Christoph Prégardien, Andreas Staier - Schubert: Schwanengesang and songs after Seidl (2009) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Herbst, D. 945
02. Schwanengesang No. 1-7, D. 957: Liebesbotschaft
03. Schwanengesang No. 1-7, D. 957: Kriegers Ahnung
04. Schwanengesang No. 1-7, D. 957: Frühlingssehnsucht
05. Schwanengesang No. 1-7, D. 957: Ständchen
06. Schwanengesang No. 1-7, D. 957: Aufenthalt
07. Schwanengesang No. 1-7, D. 957: In Der Ferne
08. Schwanengesang No. 1-7, D. 957: Abschied
09. Schwanengesang No. 8-13, D. 957: Der Atlas
10. Schwanengesang No. 8-13, D. 957: Ihr Bild
11. Schwanengesang No. 8-13, D. 957: Das Fischermädchen
12. Schwanengesang No. 8-13, D. 957: Die Stadt
13. Schwanengesang No. 8-13, D. 957: Am Meer
14. Schwanengesang No. 8-13, D. 957: Der Doppelgänger
15. Die Taubenpost, D. 965
16. Sehnsucht, D. 879
17. Am Fenster, D. 878
18. Bei Dir Allein, D. 866
19. Der Wanderer an Den Mond, D. 870
20. Das Zügenglöcklein, D. 871
21. Im Freien, D. 880

The eminent lyric tenor Christoph Prégardien is represented on disc with more than a hundred and twenty titles. His recordings of the German Romantic Lied repertoire have been highly acclaimed by public and press alike and have received many major international awards. He recently began a new long-term collaboration with Challenge Classics, the first fruit of which was a recording of Schubert’s “Schöne Müllerin” with pianist Michel Gees, (CC72292).

On this recording of another of Schubert’s great lieder cycles, “Schwanengesang”, he is joined by the highly-regarded pianist Andreas Staier.

Written in August 1828 shortly before his death, the 14 songs by Franz Schubert given the collective title of “Schwanengesang” by his publisher Tobias Haslinger are in reality made up of two sets. There are seven songs on texts by Ludwig Rellstab and six on texts by Heinrich Heine in a common manuscript along with a single Lied, Die Taubenpost, on a poem by his friend Gabriel Seidl (D 965 A). Die Taubenpost is perhaps Schubert’s last song, possibly even his last complete composition of all, although Der Hirt auf dem Felsen was apparently also written in October 1828. The Viennese poet Gabriel Seidl was the source of a whole series of poetic texts that Schubert set to music between 1826 and 1828. Some of these were solo lieder and some were polyphonic songs.

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