All twentyfour pieces in the song cycle share similar themes, metaphors, and central conflicts. Two pieces in particular are rast rest and einsamkeit solitude. Winterreise is a song cycle for voice and piano by franz schubert, a setting of 24 poems by wilhelm muller. Thematisches verzeichnis seiner werke in chronologischer folge. For sheer vocal splendour, jonas kaufmann is unrivalled in winterreise since jon vickers, whose controversial 1983 recording is revelatory or grotesque, according to taste. Schubert wrote the cycle for a tenor, and lower voices sometimes dont sound right, but inaddition there are questions of agility and flexibility as well as emotional range. He is particularly noted for his original melodic and harmonic writing. He wrote some 600 lieder, nine symphonies including the famous unfinished symphony, liturgical music, operas, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music. During his short but prolific career, he produced masterpieces in nearly every genre, all characterized by rich harmonies, an expansive treatment of classical forms, and a seemingly endless gift. Winterreise texts and translations hampsong foundation. Franz schuberts winterreise, which has been interpreted by all the leading male and female singers, is widely regarded as the peak of lieder singing.
English translations by william mann, used here with permission. The lyrics are based on the original poems by wilhelm muller, but arent wordforword translations. Franz peter schubert was among the first of the romantics, and the composer who, more than any other, brought the art song lied to artistic maturity. Translations from the booklet of thomas hampsons recording of winterreise emiwarner classics, 1997 1. Martti talvela eliminates all these doubts with a sensitive, superbly sng winterreise. Winterreise, an album by franz schubert, jonas kaufmann on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Although he died at an early age, schubert was tremendously prolific.
The text shown above is the exactly the way franz schubert used the text when he set it to music including the repeats, which reflect the repeats in the music. Franz schuberts vocal cycle winterreise, tells the story of a man who has embarked on a long winters journey. Franz peter schubert 17971828 was an austrian composer. At moments say, the clinching final phrase of each verse of wasserflut kaufmann unleashes a formidable operatic blade of tone. Franz schubert introduction and variations for flute and piano in e. Listen to schuberts winterreise by philippe sly and le chimera. The narrator is weak, torn, and mentally unstable for his travels. Winterreise, an album by franz schubert, ian bostridge on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Title franz schubert s winterreise summary tenor ian bostridge and pianist julius drake bring a masterly command of vocal nuance and style to schubert s late masterpiece, a bleak, powerfully cathartic song cycle written in the last months of the composers life. With all due respect to the eminence of alan blyth, blyths emphatic resistance to the modernist reading undertaken by schafer and schneider not only discounts the musicological trajectory that justifiably links schubert s idiom with twentiethcentury innovations, it also creates the impression that winterreise lies, definitely. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at.
The purpose of this website is to make available to the world an english translation of schuberts song cycle winterreise winter journey. Dietrich fischerdieskau, alfred brendel franz schubert. In these poems, muller took a romantic cliche an alienated, isolated wanderer on a journey into the wintry geography of the soul in search of self. Schuberts winterreise is one of the most famous song cycles that exist in classical music and musicians take it up again and again because of its beauty, sorrow and depth. These first lines of schuberts winterreise speak an unshakeable truth we are, all of us, alone on a journey in an unfamiliar landscape. Franz peter schubert january 31, 1797 november 19, 1828, was an austrian composer. Franz schubert quatuor les heures du jour alain buet. Mar 29, 2019 winterreise winter journey by franz schubert i came here a stranger, as a stranger i depart. The gramophone award winning partnership of gerald finley and julius drake turns to perhaps the most celebrated songcycle of them all.
Schuberts winterreise is one of the most famous song cycles that exist in. Tenor ian bostridge and pianist julius drake bring a masterly command of vocal nuance and style to schuberts late masterpiece, a bleak. He wrote some six hundred romantic songs as well as many operas, symphonies, sonatas and many other works. When franz schubert first played his song cycle winterreise winter journey for a few friends in 1828, they were amazed by how dark and grim it was, with most of the songs in minor keys. Every song in the twopart cycle of 24 settings of poems by wilhelm muller throws a brilliant light on successive scenes, moments and thoughts in the journey of the wanderer. Public domain compositions, and 3 music rights societies. He wrote some 600 lieder, nine symphonies including the famous unfinished symphony, liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music. Finley brings all his considerable dramatic powers to his performanceand all but submerges them under. Winterreise, a klezmerroma version by philippe sly. Schubert gute nacht winterreise sheet music for voice. It is about life itself and which performer does not want to give his or her opinion on life. This collection of songs sets various poems from wilhelm mullers 1824 volume of verse, whose title translates as the winter journey. When franz schubert first played his song cycle winterreise winter journey for a.
We index the freetodownload classical mp3s on the internet. The text was a set of introspective poems by wilhelm muller imagining someone returning to a place where he had fallen in love and had his heart broken long ago. No tracks from this album are available on youtube, but you can hear the. This recording demonstrates why he can frequently be heard on radio broadcasts and in concert halls across the world. Schuberts winterreise is a masterpiece of despair, astonishing in its bleakness and enthrallingly mesmerizing as the journey continues. Schubert winterreise gute nacht, hans hotter, gerald moore by ablacsia.
His apprentice piece was the very first recording of the cycle for the rias a youthful, immediate and almost operatic interpretation of wilhelm mullers. Franz schubert 31 jan 1797 vienna 19 nov 1828 vienna. Franz peter schubert 31 january 1797 19 november 1828 performers. The narrator of these 24 songs has forgone all that might be called home to him a lover, family. A music and text analysis of franz schuberts winterreise.
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