Liebeslied

So when I, first time when I heard the Kreisler "Liebeslied," I just feel, wow, the song is just right for the erhu.

The Sonorous Strings of the Erhu 2007

It is to me finer than Henselt's perfect "Liebeslied," possibly because the ravishing sweetness of the woman's voice answering the sombre plea of the man gives it a double claim on the heart.

Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions Rupert Hughes 1914

Now, as she threw off her walking things, she fell first upon her violin, and rushed through a Brahms '' Liebeslied, 'her eyes dancing, her whole light form thrilling with the joy of it; and then with a sudden revulsion she stopped playing, and threw herself down listlessly by the open window.

Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885

Now, as she threw off her walking things, she fell first upon her violin, and rushed through a Brahms's 'Liebeslied,' her eyes dancing, her whole light form thrilling with the joy of it; and then with a sudden revulsion she stopped playing, and threw herself down listlessly by the open window.

Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885

Alex Temple's imaginative "Liebeslied" for female voice, electronics and orchestra showed that all styles of older contemporary music are fair game, including American standards and show tunes.

NYT > Home Page By ANTHONY TOMMASINI 2011

Among them the violist Kenji Bunch serves as the soloist for his "Devil's Box," and Mellissa Hughes, a versatile, compelling soprano, will sing in "Liebeslied" by Alex Temple.

NYT > Home Page 2011

Anne Høegh Krohn's Liebeslied, starring Jan Plewka and talented actress-director Nicolette Krebitz, received a special mention.

Cineuropa 2009

All the above qualities resurface in Yundi's spellbinding playing of "La Campanella," "Liebeslied ( 'Widmung')," "Liebestraum No. 3," the Rigoletto Paraphrase, and, particularly, the credibility-defying "Tarantella."

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