vienna / Arnold Schönberg Choir Recorded in the course of the styriarte 1997, June 21st & 22nd Terrific performance of this underknown gem, in my opinion the best Goethe setting by Schubert - scorded for male voices (TTBB) and deep strings - viola, cello and bass only. Here’s a translation of the poem, the painting is Caspar David Friedrich’s “Flussufer im Nebel“. “The soul of man Is like the water: It comes from heaven, It returns to heaven, And down