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| |  | Schubert - Lieder
Schubert: | Die Gotter Griechenlands D677 (Schiller) An die Musik D547 Ganymed, D544 (Goethe) Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt, D877/4 Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118 Wonne der Wehmut D260 (Goethe) Rastlose Liebe, D138 Auf dem See, D543 (Goethe) Liebe schwarmt auf allen Wegen, D239 No. 6 (Goethe) An Sylvia, D891 An die Nachtigall, D196 (Holty) An den Mond, D193 Nachtviolen D752 (Mayrhofer) Schlaflied D527 (Mayrhofer) Die Sternenwelten, D307 (Fellinger) Romanze, D114 (Matthisson) Die junge Nonne, D828 Auf der Riesenkoppe, D611 Im Frühling, D882 Sei mir gegrüsst! D741 (Rückert) Dass sie hier gewesen! D775 (Rückert) Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert) Lachen und Weinen, D777 An die untergehende Sonne, D457 Im Abendrot, D799 |
The pieces selected for this recording mark out the milestones of a brief, rich and critically important career as a song composer, ranging in time from 1814 to 1826.Alongside the classic Schubert themes found here, such as deliverance and night, death, flight from the world and hope, we also encounter poets who were more than merely fixed stars in the composer's cosmos, including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the writer he most often set, and Johann Baptist Mayrhofer.We can hear for ourselves a captivating, evocative musical language. It speaks of the constant struggle of an individual, his bitterness, his longing, and his desire for deliverance. Yet, however deeply Schubert bathed in this Romantic current, throughout his life art remained for him the only key that might perhaps lead to a 'better world'.And so, in 1817, he took up a text by his friend Franz von Schober to compose an ode to the all-placating 'blessed art' in An die Musik D547: music, which for Schubert, as he wrote to Schober in 1818, was nothing less than 'my beloved'. Bernarda Fink, has sung in numerous opera productions and has made over fifty recordings with a repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to Brahms and Bruckner, many for harmonia mundi and with René Jacobs. She has been flatteringly referred to as the natural successor to the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and to both [the living] Brigitte Fassbaender and Dame Janet Baker. Gerold Huber studied with Friedemann Berger and Helmut Deutsch in Munich, then attended Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's lied class in Berlin. In addition to his regular appearances with Christian Gerhaher, he also performs with Ruth Ziesak, Cornelia Kallisch, Diana Damrau and Franz-Josef Selig and has also performed with the Artemis Quartet. “The clear, unfettered lyrical mezzo of Bernardo Fink makes this a winning new Schubert recital…” BBC Music Magazine, October 2008 **** “This superlative disc, worthy of 10 stars establishes the mezzo Bernarda Fink as one of today’s great artists. The simplicity of her approach to Schubert is part of her magic. No arch mannerisms, no exaggerated
emotion, but no lack of passion and insight. On every track you will find inspiration working at full intensity. She has the poise of a Ludwig. Even in the best known songs, she brings a fresh sense of adventure. Gerhard
Huber is he accomplished pianist.” Sunday Telegraph “[Fink's] Schubert springs directly from the eloquence of her diction, her understanding of the text and the velvet-like beauty of her exquisite mezzo-soprano. Nobody who loves Schubert should forgo the pleasures of this fine singing and playing. One of the records of the year, no doubt” Sunday Times, 24th August 2008 ***** “We're conscious throughout of a great voice superbly controlled, though [Fink] doesn't give nearly enough attention to words or expressive detail.” Tim Ashley, The Guardian, 12th September 2008 *** “Supported by Huber's faultless articulation, Fink's tender tone and perfect diction relect every nuance of emotion in the modulations of 'Im Frühling' and 'Dass sie hier gewesen'” The Independent, 7th September 2008 “One of the most versatile, as at ease in Baroque repertoire as in music from Handel and Mozart to Schumann, Fink's rich, warm voice boasts the perfect blend of colour and clarity.” The Observer | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“Perhaps the scherzo is a little fierce, missing a Viennese lilt in the gliding waltz tune. But the finale, a glorious celebration of the power of movement, is magnificent in its mingled buoyancy and gargantuan energy.” Richard Wigmore, The Telegraph, 13th September 2008 “…the most remarkable recording of this elusive work since Furtwängler's famous Berlin account in 1951. It has a ferocity which, in some places, notably the climax of the second movement, turns into a frightening stampede, to be followed by a prolonged awed silence.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2008 ***** “…a strikingly live and vital account of Schubert's Ninth… Orchestral textures are light and clear, speeds brisk but not over-driven, detail clear and neatly etched with the string-playing responsive and polished.