Classical Music | Baritone

Recorded on 08/19/2016, uploaded on 04/27/2016

Musician's or Publisher's Notes

Waldesgespräch (Forest Conversation)

“It’s already late, it’s already cold,

what are you doing riding alone through the wood?

The wood is vast, and you are alone,

you beautiful bride, I will lead you home!”

“Great is the cunning and deceit of men,

from pain, my heart is broken,

The forest horn echoes here and there,

oh flee, you do not know who I am.”

“So richly decorated are horse and lady,

so wondrously beautiful your young figure;

now I recognize you, God stand by me,

you are the witch Loreley!”

“You know me well, from the high rock

quietly, my castle looks deep into the Rhine,

it is already late, it is already cold,

you will nevermore leave this wood.”

Translated by Wesley Dunnagan

Courtesy of International Music Foundation.