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Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin / Bostridge, Giorgini
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Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin / Bostridge, Giorgini

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Composer
SCHUBERT, FRANZ
Artist
Bostridge, Giorgini
Format
CD
Label
PENTATONE
Released
Nov 06, 2020
Catalog #
PTC5186775
UPC
827949077562

About

Ian Bostridge continues his exploration of Schubert song cycles on PENTATONE with a recording of Die schöne Müllerin, together with pianist Saskia Giorgini. Die schöne Müllerin (1823) was Schubert’s first song cycle, and simultaneously Bostridge’s first extended introduction to the Lied and all its wonders. Schubert initially conceived the cycle together with poet Wilhelm Müller as a party game among friends, but gradually got captivated by the profundity of this apparently naïve love story. Bostridge is equally fascinated by the way in which this playful, folksy piece gradually transforms into a cosmic lullaby in the final lines of the last song ‘des Baches Wiegenlied’. For pianist Giorgini, the key to - but also the greatest challenge of - interpreting Schubert’s music, and particularly Die schöne Müllerin, lies in the oceanic experience and hypnotic power of repetition. Ian Bostridge is one of the most celebrated tenors and lied interpreters of his generation. His PENTATONE recording of Schubert’s Winterreise (2019) was crowned with the ICMA Vocal Music Award 2020. Saskia Giorgini makes her PENTATONE debut.

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"Much of the rest of my career as a lieder singer has been an attempt to escape from that naïveté and to reflect the deeper waters of pieces like the “Müllerin.” That’s been annoying for some people who prefer limpid beauty to psychological torment. In my latest recording, with the brilliant Italian pianist Saskia Giorgini, a veteran of the solo repertoire whose perspective on Schubert is inflected by her immersion in Liszt and Enescu, I hope to reach some sort of accommodation between the naïve and the sentimental, the mellifluously straightforward and the anxiety-ridden hall of mirrors. The journey to do justice to the miller’s journey is an endless one."

- Ian Bostridge for the New York Times. Ian is the author of “Schubert’s Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession.”

 

REVIEW:

 

The Die schöne Müllerin poems increase in seriousness and depth as the cycle proceeds, and it is here that Bostridge adds intensity instead of striving for detachment. He has an ideal partner in the enterprise with accompanist Saskia Giorgini, whose activist stance adds new layers to the music. It's also true that Bostridge, aged 54 when the performance was given, might have had a hard time with an innocently youthful Die schöne Müllerin, but his voice really shows no signs of strain, and his interpretation is coherent and impactful. The live performance also adds something here. The listener is definitely put in a position of not knowing quite where Bostridge is going to go next, and this is all to the good. A major statement from a durable Schubert interpreter.

 

– AllMusicGuide.com (James Manheim)

 

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Das Wandern 02:33
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Das Wandern
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  2. 2 No. 2. Wohin? 02:23
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Wohin?
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  3. 3 No. 3. Halt! 01:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Halt!
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  4. 4 No. 4. Danksagung an den Bach 02:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Danksagung an den Bach
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  5. 5 No. 5. Am Feierabend 02:34
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Am Feierabend
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  6. 6 No. 6. Der Neugierige 04:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Der Neugierige
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  7. 7 No. 7. Ungeduld 02:25
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Ungeduld
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  8. 8 No. 8. Morgengruß 04:23
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Morgengruß
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  9. 9 No. 9. Des Müllers Blumen 03:10
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. Des Müllers Blumen
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  10. 10 No. 10. Tränenregen 03:52
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10. Tränenregen
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  11. 11 No. 11. Mein! 02:18
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11. Mein!
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  12. 12 No. 12. Pause 04:51
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12. Pause
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  13. 13 No. 13. Mit dem grünen Lautenbande 01:45
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 13. Mit dem grünen Lautenbande
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  14. 14 No. 14. Der Jäger 01:05
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 14. Der Jäger
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  15. 15 No. 15. Eifersucht und Stolz 01:32
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 15. Eifersucht und Stolz
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  16. 16 No. 16. Die liebe Farbe 04:14
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 16. Die liebe Farbe
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  17. 17 No. 17. Die böse Farbe 02:05
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 17. Die böse Farbe
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  18. 18 No. 18. Trockne Blumen 03:53
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 18. Trockne Blumen
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  19. 19 No. 19. Der Müller und der Bach 03:36
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 19. Der Müller und der Bach
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
  20. 20 No. 20. Des Baches Wiegenlied 06:22
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 20. Des Baches Wiegenlied
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini