There are many peaks in Graham Johnson's Schubert edition: Janet Baker's glorious Goethe and Schiller recital, Ian Bostridge's heartrending Die schöne Müllerin, Brigitte Fassbaender's terrifying program of songs on death, and on and on. But surely one of the highest peaks is also one of the least likely because while one might have guessed that soprano Arleen Augér would be a superb singer of Schubert's songs, who would have imagined that Schubert would have written so many dramatic songs and that they would be almost ...
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There are many peaks in Graham Johnson's Schubert edition: Janet Baker's glorious Goethe and Schiller recital, Ian Bostridge's heartrending Die schöne Müllerin, Brigitte Fassbaender's terrifying program of songs on death, and on and on. But surely one of the highest peaks is also one of the least likely because while one might have guessed that soprano Arleen Augér would be a superb singer of Schubert's songs, who would have imagined that Schubert would have written so many dramatic songs and that they would be almost without exception of such extraordinarily high quality? Augér's performances of Schubert's Italian songs -- from the early Misero pargoletto (D. 42) through the masterful "Didone abbandonata" (D. 510) -- are magnificent: beautifully sung and intensely dramatic. And her performances of the excerpts from Schubert's early operas and singspiels are just as fine, albeit not perhaps as stunningly dramatic. But when Augér, Johnson, and clarinetist Thea King close the disc with Schubert's...
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Franz Schubert. Very Good. Used-Very Good Condition. Case and disc(s) is in great condition with no significant scratches or marks. Includes original artwork and liner notes when applicable.
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