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Schubert: Winterreise | 
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| Artists: Franz Schubert, Thomas Quasthoff, Charles Spencer
Label: Sony Classics
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 127514
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 090266314720
EAN: 0090266314720
ASIN: B00000DFKL
Release Date: October 13, 1998
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| Tracks:
| • | Book I, Gute Nacht ("Fremd bin ich eingezogen") | | • | Book I, Die Wetterfahne ("Der Wind spielt mit der Wetterfane") | | • | Book I, Nicht zu langsam ("Gefror'ne Tropfen fallen") | | • | Book I, Erstarrung ("Ich such' im Schnee vergebens") | | • | Book I, Der Lindenbaum ("Am Brunnen vor dem Tore") | | • | Book I, Wasserflut ("Manche Thran' aus meinen Augen") | | • | Book I, Auf Dem Flusse ("Der du so lustig rauschtest") | | • | Book I, Ruckblick ("Es brennt mir unter beiden Sohlen") | | • | Book I, Irrlicht ("In die tiefsten Felsengrunde") | | • | Book I, Rast ("Mun merk' ich erst, wie mud' ich bin") | | • | Book I, Fruhlingstraum ("Ich traumte von bunten Blumen") | | • | Book I, Einsamkeit ("Wie eine trube Wolke") | | • | Book II, Die Post ("Von der Strasse her ein Posthorn klingt") | | • | Book II, Der Greise Kopf ("Der Reif hat einen weissen Schein") | | • | Book II, Die Krahe ("Eine Drahe war mit mir") | | • | Book II, Letzte Hoffnung ("Hie und da ist an den Baumen") | | • | Book II, Im Dorfe ("Es bellen die Hunde, es rasseln die Ketten") | | • | Book II, Der Strumische Morgen ("Wie hat der Sturm zerrissen") | | • | Book II, Tauschung ("Ein Licht tanzt freundlich vor mir her") | | • | Book II, Der Wegweiser ("Was vermeid' ich denn die Wege") | | • | Book II, Das Wirtshaus ("Auf einen Totenacker") | | • | Book II, Mut ("Fliegt der Schnee mir in's Cesicht") | | • | Book II, Die Nebensonnen ("Drei Sonnen sah ich am Himmel steh'n") | | • | Book II, Der Leiermann ("Druben hinterm Dorfe steht ein Leitermann") |
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| Editorial Reviews:
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Written the year before Schubert's death, these 24 songs describe a journey that takes us ever deeper into the frozen landscape of the soul, and this superb performance evokes and communicates every nuance of their wintry bleakness and despair. Quasthoff is a fabulous singer; his voice is dark, perfectly focused, infinitely variable in color and inflection; his intonation and diction are impeccable; his breath control is unlimited. Quasthoff identifies completely with both words and music; his deeply inward expressiveness makes these heartbreaking songs almost unbearably moving. The piano sound is a bit dry and remote, but the playing is splendid, setting mood and atmosphere, creating and underlining character and emotion. --Edith Eisler
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| Customer Reviews:
 Exquisite Singing and Interpretation January 5, 2007
Thomas F. Cooke (West Hartford, CT)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Of the lower voices on the scene right now, Thomas Quasthoff is by far and away my favorite. He combines an incredible range with incomparable vocal quality (the warmth of his voice is evident on this recording) and a willingness to depart from "beautiful" when the text calls for something different. His peers mostly offer the same sound, all the time - a sound that plays best in large halls. While Quasthoff can fill the larger halls at will, it is his versatility that makes his lieder so wonderful.
This is a wonderful recording of Winterreise - Quasthoff and Spencer make the cycle sound effortless, almost to a fault. Their interpretation at times seems too cautious, particularly in view of Quasthoff's usual readiness to take interpretive risks. He chooses the "low voice" arrangements which place the songs in the heart of his range, sometimes at the cost of excitement at the top. Nonetheless, they capture the essence of the music and text. "Der Wegweiser" and "Das Wirtshaus," for example, are perfect.
With that qualification, I have played it again and again. He's the best.
Quasthoff on the verge--touching greatness but not yet there January 8, 2006
Santa Fe listener
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
By 1998 when this Winterreise was recorded, Thomas Quasthoff had thoroughly mastered lieder style. He sings with beautiful articulation and understands the poetry. But good as his performance is, it doesn't take risks. In a few short years Quasthoff would discover the incredible range of color and tone that he uniquely delivers today. The earlier Quasthoff produes a firm, steady baritone with only a few tonal changes. In addition, he had yet to join forces with his current, superlative accompanist, Justus Zayan. At their best they are the only match for Pears and Britten to be heard. On this CD Charlges Spencer plays proficiently but no more. The recorded sound is rock-star close (lips touching the microphone--we could use a little more breathing room.
performance November 15, 2003
RC (Raleigh, NC)
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
Quasthoff is magical in live performance as well as on disc, even better in fact. Yes that's correct-he performs on stage and i would advise anyone who has an opportunity to hear him live to do so. PSPA or whatever his name is should know he performs live, being from Boston-he just performed Schwanengesang last year in Jordan Hall (Boston). He has also recently ventured into opera, so i don't know where that review came from. And by the way, Dieskau's "technical perfection"? He had many things but technical perfection was not one of them. Buy this disc.
The essence of bass-baritone sound June 19, 2001
Stephen T. Andrews (Chicago, IL USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I own five copies of Winterreise - Prey, Fischer-Dieskau, Goerne, and Hampson in addition to this one. All the rest take a very baritonal approach - Goerne seems to want to be a tenor most of the time. Quasthoff has a completely different sound; rich in quality throughout the registers. Note that he is also singing the standard Peters "Low Voice" keys. Emotionally, this is also very satisfying. The craziness is not on the surface as with Hampson or (to some extent) Prey. In the last song, Leiermann, this a little disconcerting - there one almost expects the weirdness. But elsewhere, the approach is to grasp the musical core first, and then find the expressiveness in the words, not to tell an overall existential story. But each song is done very powerfully.
Weighty and Moving March 15, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I agree that Mr. Quasthoff's interpretation conveys less personal forlornness than some other renditions. Yet his more narrative approach dramatically conveys the tragedy inherent in the story. His heavy voice, especially in the low range, is perfectly suited to songs such as "Gefrorne Tranen," which calls for a true "bass" sound. I think it's a matter of personal preferance. Matthias Goerne's recording is my personal favorite; to my ear he has the more beautiful voice, and he conveys a more aching sense of loss. It's a recording I could listen to every day. Quasthoff's is equally moving and gorgeous, just different.
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