Wolf Siegmeth Hunstein - Winterreise - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Karwoche 2. Auf Ein Altes Bild 3. Er Ist's 4. Neue Liebe 5. In Der Frã1/4He 6. Schlafendes Jesuskind 7. Seufzer 8. Wo Find Ich Trost 9. Gebet 10. Herr, Was TRÄGT Der Boden Hier 11. Wunden TRÄGST Du, Mein Geliebter 12. Gesang Weylas 13. Denk'es, O Seele! 14. An Den Schlaf 1. Karwoche 2. Auf Ein Altes Bild 3. Er Ist's 4. Neue Liebe 5. In Der Frã1/4He 6. Schlafendes Jesuskind 7. Seufzer 8. Wo Find Ich Trost 9. Gebet 10. Herr, Was TRäGT Der Boden Hier 11. Wunden TRäGST Du, Mein Geliebter 12. Gesang Weylas 13. Denk'es, O Seele! 14. An Den Schlaf

From the first notes, the snowy steps of InchFremd bin ich eingezogenInch (As a stranger I arrived), the new recording of Schubert's InchWinterreiseInch by the Gewandhauschor makes one sit up and take notice Choirmaster Gregor Meyer has arranged one of the most paramount lieder cycles for his InchinstrumentInch, the choir, and makes virtuosic use of the possibilities offered by the ensemble's polyphony and sonority. Meyer has split the original piano part between two accordions, played here by Heidi and Uwe Steger. Their instruments are astonishingly close to the human voice, breathing, shouting, whispering, and singing. Tobias Berndt, an accomplished lied singer, takes on the baritone solo part in this recording with the choir of one of the most renowned concert halls Album Tracks 1. No. 1. Gute Nacht [05 33] 2. No. 2. Die Wetterfahne [01 57] 3. No 3. Gefror'ne Tränen [02 22] 4. No. 4. Erstarrung [02 44] 5. No. 5. Der Lindenbaum [05 06] 6. No. 6. Wasserflut [04 10] 7. No. 7. Auf Dem Flusse [03 35] 8. No. 8. Rückblick [01 57] 9. No. 9. Irrlicht [03 15] 10. No. 10. Rast [04 09] 11. No. 11. Frühlingstraum [03 34] 12. No. 12. Einsamkeit [02 46] 13. No. 13. Die Post [02 25] 14. No. 14. Der Greise Kopf [03 20] 15. No. 15. Die Krähe [01 41] 16. No. 16. Letzte Hoffnung [02 22] 17. No. 17. Im Dorfe [03 10] 18. No. 18. Der Stürmische Morgen [00 56] 19. No. 19. Täuschung [01 25] 20. No. 20. Der Wegweiser [04 00] 21. No. 21. Das Wirtshaus [03 24] 22. No. 22. Mut [01 24] 23. No. 23. Die Nebensonnen [02 38] 24. No. 24. Der Leiermann [04 18

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.