Interpreted by MARK RAPHAEL
Von ewiger Liebe (Enduring Love) Standehen (Serenade)
Feldeinsamkeit (Field Loneliness) Auf dem See (On the Sea)
Meine Liebe ist grün (My Love is Blossoming)
VON EWIGER LIEBE a maiden's parting confidence in her lover. 'Iron and steel are strong, but our love is stronger' she says 'they may be melted, and change, but nothing can change our love, which for ever will endure'
The Serenade is a simple folk-song-like piece, appropriately sentimental.
Feldeinsamkeit is, by common consent, one of the most lovable of Brahms' songs. The singer lies in the grass in the noontide of a sleepy summer's day, gazes with dreamy happiness at the blue skies and white clouds, and hears the hum of insects. He feels 'as though he long were dead and borne along to heaven.'
There are two songs entitled Auf 'dem See, both of which speak of the beauty of earth and waters as viewed from a gently-tossing boat; one adds a reflection about love, and ends by rejoicing in the freedom from the busy life of men, and describing the boat as a floating Eden.
Meine Liebe ist grün is a joyous song, beginning with a glowing comparison of the lover's affection to the blossoming elder tree, whilst the dear one is described as the sunshine, which falls upon the tree and fills it with fragrance and delight.