Hugo Wolf
1860 – 1903
Wolf was the master of the German Lied after Schubert. His songs compress entire worlds into minutes — poetry and music fused into indivisible wholes. Intense, concentrated, and brilliant.
Essential Listening
Mörike-Lieder - Er ist's
Spring has arrived! Wolf captures the joy of the season in an ecstatic minute of song.
Italienisches Liederbuch - Auch kleine Dinge
Even small things can charm us. Wolf praises simplicity in this delicate opening to his Italian songbook.
Spanisches Liederbuch - In dem Schiffkein
Spanish passion meets German craft. Wolf's settings of Spanish poetry burn with intensity.
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