Schuberts Winter Journey

Posted on 08 March 2017 by Ian Bostridge

An exploration of the world s most famous and challenging song cycle by one of the world s most renowned singers, a leading interpreter of the work, who teases out the themes literary, historical, psychological that weave through the twenty four songs comprising this legendary masterpiece Written in 1828, in the last months of the young Schubert s life, Winterreise Winter s Journey , has come to be considered the single greatest piece of music ever written for the male solo voice Deceptively brief the twenty four short poems are performed uninterrupted in 70 minutes it nonetheless has an emotional depth and power that no music of its kind has ever equalled Originally intended to be sung to an intimate gathering, performances of Winterreise now pack the greatest concert halls around the world Drawing on his firsthand experience with this work he has performed it than one hundred times , on his musical knowledge, and on his training as a scholar, Ian Bostridge teases out the enigmas and subtle meanings of each song, exploring the world and the states of heart and mind in which Schubert created them, and the exquisite resonance and affinities that continue, even today, to move us so profoundly. New Read Schuberts Winter Journey by Ian Bostridge For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr My first compliment goes to Knopf, the publisher of this deliberately white, hefty little tome Its glossy stock made it too heavy to carry around, which was fine because I took my time with it anyway, listening to Schubert s lieder with each chapter, following the German poetry as best I could Up to now I ve regarded Win...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here view spoiler Bettie s Books hide spoiler From BBC radio 4 Book of the Week Award winning tenor Ian Bostridge explores Franz Schubert s enigmatic masterpiece Winterreise, or Winter s Journey Composed in 1827, this powerful song cycle for voice and piano uses twenty four poems by Wilhem Muller and is considered one of classical music s most powerful compositions.Drawing upon his experience as a performer he has performed Winterreisethan a hundred times , on his musical knowledge and on his training as a scholar, Bostridge unpic From BBC radio 4 Book of the Week Award winning tenor Ian Bostridge explores Franz Schubert s enigmatic masterpiece Winterreise, or Winter s Journey Composed in 1827, this powerful song cycle for voice and piano uses twenty four poems by Wilhem Muller and is considered one of classical music s most powerful compositions.Drawing upon his experience as a performer he ...Schubert s song cycle Winterreise is one of the essential works of classical music and a work I have loved for many years I respond to this cycle of lost love whenever I return to it Written in the last year of Schubert s life, Winterreise is a setting for solo voice and piano of 24 poems by Wilhelm Muller Schubert first set a group of twelve poems and, shortly thereafter returned to set the entire cycle of 24 songs The cycle has been recorded and performed innumerable times.The British teno Schubert s song cycle Winterreise is one of the essential works of classical music and a work I have loved for many years...WinterreiseDe Duitse dichter Wilhelm M ller schreef 24 gedichten over een nog jonge man wiens liefde niet beantwoord wordt Hij verlaat zijn huis en zijn stad en trekt de koude winterwereld in De gedichtencyclus die het verslag is van een waarschijnlijk persoonlijke queeste en een zoektocht naar zichzelf noemde hij Die Winterreise.Franz Schubert heeft de gedichten op muziek gezet en in 1827 gepubliceerd onder de naam Winterreise dus zonder het lidwoord Sindsdien zijn er wel een honderttal WinterreiseDe Duitse dichter Wilhelm M ller schreef 24 gedichten over een nog jonge man wiens liefde niet beantwoord wordt Hij verlaat zijn huis en zijn stad en trekt de koude winterwereld in De gedichtencyclus die het verslag is van een waarschijnlijk persoonlijke queeste en een zoektocht naar zichzelf noemde hij Die Winterreise.Franz Schubert heeft de gedichten op muziek gezet en in 1827 gepubliceerd onder de naam Winterreise dus zonder het lidwoord Sindsdien zijn er wel een honderttal interpretaties van dit werk voor piano ...A disorderly book, and not in any sort of good way Uneven some chapters are little gems, but most are at best trivial throw aways I definitely came away with a cultural appreciation of Schubert and his works so in this Bostridge succeeds but the journey there was pretty difficult dare I say icy If you plan on r...A highly informative book on Schubert s famous song cycle the greatest piece of classical music ever, as far as I m concerned by the eminent British singer Ian Bostridge I admit I d have preferred if he d delved a bit deeper into the musicological side of things, but he makes up for that by putting his historical education to excellent use and presenting the reader with a wealth of information on not only Schubert s life and times but also on the broader context of early 19th century Austria A highly informative book on Schubert s famous song cycle the greatest piece of classical music ever, as far as I m concerned by the eminent British singer Ian Bostridge I admit I d have preferred if he d delved a bit deeper into the musicological side of things, but he makes up for that by putting his historical education to excellent use and presenting the reader with a wealth of information on not only Schubert s life and times but also on the broader context of early 19th century Austria.Bostridge proceeds song by song and has something interesting to say about each of them, on a very wide range of subjects whether he interprets Wilhelm M ller s poetry, takes a look at a song s structure, places it in a biographical context, considers possible political implications or elucidates it from his extensive experience o...This is never less than interesting and oftenI admire Bostridge s Schubert recordings and he s obviously an intelligent artist and a decent writer But I must say that I disagree with his assertion that the tenor voice is as well suited to this work as the voices of the great baritones who have recorded it I find both Fischer Dieskau s and Goerne sconvincing than his,and I think that the fact that they re baritones is at least a part of the reason Bostridge does tend now and then This is never less than interesting and oftenI admire Bostridge s Schubert recordings and he s obviously an intelligent artist and a decent writer But I must say that I disagree with his assertion that the tenor voice is as well suited to this work as the voices of the great baritones who...Of all the different sub genres of Classical Music, Lieder is one that I know the least about This is partly due to some classical voices being difficult to listen to, with wide vibrato, but mainly due to the fact that most art songs are in languages I do not speak and so I cannot understand them Winterreise is often considered the pinnacle of Lieder, so I bought this book as a way in.Ian Bostridge takes us through the 24 songs in the cycle I appreciated that each chapter begins with the text Of ...Fascinating study of Ian Bostridge s ruminations and digressions on various aspects of Schubert s Winterreise Winter Journey , the famous song cycle about a jilted young man, wandering through a winter landscape The cycle takes us through the young man s gamut of emotions at his lost love and thoughts of death Mr Bostridge, the famous tenor and Lieder singer, has sung this work many times in the concert hall He covers each individual song of the 24 songs in the cycle, touching on all kinds Fascinating study of Ian Bostridge s ruminations and digressions on various aspects of Schubert s Winterreise Winter Journey , the famous song cycle about a jilted young man, ...

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08 March 2017

Ian Bostridge