Songs for high voice and piano ; the 3rd work is a song cycle. Texts by Hans Christian Andersen (translated by Chamisso) and Claude Charles Fauriel (op. 40), by Nikolaus Lenau (op. 90) and by Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (op. 39). Title from disc label. Originally issued by Columbia Masterworks in 1980 (M 36668). This disc is part of a boxed set of 68 CD audio discs, 5 DVDs and book with program notes by Malcolm Hayes in English, French and German, liner notes from the original releases in English, and discographies (273 pages : photographs) released by Sony Classical in 2012 (88691912562). Original liner notes printed on container. Recorded. 1979 January 4-6. EMI Studios, London, England. Sir Peter Pears, tenor ; Murray Perahia, piano. Sung in German.