V4: Complete Lieder

The foundations of Hans Pfitzner’s Romantic musical idiom can be found in his earliest compositions. From rediscovered manuscripts such as the surprisingly assured Ständchen to the earliest settings of his favorite lyric poet, Joseph von Eichendorff, these songs display all of the intimacy and atmosphere that would make Pfitzner a key figure of early 20th-century music. (Naxos)