Schubert: Winter Journey Roderick Williams & Christopher Glynn

• Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 (Sung in English):
• 1 No. 1. Goodnight 05:53
• 2 No. 2. The Weather Vane 01:47
• 3 No. 3. Frozen Tears 02:41
• 4 No. 4. Frozen Solid 03:08
• 5 No. 5. The Linden Tree 04:46
• 6 No. 6. Life Cycle 04:16
• 7 No. 7. On the River 03:34
• 8 No. 8. Turning Back 02:08
• 9 No. 9. Will-o'-the-wisp 02:39
• 10 No. 10. Rest 03:27
• 11 No. 11. Dreaming of Spring 04:00
• 12 No. 12. Loneliness 03:10
• 13 No. 13. The Post 02:17
• 14 No. 14. The Grey Head 03:02
• 15 No. 15. The Crow 01:54
• 16 No. 16. Last Hope 02:06
• 17 No. 17. In the Village 03:18
• 18 No. 18. Stormy Morning 00:52
• 19 No. 19. A Mirage 01:21
• 20 No. 20. The Fingerpost 04:16
• 21 No. 21. No Room at the Inn 04:23
• 22 No. 22. Courage 01:32
• 23 No. 23. Three Suns 02:48
• 24 No. 24. The Hurdy-gurdy Man 04:03
• Total Runtime 01:13:21

Info for Schubert: Winter Journey

Celebrated soloists Roderick Wiliams and Christopher Glynn perform a new English translation Franz Schubert’s Winterreise. Composed in 1827 whilst in the grip of the illness that would ultimately kill him, Schubert’s setting of Wilhelm Muller’s poetry takes on an added tragic interpretation as it follows the narrative of a spurned lover travelling through a cold and barren landscape.

Christopher Glynn writes on this new recording:

“We hope this Winter Journey can offer English-speaking listeners a way to experience the story’s sense alongside the music’s sound, with something of the same directness that Schubert surely intended when he sat down at the piano in 1827 and sang these songs for the first time to his friends.”

This album is the first in a series of three English language programmes of Schubert’s song cycles. Future releases include The Shepherd on the Rock (Der Hirt auf dem Felsen) and The Fair Maid of the Mill (Die schöne Müllerin).

Roderick Williams, baritone
Christopher Glynn, piano

Roderick Williams
sings a wide repertoire, from baroque to contemporary music, in the opera house, on the concert platform, and in recital. He has performed in all the major opera houses in the United Kingdom and is particularly associated with the baritone rôles of Mozart. He has also sung world premières of operas by David Sawer, Sally Beamish, Michael van der Aa, Robert Saxton and Alexander Knaifel. Williams sings concert repertoire with all the BBC orchestras as well as the Bournemouth Symphony, London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Russian National Orchestra, and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, among many others. His festival appearances include the BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh and Melbourne. Roderick Williams is also a composer and has had works performed at the Barbican Centre, the Purcell Room, and Wigmore Hall.

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