Word: lieder
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...many enclosing checks. One check came from an Ohio pastor, who had read the TIME story to his congregation. The Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale of Manhattan's Marble Collegiate Church wrote that he had used the story of Palmer's project in a sermon. A German lieder singer and a French basso profundo offered to do free recordings. The Cornell Glee Club, which had been on a holiday singing tour in Mexico, made the same offer...
Schoenberg: Gurre Lieder (chorus, orchestra and soloists conducted by Rene Leibowitz; Haydn Society, 3 LPs). Lush, early work-written before his atonal period-by the late Austrian composer in a performance that is not likely to be surpassed for precision and clarity...
Even the most gifted must approach the performance of German lieder with utmost concentration of vocal and intellectual capabilities. Musically, these songs demand controlled tone-color and intonation that come from years of training. At the same time, the singer must make the all-important text meaningful to the listeners without resorting to the cruder acting techniques of opera...
Shortcomings of this nature become so important, of course, only in music like lieder, where they play a crucial part in the composer's intent. In Negro spirituals, which formed the second part of the program, "interpretive" values become uppermost. Once freed from demands beyond his technique, Harkless relaxed and gave really moving renditions. Three of the songs were somewhat marred by self-conscious accompaniments, but the two selections sung without piano provided magnificent examples of our native music performed with understanding and deep affection...
Schoenberg:Gurre-Lieder (Chorus and orchestra of Paris' New Symphony Society and soloists conducted by Rene Leibowitz; Haydn Society, 3 LPs). The first complete LP recording of a turning-point (1901-11) masterpiece by Atonalist-to-be Schoenberg. The vast score calls for an orchestra of 155 instruments, a minimum chorus of 180 and six soloists, spins out the supernatural romance in a delicate blend of Wagner and Mahler. Performed and recorded with enthusiastic care...