Iestyn Davies, Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Iestyn Davies, Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (2022)
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Renowned performers Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton perform Schubert’s tragic song-cycle Die schöne Müllerin (The Beautiful Maid of the Mill).

Adapting poetry by Wilhelm Müller, the genesis of D. 795 marks the beginning of the end of Schubert’s life; he discovered that he had contracted syphilis sometime in late 1822 or early 1823, and it was in 1823 that he composed this tale of a poet-singer who dies in the aftermath of erotic experience. Released under the own label of St John’s College, Cambridge, this recording acts as a celebration of Iestyn Davies’s formative period at the college; beginning there as a 7-year-old probationer in 1987, he progressed to become Head Chorister, before ultimately returning to study as a choral scholar. Alongside full texts and translations, the booklet includes a background on the work by noted Lied expert Susan Youens, as well as reflections on Iestyn’s time at St John’s from the College’s past and present Directors of Music – Christopher Robinson and Andrew Nethsingha.

Tracklist:

1. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: I. Das Wandern (02:32)
2. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Ii. Wohin? (02:15)
3. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Iii. Halt! (01:32)
4. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Iv. Danksagung an den Bach (02:24)
5. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: V. Am Feierabend (02:22)
6. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Vi. Der Neugierige (04:00)
7. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Vii. Ungeduld (02:32)
8. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Viii. Morgengruß (04:17)
9. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Ix. Des Müllers Blumen (03:15)
10. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: X. Tränenregen (04:01)
11. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Xi. Mein! (02:22)
12. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Xii. Pause (04:54)
13. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Xiii. Mit dem grünen Lautenbande (01:58)
14. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Xiv. Der Jäger (01:11)
15. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Xv. Eifersucht und Stolz (01:36)
16. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Xvi. Die liebe Farbe (04:40)
17. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Xvii. Die böse Farbe (01:57)
18. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Xviii. Trockne Blumen (04:08)
19. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Xix. Der Müller und der Bach (04:29)
20. Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: Xx. Des Baches Wiegenlied (07:44)

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