Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition
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Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Andreas Haefliger (piano) Christoph Eschenbach (piano) & Elsabeth Leonskaja (soprano)
[ Harmonia Mundi / 12 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Thursday 20 October 2016
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Matthias Goerne's Schubert survey has established him as one of the most gifted exponents of the song repertoire. Goerne does not merely 'interpret' Schubert: he 'lives' each song and invites the listener to share this poetry and musical intimacy. Each of the nine albums in this set was designed as an individual programme, a poetic voyage through the vast corpus of Schubert's lieder. Matthias Goerne made his personal selection from the songs, in which the three great cycles sit alongside many masterpieces like 'Des Fischers Liebesglück', an interpretation which in itself would be enough to justify this magnificent undertaking.
"With his dark, nutty baritone and powers of characterisation, he is a near-ideal interpreter of Erlkönig; with the sublime Haefliger as his pianist, he revels in the gentler panoramas, too." Sunday Times, 24th February 2013 on Vol 7
"His darkly mellow baritone, soft-grained yet with reserves of power, is a perfect instrument for the pantheistic reveries and barcarolles on this new disc...even doubters might have to concede that no singer cares more than Goerne for the beauty and eloquence of Schubert's melodies"
Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine - March 2013 on Vol 7
"...what can only be called the Winterreise of our time. This towering performance convinced not only through its deeply felt emotions but its dramatic variety, complexity, vitality and colour ...extraordinary singing, which left me awed." Musicweb on Winterreise
"Goerne gives us performances of profound grandeur, mystery and compassion. This volumes by some way betters the first (and that was good). Remaining is the mellifluous, deep-centred voice - always easy to get addicted to - but here he also finds an attractive husky quality. Emotionally too, he is more varied, revealing patches of light as well as shade." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (on Vol 2)
"This is a simply unmissable recital, and for two prime reasons - the grave beauty of its programme and the corresponding beauty of the singer's voice. These songs of yearning, essentially spiritual, are very personal, and the imagination never shuts down. The pianist, Ingo Metzmacher, is fully responsive to this, and the recorded sound, of both voice and piano, is warm and vivid." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, February 2010 (on Vol 4)
