Winterreise

Free Complete Streaming Video of Francisco Araiza’s Winterreise

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:40:44 +0000

Under studio conditions in the Alte Pfarr, near Ravensburg, acclaimed Mexican tenor Francisco Araiza sings Schubert’s great song cycle with accompaniment by pianist Jean Lemaire.

Watch and listen here.

Free Recording of Winterreise From Classical.com

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:04:42 +0000

This week classical.com is giving away a complete recording of Winterreise: Thomas Dewey (Piano), Margaret Price (Soprano). Unfortunately you must create a free account to download it. However, I went though the steps and got the recording as promised. You can find it here:

http://www.classical.com/free-classical-music.php

Warning: I downloaded the 192kbps version first and found it to be full of clicks and other rip artifacts. The 128kbps version, however, seems to be fine.

UPDATE: Listening to the 128kbps version and I have encountered some terrible pops and squeaks and skips in Der greise Kopf and other later tracks. Beware.

Three Pianos “a musical lecture/demo gone astray”

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:47:40 +0000

Artists Rick Burkhardt, Alec Duffy and Dave Malloy have put together what looks like an amazing interpretation/lecture on the topic of Winterreise. I wish I were in New York (where it is playing through March 20th) to check it out myself. Here is a video preview of Die Krähe:

Find out more and help their awesome cause here.

NPR: Schubert’s Desolate ‘Winter Journey’

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:30:53 +0000

National Public Radio has an excellent discussion of Schubert’s Winterrise in layman’s terms. They focus on Thomas Quasthoff’s 1998 recording.

Ted Libbey And Lisa Simeone Recommend Schubert’s Winterreise

Anna Picard’s Short Review of Padmore/Lewis Recording

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:01:06 +0000

Anna Picard has a short review of the new Mark Padmore and Paul Lewis recording of Winterreise in the The Independent. In the review she cites the recording as being “interesting reversal of roles” for Padmore and Lewis.

The Review

Review of Winterreise Performance in Leeds (UK)

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:20:57 +0000

Opera Britannia’s Paul Dalton offers a review of Andrew Foster-Williams‘ and Christopher Gould’s recent performance of Winterreise which was performed along with some sort of visual projection by Mariele Neudecker. The review goes into very little detail, but I link to it here mostly as a record of the performance. If you know more about this performance, and especially about the projections, please leave a note in the comments.

The review

Review of Mark Padmore and Paul Lewis’ New Recording of Schubert’s Winterreise

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:19:40 +0000

A week ago I wrote about the new recording of Winterreise by Mark Padmore and Paul Lewis, and today I find a fantastic review of it over at wosu.org, the website for WOSU public media. The reviewer Jennifer Hambrick clearly knows her lieder and her Winterreise. The review features four excellent musical excerpts which each highlight sections of the recording which are unique and remarkable. Check it out.

The review

New Winterreise Recording (Mark Padmore, Paul Lewis)

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:29:27 +0000

According to Amazon.com a new recording of Winterreise featuring tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Paul Lewis is available today.

A review of the recording can be found at ClassicsToday.com and a review of a live performance they gave can be found at Musicweb-International.com.

The Crow: Animation of “Die Krähe”

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:58:29 +0000

Animator Waren Criswell created this hauntingly beautiful animation “Die Krähe” with a surprise ending.

His description:

Unlucky in love, a man wanders in a winter landscape, followed by a hungry crow. Faithful to the grave. But this one has an ending more Sopranos than Schubert….

Animation by Warren, music by Franz Schubert: The Crow, from Winterreise, Tenor Mat Tatus, piano Bob Boury

The Crow from Warren Criswell on Vimeo.

Video of Saxophone

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:24:05 +0000

About five months ago I wrote a scathing review of a recording of Yuri Honing performing parts of Winterreise on saxophone with Nora Mulder on piano. Today I was searching for Winterreise on the beautiful video site vimeo.com and found a video of them performing exceprts. Now you can make your own assessment.

Winterreise from Wim Zagt on Vimeo.