Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91
Songs
Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91, is the common name of a set of five songs for female voice and piano by Richard Wagner, Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme (Five Poems for a Female Voice). He set five poems by Mathilde Wesendonck while he was working on his opera Tristan und Isolde. The songs, together with the Siegfried Idyll, are the two non-operatic works by Wagner most regularly performed.
Movements
- L’angelo in G Major (Italian Version)
- Fermati! in C Minor (Italian Version)
- Nella serra in D Minor (Italian Version)
- Dolori in E‐Flat Major (Italian Version)
- Sogni in A‐Flat Major (Italian Version)
Recommended recordings
- Jessye Norman · London Symphony Orchestra · Colin Davis YouTubeSpotify (subscription)
- Kirsten Flagstad · Wiener Philharmoniker · Hans Knappertsbusch YouTubeSpotify (subscription)