Schubert Winterreise
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Composer or Director: Franz Schubert
Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
Magazine Review Date: 5/1990
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 68
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: RD77055
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Winterreise |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Franz Schubert, Composer Michael Schopper, Bass |
Composer or Director: Franz Schubert
Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
Magazine Review Date: 5/1990
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: RK77055
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Winterreise |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Franz Schubert, Composer Michael Schopper, Bass |
Author: Alan Blyth
His partner is very much at one with him in approach. One notes the emphasis given to the staccato rhythm in ''Wasserflut'', the boldly illustrative treatment of the falling-leaf motif in ''Letzte Hoffnung'', and the almost deliberate avoidance of legato throughout. As this would suggest, a bleak, unvarnished reading is the result. Haefliger's is just as moving while being rather less overtly complaining, a shade more resigned, and his restrained and moving utterance has the edge over Schopper. Similarly, Dahler strikes me as the more mature player. Schopper really comes into closer contention with Bar's bitterly complaining, raw interpretation with Parsons on EMI. Bar is the more convincing because his is technically the more assured performance. The new CD is well balanced as a recording, but slightly too reverberant for such an intimate work.'
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