The Hyperion Schubert Edition 2 / Stephen Varcoe, Graham Johnson
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Schubert composed some songs that are monstrously long, almost invariably settings of one of Schiller's Romantic ballads. None of them is larger than Der Taucher, which clocks in at some 25 minutes, even in as urgent a performance as this one. It's tribute to Stephen Varcoe and Graham Johnson that they manage to sustain interest throughout the entire piece, and for the remainder of the program Johnson has selected a richly contrasted series of songs, with the ballad as the grand finale. Smart programming, and great performances. --David Hurwitz
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- Second entry verifies the series!
- Revelatory
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- A very charming voice, excellent song choice.
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The Hyperion Schubert Edition 2 / Stephen Varcoe, Graham Johnson
Franz Schubert , Stephen Varcoe , and Graham Johnson
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- Fisherman's Song: Fischerlied #1
- Fisherman's Song: Fischerlied #3
- Fisherman's Ditty: Fischerweise #2
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- Journey To Hades: Fahrt zum Hades
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Schubert composed some songs that are monstrously long, almost invariably settings of one of Schiller's Romantic ballads. None of them is larger than Der Taucher, which clocks in at some 25 minutes, even in as urgent a performance as this one. It's tribute to Stephen Varcoe and Graham Johnson that they manage to sustain interest throughout the entire piece, and for the remainder of the program Johnson has selected a richly contrasted series of songs, with the ballad as the grand finale. Smart programming, and great performances. --David Hurwitz
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Second entry verifies the series!.......2006-06-28
'The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Complete Songs, Volume 2' is sort of like the 'From Russia, With Love' of the James Bond movies, as it's quality shows that the series has some real life in it, and justifies our moving on with each succeeding entry.
I am not as much a fan of baritones doing Lieders as I am of the ladies, but I have heard this and I have heard the great Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau do Schubert and honestly and truly, I prefer the men's performances in this series supervised by Graham Johnson.
Unlike the first recording, many of the lyrics here are done by minor German poets. Only two come from Goethe and Schiller, but it is Schubert's music which is always the star of the show.
Revelatory.......2004-01-30
I'm in the early stages of collecting this series after being blown away by DIE SCHOENE MUELLERIN and WINTERREISE recordings, and this recital has provided another motivation to collect them all.
Like the other early recordings in the series, this recital lacks Graham Johnson's extensive and accessible notes (he gives each song only a short paragraph here), which I find to be a bit of a shame. But the positive side of that is the ability the listener has to make his/her own connections between the songs, which in this disc is a fruitful exploration. The theme of the recital is Schubert's water related songs, but the connection between songs is something much deeper and less describable than a simple element. The line-up of songs makes up a context that provides revelation after revelation not only into Schubert's ideas but into his art as a whole.
Among the songs are the well-known and deeply moving "Am Flusse," "Auf der Donau" and "Am Bach im Fruehling," all given rapturous and sensitive readings by Stephen Varcoe, perfectly recorded and in ideal balance with Johnson's accompaniment. As is Johnson's mission with this series, the lesser known songs are given incredible vibrancy in relation to these better known works, and conversely, the famous songs are rooted in a fully rounded picture of the composer; you won't hear them the same way again. The long closing ballad "Der Taucher" is a thrilling conclusion to this disc and musical storytelling at its best.
The one song I miss in this concert is the great "Auf dem Wasser zu singen," which would have fit in perfectly, especially in relation to "Fahrt zum Hades" and "Der Taucher." It makes more sense to me among these songs than grouped in the death songs in Volume 11--I would also have loved to hear Varcoe sing it.
I'm so glad I bought this recording and think other Schubert lovers would feel the same way.
The most wonderful voice..........2003-09-08
Steven Varcoe has the most wonderful voice. Any description won't do it justice: rich, deep, clear might be suitable adjectives, but inadequate ones. His verson of Am Bach im Fruhling (also showcased on Hyerion's sample disk of their Schubert series, "A Voyage of Discovery") is particularly beautiful and moving. Auf der Donau is another outstanding song. As noted above, even the extremely long song which concludes the album (Der Taucher) has drama and beauty and holds your attention throughout. Needless to say, Graham Johnson's accompanyment is perfect.
A very charming voice, excellent song choice........1999-12-12
This CD devotes to water. Via this collection we must surprise at that for Schubert there is so much different mood about water. Johnson makes a excellent choice for his old friend, Varcoe. Needless to say his accompaniment is excellent,as well as his noted notation about every song. Varcoe has a very relaxed and charming voice, with contemplative warmth. Their intepretion of "Fischerlied(D531)" ,"Am Flusse", "Auf der Donau" and "Wie Ulfru fischt" are very very charming.
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- Discovering the Schubert Songs
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Beware Mislabeling!.......2007-04-20
I have no quibble with the excellent reviews accorded this COMPILATION OF TRACKS FROM THE FIRST 27 ALBUMS of the Hyperion Schubert Edition. HOWEVER, the labeling here is misleading. THIS IS NOT #34 of the Schubert Edition!!! I purchased it thinking it was, and then discovered it's just a teaser compilation to purchase the set. Now I have duplication.
Whoever tags items has a great responsibility to consumers to do so very carefully. I got my copy from someone listing off this site. Because the original is mislabeled, so are all the new/used offerings linked to this site.
Amazon employees, please fix the problem and remove the desgnation "34" before the next unsuspecting consumer buys something she doesn't want.
Discovering the Schubert Songs.......2005-07-02
Franz Schubert (1779 -- 1828) composed more than 600 songs beginning from the age of about 14 until days before his death. He virtually invented the art song, and he remains the greatest composer of song in any form. Schubert had astonishing lyrical gifts and the best of his songs flow with an irrestible spontaneity. If he had composed nothing else, his output of songs would be among the treasures of music and would entitle him to the highest rank as a composer. Brahms, who was also a master of the art song, once said that there was something to be learned from each of Schubert's efforts in this form. I have loved Schubert's songs for many years and know of no other music that so readily melts my heart.
There are many ways to approach Schubert's songs and a multitude of choices on CD of both historical and contemporary recordings. The CD under discussion "A Voyage of Discovery" bids fair to be the best place to start for a newcomer. This CD is part of a monumental project, consisting of 37 CDs, to record Schubert's entire song output on Hyperion, a British label. The project was conceived by pianist Graham Johnson who is the accompanist throughout the series. Each CD in the Hyperion series comes with an extensive booklet including the texts of the songs and great detail about the poetry, Schubert's life, and the music. Each CD is also performed by one of the great singers of our day, beautifully accompanied by Johnson. But each of these CDs, alas, is expensive. And all but devoted listeners might be intimidated by 37 CDs of song.
Thus, this sampler is valuable because it is culled from the first 27 CDs in the series and includes selections by 24 outstanding singers such as Peter Schrier, Lelicity Lott, Ian Bostridge, Brigette Fassbaender, Elly Ameling, and many more. The CD was obviously prepared to encourage the listener to explore the Hyperion series further, buy it also serves as an outstanding introduction to Schubert. The songs on this CD are among Schubert's masterworks, and each is performed by a different artist. Thus the listener receives a rare opportunity to hear an introductory selection of Schubert performed by many singers in different styles. (Most samplers feature the work of only a single artist or two.) And the disk is much less expensive than its companions in the Hyperion series.
The works flow and sing, and the best way to approach this CD is to sit back, listen and enjoy. The CD encourages this approach because there is little in the way of program notes and song texts are not provided -- not even the names of the poets. But the music is lyrical and of immediate appeal. My favorites pieces here include Peter Schreier singing "Der Liebiche Stern"; Dame Felicity Lott singing "Am See"; Ian Bostridge's inspired rendition of "Mein!" from Schubert's song-cycle "Die Schone Mullerein"; John Mark Ainsley's rendition of Shakspeare's "An Silvia", Adrian Thompson's "Trost im Tranen", and Elly Ameling singing " An den Fruhling". I also enjoyed Arleen Auger's singing of a Schubert "Romanze" which features a part for the clarinet and Sarah Walker singing a version of "Standchen" with an accompaning chorus. But the entire CD is moving, lovely music.
This CD is a joy in itself for those listeners who can be satisfied with a basic exposure to the Schubert songs. But it is also a good place to begin for listeners who want to hear more of Schubert -- either on the Hyperion series or on the many other CDs of the songs that are readily available to be explored and enjoyed.
