With songs like Der Einsame (D. 800), Der Wanderer an den Mond D. 870, the three Shakespeare settings (D. 888, 889, and 891), and the four Mignon Lieder (D. 877), this volume of Graham Johnson's Schubert cannot miss. And it doesn't: with baritone Richard Jackson's lonely but cheerful Der Einsame and Der Wanderer an den Mond, tenor John Mark Ainsley's sexy and cheerful An Silvia, and espeically his extraordinary and ecstatic Nachthelle (D. 892), this volume is another peak in Johnson's Schubert edition. But a higher peak ...
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With songs like Der Einsame (D. 800), Der Wanderer an den Mond D. 870, the three Shakespeare settings (D. 888, 889, and 891), and the four Mignon Lieder (D. 877), this volume of Graham Johnson's Schubert cannot miss. And it doesn't: with baritone Richard Jackson's lonely but cheerful Der Einsame and Der Wanderer an den Mond, tenor John Mark Ainsley's sexy and cheerful An Silvia, and espeically his extraordinary and ecstatic Nachthelle (D. 892), this volume is another peak in Johnson's Schubert edition. But a higher peak than Jackson or Ainsley is soprano Christine Schafer's performances of the Mignon Lieder. As in the earlier Goethe Schubertiad, Johnson's casting of Schafer in the role of the doomed waif is inspired: Schafer's infinitely pure and infinitely moving voice brings Mignon to life, but her hopelessly yearning interpretation foretells her tragic death. Perhaps an even higher peak is reached by Jackson's exquisite and sublime reading of the spoken "song" Abschied von der Erde (D. 829). His...
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Add this copy of The Hyperion Schubert Edition 26-an 1826 Schubertiad / to cart. $9.95, like new condition, Sold by Broad Street Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Branchville, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Hyperion UK.
