After the big success of the Nursery Rhyme Collection in England producer and arranger Ian Watts and his German co-arranger Mike Wilbury decided to launch a similar project with traditional German Songs. Most tunes came up centuries ago but some tracks are actually brand new, exclusively written for this collection.
Mondnacht |
Moonlit Night |
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Es war, als hätt' der Himmel |
It appeared as if heaven |
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Background notesJoseph von Eichendorff (1788 - 1758) was one of the most important German romantic poets, along with Novalis, Brentano, Achim von Arnim, Kleist, E.T.A. Hoffmann. This poem is one of his best known and it was put into music several times, for example by Robert Schumann. This version was done in a very folky style, put into music by Mike Wilbury who also did many of the Nursery Rhyme Collection's arrangements, teaming up with Ian Watts. |
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