Schubert: Winter Journey Roderick Williams & Christopher Glynn

• Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 (Sung in English):
• 1No. 1. Goodnight05:53
• 2No. 2. The Weather Vane01:47
• 3No. 3. Frozen Tears02:41
• 4No. 4. Frozen Solid03:08
• 5No. 5. The Linden Tree04:46
• 6No. 6. Life Cycle04:16
• 7No. 7. On the River03:34
• 8No. 8. Turning Back02:08
• 9No. 9. Will-o'-the-wisp02:39
• 10No. 10. Rest03:27
• 11No. 11. Dreaming of Spring04:00
• 12No. 12. Loneliness03:10
• 13No. 13. The Post02:17
• 14No. 14. The Grey Head03:02
• 15No. 15. The Crow01:54
• 16No. 16. Last Hope02:06
• 17No. 17. In the Village03:18
• 18No. 18. Stormy Morning00:52
• 19No. 19. A Mirage01:21
• 20No. 20. The Fingerpost04:16
• 21No. 21. No Room at the Inn04:23
• 22No. 22. Courage01:32
• 23No. 23. Three Suns02:48
• 24No. 24. The Hurdy-gurdy Man04:03
• Total Runtime01:13:21

Info for Schubert: Winter Journey

Celebrated soloists Roderick Wiliams and Christopher Glynn perform a new English translation Franz Schubert’s Winterreise. Composed in 1827 whilst in the grip of the illness that would ultimately kill him, Schubert’s setting of Wilhelm Muller’s poetry takes on an added tragic interpretation as it follows the narrative of a spurned lover travelling through a cold and barren landscape.

Christopher Glynn writes on this new recording:

“We hope this Winter Journey can offer English-speaking listeners a way to experience the story’s sense alongside the music’s sound, with something of the same directness that Schubert surely intended when he sat down at the piano in 1827 and sang these songs for the first time to his friends.”

This album is the first in a series of three English language programmes of Schubert’s song cycles. Future releases include The Shepherd on the Rock (Der Hirt auf dem Felsen) and The Fair Maid of the Mill (Die schöne Müllerin).

Roderick Williams, baritone
Christopher Glynn, piano

Roderick Williams
sings a wide repertoire, from baroque to contemporary music, in the opera house, on the concert platform, and in recital. He has performed in all the major opera houses in the United Kingdom and is particularly associated with the baritone rôles of Mozart. He has also sung world premières of operas by David Sawer, Sally Beamish, Michael van der Aa, Robert Saxton and Alexander Knaifel. Williams sings concert repertoire with all the BBC orchestras as well as the Bournemouth Symphony, London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Russian National Orchestra, and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, among many others. His festival appearances include the BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh and Melbourne. Roderick Williams is also a composer and has had works performed at the Barbican Centre, the Purcell Room, and Wigmore Hall.

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