Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition Volume 9: Winterreise
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Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition Volume 9: Winterreise
Matthias Goerne (baritone) Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 1 November 2014
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This 'Winterreise' is the long-awaited conclusion to Matthias Goerne's Schubert Edition, which began in 2008, for harmonia mundi. Here everything is tenser, more urgent, more harrowing. This winter landscape expects no spring to come; nor will the Hurdy-Gurdy Man give any answer. In the intimate atmosphere offered by this recording, still more than in concert, the path to oblivion finds its echo in our innermost selves.
"If you're looking for a modern baritone version in digital sound, then you really can't beat this most recent one. Whatever your view on comparisons, this remains a brilliant disc, and a fitting culmination to Goerne's HM Schubert cycle." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Jan 2015)
"For the first 19 of the 24 songs they steer a moderate course...But for the last four songs they take expression to extremes, with devastating effect...There are so many ways of interpreting this, Schubert's greatest work, that it would be silly to say this was the most impressive...but this one, wonderfully recorded and always beautiful despite its violence, is among the great accounts." (Five Stars BBC Music)
"[Eschenbach] accompanies this Winterreise with marvellous flexibility, musicality and skill...Both Goerne and Eschenbach produce wonderfully subtle performances...Goerne is such an intelligent singer...This performance takes the listener into the cold landscape…Goerne and Eschenbach sing and play as one." (International record Review)
