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)