Schubert,F. / Kozlowski / Pawlik - Schubert: Winterreise D.911 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Schubert's music is as naive as the poet's expressions; the emotions contained in the poems are as deeply reflected in his own feelings, and these are so brought out in sound that no-one can sing or hear them without being touched to the heart. Thus read a Viennese critic's review of Winterreise, a true masterpiece published in the final year of the composer's life. Enthralled by the verse of Wilhelm Muller (1794-1827), Schubert slightly changed the order of the poems so as to make a story - of a wanderer, a homeless man, unrequited in love and disappointed by the whole word. A tale that has always prompted questions as to what degree it reflects the personal experiences of the two artists, the poet and the musician, coevals whose lives ended too soon. The motif of a vagrant, an outcast loner, was characteristic of 19th-century Romanticism, yet it seems to resonate with the feeling of solitude of those living today. Possessing a robust, colorful voice, the bass Jan Martinik inheres an immense sensitivity for expressing the intimacy of Schubert's songs. He has proved his calibre by having attained success at international competitions, as well as by having performed to great acclaim on major opera stages. Following his Supraphon debut, Martinik has recorded Winterreise, splendidly accompanied on the piano by David Marecek. The virtue of their joint music journey lies in modest simplicity and profound intimacy.

Album Tracks 1. Gute Nacht 2. Die Wetterfahne 3. Gefrorne Tränen 4. Erstarrung 5. Der Lindenbaum 6. Wasserflut 7. Auf Dem Flusse 8. Rückblick 9. Irrlicht 10. Rast 11. Frühlingstraum 12. Einsamkeit 13. Die Post 14. Der Greise Kopf 15. Die Krähe 16. Letzte Hoffnung 17. Im Dorfe 18. Der Stürmische Morgen 19. Täuschung 20. Der Wegweiser 21. Das Wirtshaus 22. Mut 23. Die Nebensonnen 24. Der Leiermann

Album Tracks 1. Gute Nacht 2. Die Wetterfahne 3. Gefror'ne Tranen 4. Erstarrung 5. Der Lindenbaum 6. Wasserflut 7. Auf Dem Flusse 8. Ruckblick 9. Irrlicht 10. Rast 11. Fruhlingstraum 12. Einsamkeit 13. Die Post 14. Der Greise Kopf 15. Die Krahe 16. Letzte Hoffnung 17. Im Dorfe 18. Der Sturmische Morgen 19. Tauschung 20. Der Wegweiser 21. Das Wirtshaus 22. Mut! 23. Die Nebensonnen 24. Der Leiermann