Mark Shanks <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>At the risk of appearing fatuous, I would suggest a breather, and try
>Pettersson's "Barefoot Songs" for voice and piano. I prefer the Swedish
>Society recording, but the cpo one might me more widely available.

I know Eric Saeden is singing in one SSD recording - but I thought there
were two - so which are you referring to? Though Monica Groop might be on
CPO, which I also own.  Many people could tell me the music is fine, I am
not going to comment that right now, but the text writer (which happens to
be Petterrssoooon himself] is not the one I would give the Nobel Price in
litterature.  No, Gustav Allan certainly didn't know what he was doing
here.

>Just a humble suggestion - I have only a couple of "Winterreise"
>recordings, both on your list.

The Swedish conductor and composer Eskil Hemberg has made a choral setting
of the "Barefusslieder" which refers to the Schubert song.

James Zehm <[log in to unmask]>