"Mein guter Geist, mein bess'res ich"
I initially wanted to post the lesser-known Widmung by Robert Franz, a lovely piece in its own right. But the Jessye Norman video of the Schumann song by the same title — the old “chestnut — captured me so completely, I had to post it. If I can find a recording of the Franz, I’ll post that at a later date.
- Video (Jessye Norman) – YouTube (unfortunately, the intro & coda have been cut)
- Video (Elly Ameling) – YouTube
- Text (Friedrich Rückert) – recmusic.org
- Score – artsongcentral.com
An art song a day 