Schubert: Winterreise / Rutherford, Asti
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Schubert: Winterreise / Rutherford, Asti

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Composer
SCHUBERT, FRANZ
Artist
Rutherford, Asti
Format
SACD
Discs
1
Label
BIS
Released
Nov 05, 2021
Catalog #
BIS-2410
UPC
7318599924106

About

When Franz Schubert in 1827 invited a friend to the first performance of his Winterreise, he called it ‘a cycle of horrifying songs’. The texts that he had chosen to set were by the poet Wilhelm Müller, whose 24 poems form a psychodrama which starts with regret over a lost love but develops into an inner voyage in which a nameless Wanderer probes for answers to existential questions. There is no plot, no events in the external world: instead, we spy on fleeting emotions and thoughts. In setting these poems to music Schubert was confronting his own probable fate: Winterreise was completed the year before his death in 1828, at the age of 31, and he will have known that the syphilis he had contracted in late 1822 often led to insanity and paralysis before release in death. With this in mind, one understands why Schubert himself said that the cycle had cost him ‘more effort than any of my other songs.’

Originally written for tenor voice, the songs are often heard transposed to other vocal ranges. Here the whole cycle is transposed a minor third down, to suit the baritone of James Rutherford. Primarily active as an opera singer – he is a Wagner specialist – Rutherford also enjoys a long-lasting partnership with pianist Eugene Asti. On BIS the two have previously released a recording of Schubert’s Schwanengesang – a release which received top marks from the German website klassik-heute.de and was described as ‘one of the best recordings of these songs that I’ve heard’ by the reviewer in American Record Guide.

Tracklist 24 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Gute Nacht 05:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Gute Nacht
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  2. 2 No. 2. Die Wetterfahne 01:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Die Wetterfahne
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  3. 3 No. 3. Gefror'ne Tränen 02:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Gefror'ne Tränen
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  4. 4 No. 4. Erstarrung 02:55
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Erstarrung
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  5. 5 No. 5. Der Lindenbaum 04:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Der Lindenbaum
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  6. 6 No. 6. Wasserflut 03:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Wasserflut
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  7. 7 No. 7. Auf dem Flusse 03:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Auf dem Flusse
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  8. 8 No. 8. Rückblick 02:04
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Rückblick
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  9. 9 No. 9. Irrlicht 02:28
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. Irrlicht
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  10. 10 No. 10. Rast 03:26
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10. Rast
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  11. 11 No. 11. Frühlingstraum 03:49
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11. Frühlingstraum
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  12. 12 No. 12. Einsamkeit 02:53
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12. Einsamkeit
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  13. 13 No. 13. Die Post 02:14
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 13. Die Post
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  14. 14 No. 14. Der greise Kopf 02:41
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 14. Der greise Kopf
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  15. 15 No. 15. Die Krähe 01:59
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 15. Die Krähe
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  16. 16 No. 16. Letzte Hoffnung 01:57
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 16. Letzte Hoffnung
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  17. 17 No. 17. Im Dorfe 03:18
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 17. Im Dorfe
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  18. 18 No. 18. Der stürmische Morgen 00:51
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 18. Der stürmische Morgen
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  19. 19 No. 19. Täuschung 01:13
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 19. Täuschung
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  20. 20 No. 20. Der Wegweiser 04:09
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 20. Der Wegweiser
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  21. 21 No. 21. Das Wirtshaus 04:20
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 21. Das Wirtshaus
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  22. 22 No. 22. Mut 01:20
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 22. Mut
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  23. 23 No. 23. Die Nebensonnen 02:54
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 23. Die Nebensonnen
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti
  24. 24 No. 24. Der Leiermann 03:26
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 24. Der Leiermann
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Rutherford, Eugene Asti