FRANZ SCHUBERT

 

Schwanengesang

 

Auf dem Strom* D943, Die Sterne D939

 

Mark Padmore (tenor);

Paul Lewis (piano)

with Richard Watkins (horn)*

 

Tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Paul Lewis conclude their acclaimed Schubert triptych with this revelatory account of Schwanengesang, the third and last of the great Schubert cycles, collected and published after the composer’s death.

 

Auf dem Strom for tenor, horn & piano, and the gently hopeful song Die Sterne complete the programme.

 

“Singer and pianist are perfectly matched in temperament and musicality, and every note has been lovingly considered…A great schöne Müllerin.” Rupert Christiansen, Daily Telegraph, 31 July 2010

 

“I cannot think of a journey that leads more faithfully to the cold comfort of its end. And when we get there in this performance, what an end it is!” John Steane, CD OF THE MONTH, Gramophone, November 2009

 

Harmonia Mundi HMU907520