Robin Friedman
FOUR-AND-TWENTY SINGERS.......2004-05-24
How the numbers have been done is a little obscure. 26 songs, sung by 24 singers, have been selected from the first 27 records in the omnibus set of Schubert Lieder from Hyperion. Bostridge features twice, and I imagine there will be no complaints about that. The other artist to appear twice is Sarah Walker, and that is more of a mixed blessing, for several reasons. The songs are not exclusively solo works. The `Staendchen' here is neither the familiar Rellstab number from the Schwanengesang nor the Shakespeare `Hark hark the lark' but a piece with solo and male chorus, and the Romance sung by Arleen Auger has a clarinet obbligato played by Thea King. The piano accompaniment is provided throughout by Graham Johnson.
A few minor quibbles apart, this is my idea of a perfectly heavenly record, outstandingly well engineered. The selection is a judicious mix of familiar and unfamiliar. Who Is Sylvia is here, as are the Erlking and Mein from the Mill songs. Special favourites of my own are Der Allmacht and Mayrhofer's Aufloesung, both superb opportunities for a big voice, and the works cover all of Schubert's short career with Deutsch numbers ranging from 113 to 920. I think I would have liked Elizabeth Connell to hit Der Allmacht just a little harder. At the start I thought that Johnson might have been using a little too much pedal, but when I felt that most in the Sailor's Song to the Dioscuri he immediately delighted me with a lively and bouncing accompaniment in the next number Who Is Sylvia. My one real reservation concerns Erlkoenig, sung by Sarah Walker. For me, this is just not a song for a woman. Three of the four parts - father, child and the Erlking himself -- are explicitly male, and I imagine one takes the narrator to be male as well. Even more, for the one and only time on the entire disc I'm not happy with the performers' concept of the song. The tempo is too fast for my liking - the father is galloping rapidly, but any suggestion of panic ought to be reserved for the end. I also like a clean drumming sound in the piano right hand with a good strong accent on each of the four beats, clearly suggesting the hoofbeats of the horse, and too much pedal spoils it for me. What is also lost is the wonderful way the tension should relax without loss of pace before the Erlking's first song, and there is no sinister quality to the Erlking's tone as there needs to be. Fischer-Dieskau and Moore are not supplanted in my affections here.
And that's about it by way of criticisms. A disc featuring Schreier, Lott, Bostridge, Fassbaender, Allen, Baker, Mathis, Rolfe Johnson, Auger, Ameling and Varcoe to name but some can be expected to be a bit of a celebration, and that's exactly what it is. The liner booklet is even more than usually inadequate with no texts. It does not tot up the playing time either, but for me this recital was over almost as soon as it began, so much did it keep me in raptures. Strongly recommended.
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Christine Brewer Sings Schubert.......2005-10-26
Young and vital soprano Christine Brewer is now among the top Wagner and Strauss interpreters entering the arena of big voices on the operatic stage today. This recording, one volume (31) of the famed Hyperion Schubert Collection, finds her singing Schubert lieder, and given that this recording dates back to 1998, it is interesting to hear how her voice has developed.
Many of the sopranos who opt for careers in the operas of Wagner, Strauss, and the heavier weight Verdi/Puccini roles demonstrate less conviction when it comes to the communication required in the German lieder, especially Schubert. But here is Brewer eight years ago with all the promise of her soaring, rich voice addressing the smaller scale intimacies of Schubert and doing it quite successfully. Some of the vocal traits that seemed possibly problematic here (glottal attacks, a bit of pitch lurching) are happily not present in her current vocal estate!
This is an odd cluster of Schubert with Lieder combined with choral works (the Psalms), but given the overall context of Hyperion's venture, these all flow well. Certainly the artists perform them well - Graham Johnson is a superb accompanist - and the choral work is in keeping with the period. Not a great collection of works, but this early introduction to Christine Brewer will become a collector's item. She has a major career ahead! Grady Harp, October 05
Have no fear !.......2003-01-01
Of course we all demand a capable performance. Unfortunatly I am frequently dissapointed. Prepare yourself to be astonished. Christine Brewer delivers a powerful yet amazingly luscious & almost creamy sound. You will stand jaw-dropingly awed by this unique combination of powerful mastery & Soothing finesse. ENJOY
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