Meinem Kinde ("Du schläfst und sachte neig' ich mich"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 37/3 (TrV 187/3)

• Date: 1897
• Composer: Richard Strauss
• Period: Post-Romantic (1870-1909)

Review

After the birth of his son Franz on April 12, 1897, Strauss the proud papa set Gustav Falke's tenderly sentimental little poem "Meinem Kinde" (My Child), Op. 37/3, as an innocent strophic song. With its gently turning melody above sweet countermelodies and warm chords in the piano accompaniment and its wide-eyed and heartfelt melody for the voice, Meinem Kind is as guileless and beautiful as any song Strauss ever composed. Although often sung by a soprano, the song is clearly a hymn to paternal love. ~ James Leonard, Rovi

Albums with Complete Performances of the Work

Title	Date
A Strauss Recital	2011
Berg, Korngold & Strauss: Lieder
Delicate Strauss [Hybrid SACD]	2006
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: The Great EMI Recordings	2010
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf 1915-2006 [Box Set]	2006
Essential Highlights of Soile Isokoski	2010
Irmgard Seefried sings Lieder
Irmgard Seefried: Previously Unreleased Recordings
Lebendige Vergangenheit: Maria Reining
Lucia Popp Sings Schubert, Schoenberg, Strauss, Dvorák, Mahler, Brahms
Lucia Popp: Queen of Night, Maiden of Light	2009
Mozart and Strauss: Lieder	1992
Poesie: Richard Strauss Lieder	2011
Prima Voce: Hilde Güden	2008
R. Strauss, Mahler & Marx Lieder	1999
R. Strauss: Metamorphosen; Orchesterlieder	1996
R. Strauss: Vier Letzte Lieder; 12 Orchestral Songs	2004
R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder; 12 Orchestral Songs	2004
Richard Strauss Lieder	2005
Richard Strauss begleitet Maria Reining, Lea Piltti, Anton Dermota
Richard Strauss: Composer, Conductor, Pianist and Piano Accompanist
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs	1999
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; Orchestral Songs	2006
Richard Strauss: Lieder	1996
Richard Strauss: Lieder	2012
Richard Strauss: Lieder Recital	1996
Richard Strauss: Orchestral Songs, Volume I	1992
Richard Strauss: Orchestral Songs; Vier letzte Lieder
Richard Strauss: Songs	2003
Richard Strauss: Songs	2003
Richard Strauss: Songs with orchestra; Metamorphosen; Oboe Concerto; Violin Sonata	2000
Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder
Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder; Orchesterlieder	1991
Rote Rosen	2009
Schubert, Schoenberg, Strauss: Lieder
Schubert, Schumann, R. Strauss: Lieder
Schwarzkopf Edition	1990
Songs by Sibelius, Strauss, Berg	2006
Strauss: 14 Lieder	2008
Strauss: Complete Orchestral Songs	1999
Strauss: Don Juan; Macbeth; Lieder	2005
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Strauss: Four Last Songs; Lieder	2004
Strauss: Lieder	1988
Strauss: Lieder Recital	1999
Strauss: Metamorphosen; Morgen
Strauss: Songs with Orchestra; Metamorphosen	1996
Strauss: Vier Letzte Lieder; 12 Orchesterlieder	1991
Teresa Cahill Sings R. Strauss and Rachmaninov	2004
The Artist's Album
Von Ewiger Liebe	2009
Wolf, Strauss: Lieder	2010

Albums with Excerpt Performances of the Work

Title	Date
Evelyn Lear sings songs by Richard Strauss	1994
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; Brentano-Lieder; Orchesterlieder	1994
Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder
Strauss: Four Last Songs/12 Orchestral Songs	1991
Vocalise

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