Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote grabbed headlines for her gender-crossing recording of Die Winterreise, D. 911, a few years back. Now, those who like her way with Schubert but were not ready to go that extra mile can have a more conventional Schubert recital. Coote's 21 Songs don't include any real rarities, and they hit some of the all-time hits like Erlkönig, D. 328, and the two settings of Goethe's Wandrers Nachtlied . There are a lot of Goethe songs, in fact, and Coote strikes the right balance between giving them the square ...
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Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote grabbed headlines for her gender-crossing recording of Die Winterreise, D. 911, a few years back. Now, those who like her way with Schubert but were not ready to go that extra mile can have a more conventional Schubert recital. Coote's 21 Songs don't include any real rarities, and they hit some of the all-time hits like Erlkönig, D. 328, and the two settings of Goethe's Wandrers Nachtlied . There are a lot of Goethe songs, in fact, and Coote strikes the right balance between giving them the square readings the poet might have preferred and injecting the drama the later 19th century would have heard in them. Often, Coote begins with deliberate, even tempos, adding dramatic accents along the way. Coote was in her mid-fifties when she made this recording, and listeners will hear some rough spots, but they will also find fresh interpretations of some very familiar songs. Coote's partnership with accompanist Julius Drake is a deep one; he will often seem to set the tone for a...
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