Schubert Revisited
4839758 (Deutsche Grammophon, CD)
FIRST RELEASE (6 January 2023)
Tracks: 19
Booklet pages: 26
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
© 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Main country of recording: Germany
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Schubert Revisited published on 6 March 2023
Matthias Goerne, baritone
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Florian Donderer, leader & concertmaster
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) arranged by Alexander Schmalcz:
1 An Silvia, D 891
2 Schäfers Klagelied, D 121
3 Ganymed, D 544
4 Fahrt zum Hades, D 526
5 Schatzgräbers Begehr, D 761
6 Der Tod und das Mädchen, D 531
7 Erlkönig, D 328
8 Wandrers Nachtlied ('Der du von dem Himmel bist'), D 224
9 Grenzen der Menschheit, D 716
Gesänge des Harfners, D 478
10 Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt
11 Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß
12 An die Türen will ich schleichen
13 Das Heimweh, D 851
14 Pilgerweise, D 789
15 Abendstern, D 806
16 Alinde, D 904
17 Stimme der Liebe ('Meine Selinde'), D 412
18 Des Fischers Liebesglück, D 933
19 An die Entfernte, D 765
Recorded in January and October 2019 at the Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen, Germany.
Matthias Goerne, one of the most high-profile Schubertians of his generation, has recorded a selection of Schubert's songs not in their original versions with piano but in orchestral arrangements by Alexander Schmalcz, Goerne's accompanist of many years' standing. Goerne says about Alexander Schmalcz's arrangements: 'His creativity in adapting these songs for the orchestra is enormous, while his stylistic sensibilities and his subtle approach in deploying the right instruments at the right moment are truly astonishing.'