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Inspired by the ressurected thread and a recent, new liking to sung music, I wanted to give the lieder a try, which I didn't like before. The friendly salesman at the shop recommend to me Dieskau's recent 2CD sampler and told me to listen to 'An die Musik', which almost had me to tears. Then I tried the highly acclaimed Winterreise but couldn't connect to it too well, very depressing mood.
Which of Schubert's Lieder are more of the optimistic, jovial type and what would be the recording to buy / try?
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Most of Schubert's lieder cycles are fairly heavy, however the earliest lied, those from the beginning of Die Schöne Müllerin are probably the least unhappy. Schubert's lied are late works and the lyrics are taken from romantic poems of Müller and later of Heinrich Heine (Schwanengesang). Unfortunately, Schubert didn't start composing his lieder until around 1823, the year he found out he was infected with syphilis. If you want to hear Schubert's most happy and uplifting vocal works, then look to his masses, especially the shorter ones such as the Mass in C major (D 452), or A flat major (D 678) . If you can tolerate a few songs at a time, then try the Andsnes/Bostridge recordings of the Schubert sonatas (D 850, 959, 960) which all have one or two lieder at the end of them. The sonatas done beautifully as are the lieder.
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What is considered a reasonable wait from Caiman? I received a few items within 2 weeks. Another one (Shostakovich/Caetani set) I've been waiting for about a month. Is there a point at which you would think the item is not coming?
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Caiman is the type of place where you can forget that you ever ordered something and then be surprised when it arrives. I generally check my orders at their website periodically to see if they have shipped. If they've been "processing" for too long, I usually assume that they aren't going to come and then email them as to the status. After that, depending on the availability of the recording I'll cancel or just wait and see.
This is a very hard thing when the cd is something that is oop and very rare. I'll wait the longest amounts of time with those because I know I can't find them elsewhere.
I ordered the Maxim Shostakovich set from them directly at their website (although it processed as an amazon transaction) because it wasn't listed at Amazon US but only at amazon UK. It took about 3 weeks give or take, but widely available items usually always arrive.