Celia Sgroi asked the mailing list Lieder-L:
I was just curious to know what people's favorite song cycles are. I mean the works themselves, not a particular performance...
Here's an overview of the answers:
| Dichterliebe (Schumann) | |
| Winterreise (Schubert) | |
| Liederkreis op.39 (Schumann) | |
| Die schöne Müllerin (Schubert) | |
| Kindertotenlieder (Mahler) | |
| An die ferne Geliebte (Beethoven) | |
| Serenade (Britten) | |
| Vier letzte Lieder (Strauss) | |
| Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Mahler) | |
| Songs and dances of death (Mussorgsky) | |
| Les nuits d'été (Berlioz) | |
| Rückert Lieder (Mahler) | |
| Schwanengesang (Schubert) | |
| Fraubenliebe und -leben (Schumann) | |
| Spanisches Liederbuch (Wolf) |
And a special mention of:
Vier ernste Gesänge (Brahms)
Les Illuminations (Britten)
Nocturne (Britten)
Songs for a Shropshire lad (Butterworth)
Chants d'Auvergne (Canteloube)
Songs of Travel (Vaughan-Williams)
| Updated: 17 December 1999 | Lieder |