Track Listing

1. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Gute Nacht
2. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Die Wetterfahne
3. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Gefrorne Tr�nen
4. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Erstarrung
5. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Der Lindenbaum
6. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Wasserflut
7. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Auf dem Flusse
8. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): R�ckblick
9. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Irrlicht
10. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Rast
11. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Fr�hlingstraum
12. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Einsamkeit
13. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Die Post
14. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Der greise Kopf
15. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Die Kr�he
16. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Letzte Hoffnung
17. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Im Dorfe
18. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Der st�rmische Morgen
19. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): T�uschung
20. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Der Wegweiser
21. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Das Wirtshaus
22. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Mut
23. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Die Nebensonnen
24. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Der Leiermann

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #155667 in Music
• Released on: 2004-01-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

Yet another resounding success
Brigitte Fassbaender brings such an exciting, involved, magical and BEAUTIFUL experience to Schubert's stunning compositions. The bargain price concluded the issue for me but alas, there is no text or translation. There are short and interesting little notes on Schubert, the music (and the poetry it is derived from) as well as the performers. No song-by-song commentary I'm afraid but I dare say that with Fassbaender's dramatic interpretation and Aribert Reimann's sensitive accompaniment, I can feel the moods and tones of the poems without knowing or understanding the words.

No doubt I will either purchase another set with the words and translation, or search for the words/translation themselves on the Internet- work such as this deserves full appreciation and words have their own immutable quality. Nevertheless, this recording was a must for me, both as a Fassbaender and Schubert fan. I recommend it whole-heartedly to EVERYONE.

Fassbaender's best Schubert
After she retired from opera, Birgitte Fasbaender devoted herself almost completely to lieder swinging, at which she became a renowned mistress of the art. In this relatively early Winterreise (1988) she takes on a man's cycle with complete conviciton and authority. Indeed, the advantage of a woman's voice comes in greater flexibility and agility--I've never heard anyone negotiate Schubert's leaps and runs with such courage and panache. This artist can be emotionally overbearing, but here she reins in the desperation and anguish of the cycle. Even so, hers is a wrenching interpretation. Her long-time accompanist, Albert Reimann, isn't on her level; his palying is striaghtforward to the point of bluntness. This is one Winterreise entirely carried by the singer, but Fasbaender is more than equal to the task.