Dorian Recordings
DOR-90145
WINTERREISE D911
POEMS BY WILHELM MÜLLER
VICTOR BRAUN, BARITONE
ANTONIN KUBALEK, PIANO
Winterreise was composed in 1827 to verses by the same Wilhelm Müller who had already furnished the lyrics for Schubert's other great song cycle Die schöne Müllerin.… Müller died in 1827, and so never heard Schubert's settings of his poems. … But for Schubert's settings of his poems, Müller would have been long forgotten. It is Schubert's genius that transforms the poet's rather simple, often sentimental but unpretentious verses in a unique and unforgettable way, illuminating and deepening their meaning so as to universalize the wanderer's experience. Müller contributed singable lines; the composer the rest.
- Kurt Moses © 1990
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FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) WINTERREISE D911 [1] Gute Nacht / Good Night / Bonne Nuit [2] Die Wetterfahne / The Weather Vane / La Girouette [3] Gefrorne Tränen / Frozen Tears / Larmes Gelées [4] Erstarrung / Numbness / Engourdissement [5] Der Lindenbaum / The Linden Tree / Le Tilleul [6] Wasserflut / Flood Waters / Inondation [7] Auf dem Flusse / On the Stream / Sur le Fleuve [8] Rückblick / Backward Glance / Regard en Arrière [9] Irrlicht / Jack o'lantern / Feu Follet [10] Rast / Rest / Trêve [11] Frühlingstraum / Dream of Spring / Rêve de Printemps [12] Einsamkeit / Loneliness / Solitude [13] Die Post / The Post / La Poste [14] Der griese Kopf / Grey Head / La Tête de Vieillard [15] Die Krähe / The Crow / La Corneille [16] Letzte Hoffnung / Last Hope / Dernier Espoir [17] Im Dorfe / In the Village / Au Village [18] Der stürmische Morgen / Stormy Morning / La Matinée de Tempête [19] Täuschung / Delusion / Illusion [20] Der Wegweiser / The Sign-post / Le Poteau Indicateur [21] Das Wirtshaus / The Inn / L'Auberge [22] Mut! / Courage! / Courage ! [23] Die Nebensonnen / Mock Suns / Les Soleils Fantômes [24] Der Leiermann / The Organ-grinder / Le Joueur de Vielle |
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