Franz Schubert: Winterreise

Franz Schubert: Winterreise

HMM937484 (harmonia mundi, CD)

REISSUE (4 March 2022)

Playing time: 74'18"
Tracks: 24
Booklet pages: 28
℗ 2009 harmonia mundi musique sas
© 2022 harmonia mundi musique sas
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: Austria
Reviewer: Geoff Pearce
Review of Franz Schubert: Winterreise published on 11 February 2022

Mark Padmore, tenor
Paul Lewis, piano

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):

Winterreise (1827), D 911, to poems by Wilhelm Müller (1794-1827)

Part One

1 Gute Nacht

2 Die Wetterfahne

3 Gefrorne Tränen

4 Erstarrung

5 Der Lindenbaum

6 Wasserflut

7 Auf dem Flusse

8 Rückblick

9 Irrlicht

10 Rast

11 Frühlingstraum

12 Einsamkeit

Part Two

13 Die Post

14 Der greise Kopf

15 Die Krähe

16 Letzte Hoffnung

17 Im Dorfe

18 Der stürmische Morgen

19 Täuschung

20 Der Wegweiser

21 Das Wirtshaus

22 Mut!

23 Die Nebensonnen

24 Der Leiermann

Composed in 1827 and first performed privately for members of Schubert's circle, Winterreise initially received a mixed reception. Now acknowledged as the greatest song-cycle ever penned, the work - here performed in the original keys - receives a profound and probing reading from tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Paul Lewis, and marks the launch of their Schubert triptych.

Recorded December 2008 at Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London UK

First issued in 2009 on HMU 907484 (harmonia mundi usa)