Roderick Williams – Schubert: Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Roderick Williams – Schubert: Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 (2021)
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Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside complete their survey of Schubert’s song cycles with this recording of Winterreise. Composed in the late 1820s, towards the end of Schubert’s tragically short life, Winterreise (“Winter Journey”) is a setting of twenty-four poems by Wilhelm Müller and describes a traveller leaving the town which was the home of the object of his unrequited love, to embark on a long journey, through a chill, wintry landscape, which ends in near-suicidal despair.

This recording represents the culmination of a project that started back in 2015, when Williams accepted the challenge to prepare and perform all three song cycles in one season at the Wigmore Hall in London. Turning this challenge into a shared learning experience, Williams lead workshops and study days as well as numerous performances in a variety of venues.

As in the case of the previous instalments (Schwanengesang and Die schöne Müllerin), also recorded at Potton Hall, Suffolk, Roderick Williams is accompanied by Iain Burnside, who plays a Steinway Model D.

Tracklist:
1. Roderick Williams – No. 1, Gute Nacht (05:28)
10. Roderick Williams – No. 10, Rast (03:25)
11. Roderick Williams – No. 11, Frühlingstraum (03:52)
12. Roderick Williams – No. 12, Einsamkeit (02:37)
13. Roderick Williams – No. 13, Die Post (02:17)
14. Roderick Williams – No. 14, Der greise Kopf (02:51)
15. Roderick Williams – No. 15, Die Krähe (02:05)
16. Roderick Williams – No. 16, Letzte Hoffnung (02:05)
17. Roderick Williams – No. 17, Im Dorfe (03:30)
18. Roderick Williams – No. 18, Der stürmische Morgen (00:55)
19. Roderick Williams – No. 19, Täuschung (01:28)
2. Roderick Williams – No. 2, Die Wetterfahne (01:58)
20. Roderick Williams – No. 20, Der Wegweiser (04:17)
21. Roderick Williams – No. 21, Das Wirtshaus (04:18)
22. Roderick Williams – No. 22, Mut (01:30)
23. Roderick Williams – No. 23, Die Nebensonnen (02:53)
24. Roderick Williams – No. 24, Der Leiermann (03:42)
3. Roderick Williams – No. 3, Gefrorne Tränen (02:20)
4. Roderick Williams – No. 4, Erstarrung (03:16)
5. Roderick Williams – No. 5, Der Lindenbaum (04:48)
6. Roderick Williams – No. 6, Wasserflut (03:50)
7. Roderick Williams – No. 7, Auf dem Flusse (03:27)
8. Roderick Williams – No. 8, Rückblick (02:08)
9. Roderick Williams – No. 9, Irrlicht (02:32)

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