Starter Packs

Complete your collection with these curated titles, grouped at a special discount.

Shop Now
Schubert: Schwanengesang & Einsamkeit / Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
PENTATONE

Schubert: Schwanengesang & Einsamkeit / Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt

$19.99

Details

Composer
Franz Schubert
Artist
Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
Format
CD
Label
PENTATONE
Released
Sep 23, 2022
Catalog #
PTC5186786
UPC
827949078668

About

Tenor Ian Bostridge completes his Pentatone trilogy of Schubert song cycles with a rendition of Schwanengesang, together with the renowned pianist Lars Vogt. Schwanengesang was compiled and published after Schubert’s death, and the pieces are literally among his swansongs. Ranging from the romantic ‘Ständchen’ to the gloomy ‘Der Doppelgänger’, these lieder are all infused with a deep sense of melancholia and longing. Just like Winterreise, they are most suited for mature interpreters, both vocally and in terms of life experience, and this recording captures Bostridge’s ripened interpretation, enhanced by Vogt’s masterful playing. Schwanengesang is coupled with the extensive song Einsamkeit (Loneliness), which further adds to the desolate, but ultimately consoling character of the album. Pentatone is very grateful that Vogt managed to make this recording despite a serious medical condition. Sadly enough, he eventually did not live to see the album’s release.

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. Bostridge has also released Die schöne Müllerin (2020) and Respighi Songs (2021) with the label. Lars Vogt, one of the leading pianists of our time, makes his Pentatone debut.

REVIEW:

This 2022 release, which pianist Lars Vogt did not live to see, is one of the pianist's swan songs, and it makes a fitting memorial. This may be one of the factors that propelled the album onto classical best-seller lists in the autumn of 2022, but the album has intrinsic merits on which it can rest.

Vogt delivers an exceptional performance as an accompanist in these pieces. To an unusual degree, they emancipate the accompaniment from the melody line, and Vogt's way of setting a whole scene with the introductions is uncanny. As for the star of the show, tenor Ian Bostridge, one notes a new richness in his lower register as he approaches his sixth decade. Otherwise, this is trademark Bostridge, with flexible lines tending toward an operatic approach, clear diction, and controlled emotion. Another draw is the presence of Einsamkeit, D. 620, a set of connected songs that shows Schubert responding directly to Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98. The real star here though, perhaps, is Vogt, and it is good to have this release to remember him.

-- AllMusic.com (James Manheim)

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Liebesbotschaft 02:49
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Liebesbotschaft
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  2. 2 No. 2. Kriegers Ahnung 05:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Kriegers Ahnung
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  3. 3 No. 3. Frühlingssehnsucht 03:20
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Frühlingssehnsucht
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  4. 4 No. 4. Ständchen (Serenade) 03:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Ständchen (Serenade)
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  5. 5 No. 5. Aufenthalt 02:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Aufenthalt
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  6. 6 No. 6. In der Ferne 06:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. In der Ferne
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  7. 7 No. 7. Abschied 04:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Abschied
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  8. 8 No. 8. Der Atlas 02:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Der Atlas
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  9. 9 No. 9. Ihr Bild 02:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. Ihr Bild
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  10. 10 No. 10. Das Fischermädchen 02:01
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10. Das Fischermädchen
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  11. 11 No. 11. Die Stadt 03:10
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11. Die Stadt
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  12. 12 No. 12. Am Meer 04:33
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12. Am Meer
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  13. 13 No. 13. Der Doppelgänger 04:25
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 13. Der Doppelgänger
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  14. 14 No. 14. Die Taubenpost 03:55
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 14. Die Taubenpost
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  15. 15 Gib mir die Fülle der Einsamkeit! - 03:48
    Track
    15
    Title
    Gib mir die Fülle der Einsamkeit! -
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  16. 16 Gib mir die Fülle der Tätigkeit! - 02:23
    Track
    16
    Title
    Gib mir die Fülle der Tätigkeit! -
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  17. 17 Gib mir das Glück der Geselligkeit! - 03:11
    Track
    17
    Title
    Gib mir das Glück der Geselligkeit! -
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  18. 18 Gib mir die Fülle der Seligkeit! - 02:44
    Track
    18
    Title
    Gib mir die Fülle der Seligkeit! -
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  19. 19 Gib mir die Fülle der Düsterkeit! - 02:49
    Track
    19
    Title
    Gib mir die Fülle der Düsterkeit! -
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt
  20. 20 Gib mir die Weihe der Einsamkeit! 03:15
    Track
    20
    Title
    Gib mir die Weihe der Einsamkeit!
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt