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World famous mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and conductor-pianist Yannick Nézet-Séguin join forces to take on one of the most brilliant song cycles ever written Schubert's Winterreise (Winter Journey). DiDonato, however, casts a different light on this beloved cycle of 24 songs in telling their story from the perspective of the woman, the lost love. Nancy Plum, Town Topics writes InchThe question of what happened to the woman who sent the narrator on a tortuous journey was not answered in the Wilhelm Müller poetry from which Schubert drew the text, but DiDonato created a scenario onstage of being that woman, reading from the narrator's journal and responding to the inherent despair.Inch InchWhat stood out was the heavy emotion that came through in her singing, as she lingered on a syllable here, pressed her tone there. She created vivid feelings with her contrastsInch wrote New York Classical Review about Joyce Didonato's interpretation. Album Tracks 1. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 1, Gute Nacht 2. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 2, Die Wetterfahne 3. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 3, Gefrorne Tränen 4. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 4, Erstarrung 5. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 5, Der Lindenbaum 6. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 6, Wasserflut 7. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 7, Auf Dem Flusse 8. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 8, Rückblick 9. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 9, Irrlicht 10. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 10, Rast 11. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 12, Einsamkeit 12. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 13, Die Post 13. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 14, Der Greise Kopf 14. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 15, Die Krähe 15. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 16, Letzte Hoffnung 16. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 17, Im Dorfe 17. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 No. 18, Der Stürmische Morgen 18.
