Sunday Classics: Vocal encores

R. STRAUSS: "Zueignung" ("Dedication"), Op. 10, No. 1

Yes, you know it, dear soul,
that far from you I suffer.
Love makes hearts sick.
Have thanks.

Once I, spendthrift of freedom,
held the amethyst beeker high,
and you blessed the drink.
Have thanks.

And you exorcised the evils in it,
Until I, as I had never been before,
Blessed, blessed sank upon your heart,
Have thanks.

Birgit Nilsson, soprano; János Solyom, piano. Bis, recorded, Jan. 5-8, 1975