Ian Bostridge & Thomas Ades – Schubert: Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 (Live) (2019) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Just like Pears and Britten, Ian Bostridge worked with the composer Thomas Adès on this recording of Schubert’s Winterreise, made at a concert at London’s famous Wigmore Hall in 2018. With his unique voice and style, the British singer divides opinion. Love him or hate him, he evokes strong feelings. As we fall into the former camp, we couldn’t recommend this recording strongly enough. It is very different from the studio version recorded some years before for EMI, with the great Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. Compared to that splendid record, this new version is simpler, almost calmer. Thomas Adès makes use of original manuscripts to build a fine accompaniment, that gives voice to the overwhelming melancholy of the young composer who knows himself to be doomed. Fatal wanderings, seen through a lens of solitude, regret and resignation. The first volume of a trilogy which will eventually bring together Schubert’s great cycles, in live recordings by these same musicians. – François Hudry

Tracklist:
1. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 1, Gute Nacht (Live) 05:36
2. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 2, Die Wetterfahne (Live) 01:37
3. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 3, Gefrorne Tränen (Live) 02:17
4. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 4, Erstarrung (Live) 02:57
5. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 5, Der Lindenbaum (Live) 04:42
6. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 6, Wasserflut (Live) 03:41
7. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 7, Auf dem Flusse (Live) 03:26
8. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 8, Rückblick (Live) 01:52
9. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 9, Irrlicht (Live) 02:35
10. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 10, Rast (Live) 03:02
11. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 11, Frühlingstraum (Live) 04:27
12. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 12, Einsamkeit (Live) 02:39
13. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 13, Die Post (Live) 01:55
14. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 14, Der greise Kopf (Live) 02:52
15. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 15, Die Krähe (Live) 03:36
16. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 16, Letzte Hoffnung (Live) 01:59
17. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 17, Im Dorfe (Live) 03:43
18. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 18, Der stürmische Morgen (Live) 00:50
19. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 19, Täuschung (Live) 01:16
20. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 20, Der Wegweiser (Live) 04:37
21. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 21, Das Wirtshaus (Live) 04:45
22. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 22, Mut (Live) 01:18
23. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 23, Die Nebensonnen (Live) 02:35
24. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 24, Der Leiermann (Live) 03:55