Ian Bostridge & Saskia Giorgini – Schubert: Die schone Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795 (Live) (2020) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Ian Bostridge & Saskia Giorgini – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795 (Live) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:17 minutes | 1,1 GB | Genre: Classical
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Ian Bostridge continues his new exploration of Schubert song cycles with a recording of Die schöne Müllerin, together with pianist Saskia Giorgini. Die schöne Müllerin (1823) was Schubert’s first song cycle, and simultaneously Bostridge’s first extended introduction to the Lied and all its wonders. Schubert initially conceived the cycle together with poet Wilhelm Müller as a party game among friends, but gradually got captivated by the profundity of this apparently naïve love story. Bostridge is equally fascinated by the way in which this playful, folk-inspired piece gradually transforms into a cosmic lullaby in the final lines of the last song ‘des Baches Wiegenlied’. For pianist Giorgini, the key to – but also the greatest challenge of – interpreting Schubert’s music, and particularly Die schöne Müllerin, lies in the oceanic experience and hypnotic power of repetition.

Tracklist:

01. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 1, Das Wandern (Live) (2:33)
02. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 2, Wohin? (Live) (2:23)
03. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 3, Halt! (Live) (1:26)
04. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 4, Danksagung an den Bach (Live) (2:45)
05. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 5, Am Feierabend (Live) (2:35)
06. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 6, Der Neugierige (Live) (4:06)
07. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 7, Ungeduld (Live) (2:26)
08. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 8, Morgengruß (Live) (4:24)
09. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 9, Des Müllers Blumen (Live) (3:10)
10. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 10, Tränenregen (Live) (3:52)
11. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 11, Mein! (Live) (2:18)
12. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 12, Pause (Live) (4:52)
13. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 13, Mit dem grünen Lautenbande (Live) (1:46)
14. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 14, Der Jäger (Live) (1:06)
15. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 15, Eifersucht und Stolz (Live) (1:32)
16. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 16, Die liebe Farbe (Live) (4:15)
17. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 17, Die böse Farbe (Live) (2:06)
18. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 18, Trockne Blumen (Live) (3:54)
19. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 19, Der Müller und der Bach (Live) (3:36)
20. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 20, Des Baches Wiegenlied (Live) (6:22)