Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition 1: Sehnsucht

"The dark, rounded beauty and almost tortured intensity of Matthias Goerne's voice are ideally suited to this first volume of Schubert songs."
The Top 10 Classical Recordings of 2008 (Telegraph UK)

"Matthias Goerne in his element - and the rewards are uncommonly rich. For all the darkness, there is a gorgeous mellifluousness to Matthias Goerne's singing that leavens somewhat a very serious-minded collection of rather tragic songs. Yet he does do pain and spiritual anguish supremely well, and doubtless future instalments of this pianist-hopping Schubert edition will focus on different aspects of the song-master's art. On this evidence, it should be a collection worth investing in."
(Editor's Choice Gramophone May 2008)

This recording is the first volume of the Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition, an extensive selection of lieder accompanied by distinguished pianists, with booklet notes by Christophe Ghristi: 'Schubert, in his lieder, recalls us to our condition as short-lived wanderers. A solitary voice sings of its torments and desires, accompanied only by that equally solitary instrument, the eminently self-sufficient piano. Here is no theatre but the echo, at last perceptible, of our inner depths, where silence reigns, where all is grave and nothing lies to us.'