"Im Treibhaus" is my favorite as well.

Do you know that its opening measure were used in TRISTAN UND ISOLDE?

--- In wesendoncklieder@yahoogroups.com, "Raist7547" <Raist7547@...>
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>
> My absolute favorite of the set is Im Treibhaus. There's something
> that is umistakably haunting in the song. A tender, melancholy
lament;
> it struck me immediately upon my first hearing: with Agnes Baltsa
with
> the not-my-favorite Jeffrey Tate. She remains my favorite singer for
> the set, although I love Eileen Farrell and Jessye Norman, as well.
>
> I made the mistake of picking up Jane Eaglen's rendering of these
> songs (sorry to any Eaglen-ites!), and was dissapointed in a big way.
>
> Just my thoughts on this most wonderful set.
>