Schubert: Schwanengesang D. 957 - Piano Sonata D. 960 Matthias Goerne and Christoph Eschenbach

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Schwanengesang D. 957:
• 1 I. Liebesbotschaft 03:22
• 2 II. Kriegers Ahnung 04:40
• 3 III. Frühlingssehnsucht 03:26
• 4 IV. Ständchen 04:20
• 5 V. Aufenthalt 03:02
• 6 Herbst D. 945 04:08
• 7 VI. In der Ferne 06:33
• 8 VII. Abschied 04:27
• 9 VIII. Der Atlas 02:06
• 10 IX. Ihr Bild 03:47
• 11 X. Das Fischermädchen 02:33
• 12 XI. Die Stadt 03:07
• 13 XII. Am Meer 05:01
• 14 XIII. Der Doppelgänger 06:25
• 15 XIV. Die Taubenpost 04:23
• Piano Sonata D.960 in B Flat Major:
• 16 I. Molto moderato 21:13
• 17 II. Andante sostenuto 13:24
• 18 III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza 04:52
• 19 IV. Allegro, ma non troppo 09:47
• Total Runtime 01:50:36

Info for Schubert: Schwanengesang D. 957 - Piano Sonata D. 960

The 6th volume of Matthias Goerne's ongoing survey of Schubert lieder focuses on Schubert's monumental Schwanengesang. Matthias Goerne continues a Schubert survey that has already established him as one of the most fantastically gifted exponents of the song repertoire; Goerne does not ‘interpret’ Schubert, he lives each lied from the inside and invites the listener to share this poetic and musical intimacy without ever falling into the trap of overstatement. This sixth volume in the series also features an unforgettable performance of Schubert’s last piano sonata by one of the baritone’s favourite partners, Christoph Eschenbach.

„This new Schwanengesang is characteristically thoughtful and probing: we hear Schubert's lyrical heartbeat at its most artless and unaffected…“ (Financial Times)

„Goerne, it seems, can t get no satisfaction but the listener certainly does. Christoph Eschenbach is a sympathetic partner, and the two create an unflinching vision of Schubert's sound-world.“ (WQXR, New York)

„Goerne's wonderful deep voice provides an essential foundation for the lieder's lyric passages... Goerne is the only singer of this music that stops me dead, who can make me feel its greatness... Listening to Eschenbach's performance of D.960 immediately after the lieder, shows us what a perfect match these two musicians are for this music.“ (Positive Feedback)

Matthias Goerne, baritone
Christoph Eschenbach, piano

Christoph Eschenbach
is Music Director of both the National Symphony Orchestra and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. Prior to assuming those positions in 2010, he was music director of the Orchestre de Paris and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Eschenbach made his San Francisco Symphony debut as a pianist in 1972 and his conducting debut in 1975. He appeared here most recently for two weeks of concerts in 2010, in which he led works by Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Zemlinsky, and Dalbavie. A distinguished concert pianist before his conducting career, Eschenbach began winning major piano competitions at age eleven and made his United States debut in 1969 with the Cleveland Orchestra and George Szell, with whom he later studied conducting. Eschenbach’s current season includes performances with the NDR Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, and Orchestre de Paris, as well as a tour of Germany with the London Philharmonic, concerts with the Israel Philharmonic, and a tour of Australia and Europe with the Australian Youth Orchestra. He returns to the Vienna State Opera to conduct performances of Richard Strauss’s Capriccio, leads the National Symphony at Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall, and returns to the Boston Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic.

Matthias Goerne
made his SFS debut in 1996 singing bass in Bruckner’s Mass No. 3 in F minor. Most recently, he performed Brahms’ A German Requiem with MTT and the Orchestra in 2008. Goerne has been a regular performer at venues including Carnegie Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall, and with musical partners including Eschenbach and pianists Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Leif Ove Andsnes and Alfred Brendel. He made his operatic debut in 1997 at the Salzburg Festival as Papageno in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. This season, Goerne sings Wolfram in Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Bavarian State Opera and Amfortas in a concert version of Wagner’s Parsifal with the Teatro Real in Madrid. He will also appear with the Orchestre de Paris, Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and Filarmonica della Scala, as well as song recitals with Aimard and three Schubert cycles with Eschenbach at the Vienna Musikverein. He is currently recording an eleven-album series of Schubert songs for Harmonia Mundi.

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