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Notes and Editorial Reviews
...But did we ever really know [these songs] before? This is one of the questions provoked by singing of such extraordinary intimacy and generosity. There is even the momentary illusion of the songs being sung in one’s own language, so immediate is Bostridge’s engagement, and ours.
‘Die Forelle’ fuses external image and internal emotion so entirely that a whole miniature cosmos of human experience is distilled in a flashing drop of water. Bostridge’s own wide-eyed imagination is enriched here, and in the gripping narratives of ‘Der Zwerg’ and an exceptional ‘Erlkönig’ by the ever-increasing empathy of Julius Drake’s piano playing.
Listen, for instance, to the way Bostridge heightens the velocity of ‘Der
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Musensohn’ by focusing on its verbs rather than its nouns. Or how a sense of total weightlessness is created by the control of breath and head voice in ‘Nacht und Träume’ and, most beautifully of all, in the hushed internalisation of ‘Über allen Gipfeln’. The more you listen to this disc, the more you will hear – for a long time.
-- BBC Music Magazine
reviewing EMI 56347
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Works on This Recording
1.
Die Forelle, D 550 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Julius Drake (Piano),
Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1817; Vienna, Austria
2.
Ganymed, D 544/Op. 19 no 3 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Julius Drake (Piano),
Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1817; Vienna, Austria
3.
Im Frühling, D 882/Op. 101 no 1 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Julius Drake (Piano),
Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1826; Vienna, Austria
4.
An den Mond, D 193/Op 57 no 3 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Julius Drake (Piano),
Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1815; Vienna, Austria
5.
Geheimes, D 719/Op. 14 no 2 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Julius Drake (Piano),
Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1821; Vienna, Austria
6.
Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Julius Drake (Piano),
Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1815; Vienna, Austria
7.
Wandrers Nachtlied, D 768/Op. 96 no 3 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1824; Vienna, Austria
8.
Erster Verlust, D 226/Op. 5 no 4 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1815; Vienna, Austria
9.
Der Fischer, D 225/Op. 5 no 3 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1815; Vienna, Austria
10.
Fischerweise, D 881 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1826; Vienna, Austria
11.
Nacht und Träume, D 827 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1823; Vienna, Austria
12.
Der Zwerg, D 771/Op. 22 no 1 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1822-1823; Vienna, Austria
13.
Wehmut, D 772/Op. 22 no 2 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1822; Vienna, Austria
14.
An die Musik, D 547 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1817; Vienna, Austria
15.
Du bist die Ruh, D 776/Op. 59 no 3 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1823; Vienna, Austria
16.
Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774/Op. 72 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1823; Vienna, Austria
17.
An Sylvia, D 891/Op. 106 no 4 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1826; Vienna, Austria
18.
Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D 343 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816; Vienna, Austria
19.
Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1820; Vienna, Austria
20.
Sei mir gegrüsst, D 741/Op. 20 no 1 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1821-1822; Vienna, Austria
21.
Im Haine, D 738/Op. 56 no 3 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1822-23; Vienna, Austria
22.
Der Musensohn, D 764/Op. 92 no 1 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1822; Vienna, Austria
23.
Wandrers Nachtlied, D 224/Op. 4 no 3 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1815; Vienna, Austria
24.
Seligkeit, D 433 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816; Vienna, Austria
25.
Der Erlkönig, D 328 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor),
Julius Drake (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1815; Vienna, Austria
Sound Samples
Die Forelle D550 (Schubart)
Im Fruhling D882 (Schulze)
Heidenröslein D257 (Goethe)
Wandrers Nachtlied II D768 (Goethe)
Erster Verlust D226 (Goethe)
Der Fischer D225 (Goethe)
Fischerweise D881 (Schlechta)
Nacht und Träume D827 (Collin)
An die Musik D547 (Schober)
Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert)
Auf dem Wasser zu singen D774 (Leopold)
An Silvia D891 (Shakespeare/Bauernfeld)
Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen D343 (Jacobi)
Frühlingsglaube D343 (Uhland)
Der Musensohn D764 (Goethe)
Wandrers Nachtlied I D224 (Goethe)
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