Composer Franz Schubert was a master at setting to music the works of both contemporary and old poets. And I love this music because of its huge emotional range.
On this new recording we hear the following:
“Songs by Schubert 3”
Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, on 15 September 2014
Schubert:
Das Heimweh, D456 (Winkler)
Sehnsucht D879
Im Freien D880
Bei dir allein, D866/2
Der Wanderer an den Mond D870 (Seidl)
Das Zugenglocklein D871 (Seidl)
Die Perle, D466 (Jacobi)
Freiwilliges Versinken D700 (Mayrhofer)
Der Zurnenden Diana D707 (Mayrhofer), 2nd version
Lied des gefangenen Jägers D843 (1825) (Scott/Storck)
Normans Gesang D846 (Scott, Storck)
Der Wanderer, D489
Hippolits Lied D890 (Gerstenberg)
An die Laute D905
An mein Klavier D342 (Schubart)
Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D300 (Salis-Seewis)
Wie Ulfru fischt, D525 (Mayrhofer)
Schlaflied D527 (Mayrhofer)
An die Freunde, D654 (Mayrhofer)
Das Lied im Grünen, D917
Der Einsame, D800
Im Abendrot, D799
Klage an den Mond, D436, encore
All performed by Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Julius Drake (piano)
Ian Bostridge, one of the outstanding tenors of our time, resumes his partnership with Julius Drake for their latest disc of Schubert Lieder. From Schubert’s joyful tribute to the natural world in ‘Der Einsame’ to the desolation of ‘Der Wanderer an den Mond’, this delicately shaped program explores the theme of longing in various guises.
This release, the third volume in this Wigmore Hall Live series, captures some of the most exquisitely crafted songs of the 19th century.
Here are Ian Bostridge and Mitsuko Uchida, performing Schubert’s “Die Schoene Muellerin”:
