The purpose of this website is to make available to the world an english translation of schuberts song cycle winterreise winter journey. Winterreise, an album by franz schubert, ian bostridge on spotify. The expansive possibilities of schuberts winterreise. Winterrieise was originally written for a tenor voice, but. It is clear from its genesis that schubert did not have any strict dramatic action in mind in this song cycle. Todays winterreise must be told with schuberts early nineteenthcentury world in mind.
The prototypical winterreise describes a solitary forest at the dawn of the industrial revolution. Its purpose is to describe different aspects of the cycle and to collect links to other internet sites with information regarding winterreise. All twentyfour pieces in the song cycle share similar themes, metaphors, and central conflicts. 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. 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. Franz schubert, leif ove andsnes, ian bostridge winterreise. The narrator is weak, torn, and mentally unstable for his travels. Winterreise texts and translations hampsong foundation. Winterreise winter journey is a song cycle for voice and piano by franz schubert d. It took courage beyond reckoning for schubert to set wilheim mullers poetry to music, because he saw in it his own possible fate, one of unimaginable bleakness.
Translations from the booklet of thomas hampsons recording of winterreise emiwarner classics, 1997 1. Schubert virtually invented the songcycle as an art form. The gramophone award winning partnership of gerald finley and julius drake turns to perhaps the most celebrated songcycle of them all. Martti talvela eliminates all these doubts with a sensitive, superbly sng winterreise. This week on the daily download, were featuring songs about winter. Two pieces in particular are rast rest and einsamkeit solitude. In this music, it is not enough to master the notes and correctly pronounce the words. For some time schubert appeared very upset and melancholy. Wilhelm muller 1794 1827 christoph pregardien, tenor. For the conscientious lieder singer, franz schuberts genredefining winterreise is a work of similar significance, one that must be studied, absorbed, felt, even loved before it can be satisfactorily sung.
Winterreise by christian gerhaher and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. The lyrics are based on the original poems by wilhelm muller, but arent wordforword translations. Winterreise by ian bostridgeleif ove andsnes and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. Aug 28, 20 schubert virtually invented the songcycle as an art form. In his groundbreaking lieder cycle winterreise, franz schubert brought to the fore the dark side of the yearning for happiness that channels into obsessions, fears, a sense of danger, feelings of forlornness, bleakness and exposure in hitherto unknown dimensions and with a sense of urgency. 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. Franz schubert 17971828 winterreise florian boesch baritone malcolm martineau piano.
The type of voice was not specified but the words imply a mans winter journey. Franz schuberts vocal cycle winterreise, tells the story of a man who has embarked on a long winters journey. Finley brings all his considerable dramatic powers to his performanceand all but submerges them under the ice. Winterreise winter journey is a song cycle for voice and piano by franz schubert a setting of 24 poems by wilhelm muller. Winterreise winter journey, song cycle for voice and piano, d. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. 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.
The expansive possibilities of schuberts winterreise the. Winterreise is perhaps the greatest song cycle ever written. Christian gerhaher, gerold huber, franz schubert schubert. When i asked him what was troubling him, he would say only, soon you will hear and understand. All individual tracks on onyx are now available for download in mp3 format. He wrote some six hundred romantic songs as well as many operas, symphonies, sonatas and many other works. File sizes vary but are approximately 1 mb per minute of music. Fremd bin ich eingezogen, fremd zieh ich wieder aus.
A music and text analysis of franz schuberts winterreise. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. New program notes for winterreise christopher dylan herbert. Aug 17, 2017 the dark mirror is an unusually daring way to cherish the possibilities of schuberts music, so daring that it is much better thought of as a work of our own time than of his.
It is a heartrending portrayal of a winter journey full of misery and woe. Schubert gute nacht winterreise sheet music for voice. Dec 04, 2015 winterreise winter journey, song cycle for voice and piano, d. Winterreise by mark padmore and paul lewis and 50 million songs with amazon music unlimited. A few years ago i acquired the holzmaircooper schubert songcycles on spec. Finley brings all his considerable dramatic powers to his performanceand all but submerges them under.
Nc16008 winterreise albums navis classics nativedsd music. This site is dedicated to franz schubert s lied cycle winterreise op. 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. Winterreise d 911 chamber version by normand forget. At the same time, it requires attention to our current winter. The winterreise song cycle winter journey is set to 24 poems by the poet wilhelm muller and was completed by schubert a year before his death in 1827. The dark mirror is an unusually daring way to cherish the possibilities of schuberts music, so daring that it is much better thought of as a work of our own time than of his. Joseph petric, accordeonaccordion pentaedre quintette a ventwind quintet. Franz schubert set to music the evocative poetry of his contemporary, german lyricist wilhelm muller. 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. Voice classical sheet music digital download winterreise, op. Nc16008 winterreise albums navis classics nativedsd. Franz schubert 17971828 winterreise d911 ersteabtheilung. It is about life itself and which performer does not want to give his or her opinion on life.
He wrote some six hundred romantic songs as well as many operas, symphonies, sonatas and. English translations by william mann, used here with permission. Franz peter schubert january 31, 1797 november 19, 1828, was an austrian composer. This site is dedicated to franz schuberts lied cycle winterreise op. Following purchase you will be taken to a page with a download link to. Indeed the songs shocked his friends when they first heard them. Schuberts winterreise is a masterpiece of despair, astonishing in its bleakness and enthrallingly mesmerizing as the journey continues.
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