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2008 “In an age of deodorised live recordings, this rough diamond document of that concert is thrilling … A miraculous work played with humour, wisdom and daring.” The Independent on Sunday “The Philharmonia's playing was fabulous…” The Independent “if anything could convert me [to the Ninth], it's this thrilling live recording on the enterprising Signum label. Without forcing a note, Charles Mackerras finds a path through the work which creates a convincing emotional journey - the race to the end is particularly exciting - and the sound of the Philharmonia Orchestra simply glows with warmth.” METRO | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Schubert - Piano Trio No. 1
Jean-Claude Pennetier (piano), Régis Pasquier (violin) & Roland Pidoux (cello) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Schubert - Trout Quintet
Christophe Gaugué (viola) & Stéphane Logerot (double-bass) Trio Wanderer | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Krystian Zimerman plays Chopin and Schubert
Krystian Zimerman - the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw at the age of eighteen – giving his Homage to Chopin and Schubert As a brilliant musician, a renown specialist in Romantic music Krystian Zimerman combines all the prerequisites for an authorative interpretation of Chopin´s works. Krystian Zimerman’s peerless artistry, filmed in 1987 by director Humphrey Burton. In 5.1 DTS Surround Sound “Zimerman's approach to playing the piano has greatness written all over it. It has intensity, majesty, intimacy, daring, and simplicity, and above all insight” The Times “Fascinating visual confirmation of the purely acoustical impression of Zimerman’s Chopin recordings...In the Schubert, flawless pianism, satisfying conceptions, lucid and deft – plus superb piano sound quality” FonoForum “Finally transferred to DVD, Humphrey Burton's beautiful filming from 1987 of the 3-year-old Krystian Zimerman has a wonderfully timeless quality. The playing is a marvel of finely balanced sensitivity, fire and colour.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Abbado in Concert
Brahms: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Wiener Philharmoniker | Mozart: | Kyrie in D minor, K341 Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovšek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley & Jorge Pita Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker Grabmusik, K42: Betracht dies Herz Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovšek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley & Jorge Pita Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339: Laudate Dominum Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovšek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley & Jorge Pita Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker | Rossini: | La Cenerentola Overture Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | Schubert: | Mass No. 6 in E flat major, D950 Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovšek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley & Jorge Pita Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker |
The ’All Saints Day Concert’ - besides the New Year´s concert the most important Viennese music event - from the Musikvereinssaal, Vienna from 1986 with sacred music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert. Superb soloists like Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovsek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley and Jorge Pita, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Chorus under the baton of maestro Abbado. “the most widely respected living conductor” New York Times “The Schubert Mass may tax Abbado's greatest fans. Yet the Mozart sequence with Karita Mattila is revelatory, camerawork for the Brahms Second Piano Concerto as fluid and imaginative as the Abbado-Pollini partnership...He combines a phenomenal technique with a poetic temperament. Wonderful.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2008 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Franz Schubert - The Song Cycles
“A seductive trilogy of Fischer-Dieskau at the young heart of his career: a classic Schöne Müllerin; one of the most enriching of at least 30 recordings of Winterreise; and the best Schwanengesang on disc, unique in its searching insight and sustained intensity.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2008 ***** “It [is] no mere repeat of earlier triumphs. If anything, these performances - notably that of the darkest and greatest of the cycles, Winterreise - are even more searching than before, with Moore matching the hushed concentration of the singer in some of the most remarkable playing that even he had ever put on record.” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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