Christian Hilz, Eckart Sellheim - Schubert: Winterreise (2010)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 268 MB | 01:04:07
Genre: Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 268 MB | 01:04:07
Genre: Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics
Winterreise, or Winter’s Journey, was composed in 1827, just a year before Schubert’s premature death. The song cycle contains some of his greatest music – by turn highly emotional, desolate and spare, and with a sense of alienation and loss that makes the listener shudder even after repeated hearings. Schubert was especially proud of these songs, writing to his friend and fellow composer Josef von Spaun: ‘I will sing you a cycle of eerie songs.