Sigrid Onegin - Freiwilliges Versinken (Schubert)

with piano accompaniment. Polydor master 795 as, rec. Berlin, 1922. Still a rather unusual choice for a song recital today, the great singer and teacher Lili Lehmann called this song to Onegin’s attention. After hearing the great alto in a concert in Berlin in January 1920, Lehman wrote to her: “I know a wonderful song b Schubert for you: ’Freiwilliges Versinken’. Pompous, splendid and completely modern in the harmonies.“ A few months later the song was in Onegin’s repertoire. Although the mechanical reco