to me: I woke, and even then my floods of tears poured forth.") Allnächtlich im Traume (Heine no 56). ("I see you every night in dreams, and see you greet me friendly, and crying out loudly I throw myself at your sweet feet. You look at me sorrowfully and shake your fair head: from your eyes trickle the pearly tear-drops. You say a gentle word to me and give me a sprig of cypress: I awake, and there is no sprig, and I have forgotten what the word was.") Aus alten Märchen winkt es (Heine no 43). "(The old fairy tales tell of a magic land where great flowers shine in the golden evening light, where trees speak and sing like a choir, and springs make music to dance to, and songs of love are sung such as you have never heard, till wondrous sweet longing infatuates you! Oh, could I only go there, and free my heart, and let go of all pain, and be blessed! Ah! I often see that land of joys in dreams: then comes the morning sun, and it vanishes like smoke.") Die alten, bösen Lieder (Heine no 65). ("The old bad songs, and the angry, bitter dreams, let us now bury them, bring a large coffin. I shall put very much therein, I shall not yet say what: the coffin must be bigger than the 'Tun' at Heidelberg. And bring a bier of stout, thick planks, they must be longer than the Bridge at Mainz. And bring me too twelve giants, who must be mightier than the Saint Christopher in the cathedral at Cologne. They must carry the coffin and throw it in the sea, because a coffin that large needs a large grave to put it in. Do you know why the coffin must be so big and heavy? I will also put my love and my suffering into it.") Recordings These are some landmarks among the many recordings of Dichterliebe: Ian Bostridge with Julius Drake (1998) Suzanne Danco with Guido Agosti, 1949, (Decca 78rpm AK 2310–12). Thom Denijs (tenor) with Enni Denijs-Kroyt, 1928 (First complete electric-microphone recording) (HMV 78rpm D2062-64). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau with Alfred Brendel (Philips CD Dig 416 352–2). Fischer-Dieskau with Jörg Demus, EMG review November 1957 (DGG LPM 18370) Fischer-Dieskau with Christoph Eschenbach (1973–77) (DGG CD 439 417–2). Fischer-Dieskau with Vladimir Horowitz (live recording, 1976) (Sony Classical 074644674323). Wolfgang Holzmair