David Greco / Erin Helyard
Schubert: Winterreise (CD)
Erin Helyard and David Greco present a different Winterreise than any you have heard before. This is how the work might have sounded to Schubert, informed by scholarship around nineteenth century performance techniques, and the different vocal traditions and pianos that existed then. Here is a Winterreise sung by a young man in the full fervour of love and an all-consuming passion.
1. Gute Nacht (Good Night) 2. Die Wetterfahne (The Weather Vane) 3. Gefror'ne Tränen (Frozen Tears) 4. Erstarrung (Frozen) 5. Der Lindenbaum (The Linden Tree) 6. Wasserflut (Deluge) 7. Auf dem Flusse (On the Stream) 8. Rückblick (Backward Glance) 9. Irrlicht (Will o' the Wisp) 10. Rast (Rest) 11. Frühlingstraum (A Dream about Spring) 12. Einsamkeit (Loneliness) 13. Die Post (The Post) 14. Der greise Kopf (The Aged Head) 15. Die Krähe (The Crow) 16. Letzte Hoffnung (Last Hope) 17. Im Dorfe (In the Village) 18. Der stürmische Morgen (The Stormy Morning) 19. Täuschung (Illusion) 20. Der Wegweiser (The Signpost) 21. Das Wirtshaus (The Inn) Mut! (Courage!) 22. Die Nebensonnen (Mock Suns) 23. Der Leiermann (The Organ-Grinder)
