Wesendonck Lieder - The Songs

The Songs

  1. "Der Engel" ("The Angel"), composed November 1857
  2. "Stehe still!" ("Stand still!"), composed February 1858
  3. "Im Treibhaus – Studie zu Tristan und Isolde" ("In the Greenhouse"), composed May 1858
  4. "Schmerzen" ("Sorrows"), composed December 1857
  5. "Träume – Studie zu Tristan und Isolde" ("Dreams"), composed December 1857

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