Schubert: Der Schiffer D694 (F von Schlegel)

Christoph Sökler has devoted himself entirely to the study of the voice and has graduated with honours from a number of institutions, including the Guildhall in London. He has studied with Fischer-Dieskau and Elisabeth Schwartzkopf. His repertoire ranges from Schütz to contemporary music and he has performed throughout Europe.

Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music. He selected poems from classical Greece, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, from eighteenth-century German authors, early Romantics, Biedermeier poets, and Heine. The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition presents all Schubert’s Lieder, over 700 songs, grouped according to the poets who inspired him. Thanks to Bärenreiter’s Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (New Schubert Edition), Tübingen, which uses primary sources, the performers have been able to benefit from the most recent research of the editorial team. This disc is the fourth part of the Romantic Poets series. Volumes One, Two and Three are available on 8554797, 8557831 and 8557832.