Latest News: Classical, Matthias Goerne (Baritone)
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Recording of the Week,
Schubert Revisited from Matthias Goerne 30th December 2022The German baritone is on top form in this recital of nineteen Lieder in bespoke orchestrations by one of his regular recital-partners Alexander Schmalcz, with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen responding to his simple eloquence in kind.
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Recording of the Week,
Beethoven from Chen Reiss and Matthias Goerne 20th March 2020The Israeli soprano is sparkling and technically fearless in a programme of arias with the Academy of Ancient Music, whilst Goerne's song-recital with Jan Lisiecki is an altogether darker affair.
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Recording of the Week,
Schumann from Matthias Goerne and Leif Ove Andsnes 19th April 2019The German bass-baritone brings near-Wagnerian intensity to Schumann's two great cycles of 1840, yet he and Andsnes are at their most spellbinding in the introspective songs.
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Recording of the Week,
Matthias Goerne - The Wagner Project 17th November 2017German baritone Matthias Goerne offers a selection of monologues from Wagner's operas, accompanied by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding.
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Recording of the Week,
Matthias Goerne sings cantatas for bass by JS Bach 1st September 2017Katherine listens to the German baritone's deeply personal account of two solo cantatas, with Gottfried von der Goltz and the Freiburger Barockorchester.
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Recording of the Week,
Matthias Goerne sings Wotan in Wagner's Die Walküre 11th November 2016Katherine listens to the next instalment in Naxos's Ring Cycle, conducted by Jaap van Zweden.
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Recording of the Week,
Synergy Vocals and Matthias Goerne perform music by Luciano Berio and Gustav Mahler 16th September 2016James listens to a formidable account of Berio's Sinfonia with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Synergy Vocals.
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Recording of the Week,
Vocal Music by Brahms 17th June 2016Katherine listens to a double-bill of Brahms, featuring Matthias Goerne, Magdalena Kožená, Thomas Quasthoff and more.