(2015) Schubert : Winterreise D 911 - Stephan Genz, Michel Dalberto

“I arrived a stranger, and I leave a stranger”. These opening words of Schubert’s Winterreise (“Winter journey”) succinctly sum up the cycle as a whole: it is the quintessential Romantic work about an itinerant outsider, unlucky in love, whose inevitable...

(1998) Schubert: Winterreise D. 911

The preparations for our 30th anniversary had an influence on our choice of the next Key Recording. Our recording of Schubert’s «Winterreise» [winter journey] was made in 1980 and represents a landmark in Claves’ history. Although one of the most...

Musica: Schubert, Winterreise - critico

A volte, concentrati sull’interprete vocale e sulla fisionomia che ci restituisce del Viandante, tendiaquanto significativa e ardita sia la scrittura strumentale della Winterreise. Un pianista della personalità di Michel Dalberto (qui assecondato da un sontuoso Bôsendorfer Imperial) è invece l’ideale...

AllMusic Review: Stephan Genz & Michel Dalberto - Winterreise

Stephan Genz has the melting phrasing and a good deal of the vocal quality of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and those looking for a recording that follows in the footsteps of the king of German baritones may gravitate toward this Swiss release...