The Hyperion Schubert Edition 30 - Winterreise / Goerne, Johnson

Editorial Reviews
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Volume 30 in Hyperion's complete Schubert song edition consists of Der Winterreise, one of the greatest and most profoundly depressing pieces of music ever written. Matthias Görne is a magnificent soloist, extracting the maximum variety of nuance from these bleak poems, but never overacting to the point where he just becomes annoying. (It's a real problem in this work. Sometimes you just want to scream at the singer "Shut up and die, already!") Adding to the attractions of this performance are Graham Johnson's magnificent notes, as thorough and clear a discussion of the music as you are ever likely to read. --David Hurwitz

The Hyperion Schubert Edition 30 - Winterreise / Goerne, Johnson, Music, Franz Schubert, Matthias Goerne, Graham Johnson, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Romantic Music for Voice and Keyboard, Vocal

Average customer rating:

My Preferred Goerne Winterreise

Sensitive, mellifluous singing without that extra intensity

Meltingly beautiful

Wonderful Winterreise

Marvelous Winterreise

The Hyperion Schubert Edition 30 - Winterreise / Goerne, Johnson
Franz Schubert , Matthias Goerne , and Graham Johnson
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002ZFO
Release Date: 1997-12-09

Tracks:

Winterreise, D 911: Gute Nacht
Winterreise, D 911: Die Wetterfahne
Winterreise, D 911: Gefrorne Tranen
Winterreise, D 911: Erstarrung
Winterreise, D 911: Der Lindenbaum
Winterreise, D 911: Wasserflut
Winterreise, D 911: Auf dem Flusse
Winterreise, D 911: Ruckblick
Winterreise, D 911: Irrlicht
Winterreise, D 911: Rast
Winterreise, D 911: Fruhlingstraum
Winterreise, D 911: Einsamkeit
Winterreise, D 911: Die Post
Winterreise, D 911: Der greise Kopf
Winterreise, D 911: Die Krahe
Winterreise, D 911: Letzte Hoffnung
Winterreise, D 911: Im Dorfe
Winterreise, D 911: Der sturmische Morgen
Winterreise, D 911: Tauschung
Winterreise, D 911: Der Wegweiser
Winterreise, D 911: Das Wirtshaus
Winterreise, D 911: Mut!
Winterreise, D 911: Die Nebensonnen
Winterreise, D 911: Der Leiermann

Amazon.com

Volume 30 in Hyperion's complete Schubert song edition consists of Der Winterreise, one of the greatest and most profoundly depressing pieces of music ever written. Matthias Görne is a magnificent soloist, extracting the maximum variety of nuance from these bleak poems, but never overacting to the point where he just becomes annoying. (It's a real problem in this work. Sometimes you just want to scream at the singer "Shut up and die, already!") Adding to the attractions of this performance are Graham Johnson's magnificent notes, as thorough and clear a discussion of the music as you are ever likely to read. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

My Preferred Goerne Winterreise.......2006-03-10

I highly recommend this disc. I prefer this Schubert Edition to Goerne's recent live version. This is my favorite recording of "Winterreise." Beautiful singing of beautiful music. Buy this CD.

Sensitive, mellifluous singing without that extra intensity.......2005-09-24

Winterreise is the peak of German lieder and Schubert's greatest song cycle. It demands a wide expressive range and great vocal cntrol. Goerne has much of what's needed, and his voice is very mellifluous and smooth--he almost croons that last few songs. However, the tragic side of Schubert's lyricism hasn't been explored here, much less unleashed. If you want a beautiful skim of Winterreise, this is a very good Cd. If you want tragic depth and total commitment, you'll have to look elsewhere.

Meltingly beautiful.......2001-03-15

Besides having a keen and instinctive sense of phrasing and shading, Matthias Goerne possesses a voice that is beautiful in color and tone and also has impressive weight and range. His heartfelt rendering of Winterreise is deeply affecting but never contrived or exaggerated. I can't think of any version I would rather listen to. Simply sublime.

Wonderful Winterreise.......2000-12-27

Goerne is at the top of his form in this wonderful performance of Schubert's most moving song cycle. Even for Fischer-Dieskau partisans (and I am among them), this is a sterling performance. One of the best of the Hyperion Schubert series. Highly rcommended.

Marvelous Winterreise.......2000-12-27

Matthias Goerne signs one of the most moving performances of this most moving song cycle. I grew up with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, but Goerne's voice and attention to the nuances of the text is as wonderful in their ways as is the "master's." Goerne is clearly one of the two or three best of the new generation. This is another feather in the cap of the Schubert series.

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