(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...

(2019) Brahms: The Symphonies - Musikkollegium Winterthur, Thomas Zehetmair

Johannes Brahms & Winterthur The Musikkollegium Winterthur rounded off its 2018/19 concert season with a six-day Brahms Festival, during which – besides numerous other works by Johannes Brahms – the composer’s four symphonies were performed under Principal Conductor Thomas Zehetmair....

(2005) Joseph Haydn: Five Keyboard Sonatas On A Schanz Fortepiano

For most of the standard repertoire there are far too many recordings; for works such as the Brahms symphonies or Beethoven piano sonatas there are in excess of 50 complete sets available for each; does the world really need still...

(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...

(1985) Alte Deutsche Weihnachtslieder

Ernst Haefliger was one of the better known and more versatile tenors of his day. He was impressive both on the operatic stage and as a recitalist, and in each of these realms his repertory was broad, from Baroque era...

(2003) Weihnachten in alten und modernen Gedichten & Geschichten

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’s eighth recording for Claves Records features him now in the role of a storyteller instead of a singer. His warm; reverberant; clear voice is the perfect instrument with which to perform a selection of poems and tales that...

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...

Class-aktuell: Stephan Genz, Winterreise - Verschlüsselte Botschaft

Dieser Zyklus »schauerlicher Lieder«, wie Schubert ihn selbst genannt hat, gehört zu den Prüfsteinen großer Baritone, wie auch der andere große Liederzyklus Schuberts, »Die schöne Müllerin«. Denn er stellt besondere Anforderungen an Technik un Interpretation. Die „Winterreise“ besteht aus 24...