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In this studio account of Schubert's final song collection...there is still an enormous amount to admire - in the way that Henschel colours every line individually and, unlike some celebrated... — The Guardian, 31st July 2009, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 20th Jul 2009
Catalogue No: AM138
Label: Ambroisie
Length: 76 minutes

Schubert: Prometheus, D674 (Goethe)

Work length5:19

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Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Fritz Schwinghammer (piano)

Schubert: Ganymed, D544 (Goethe)

Work length4:13

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Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Fritz Schwinghammer (piano)

Schubert: Freiwilliges Versinken D700 (Mayrhofer)

Work length4:21

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Fritz Schwinghammer (piano), Dietrich Henschel (baritone)

Schubert: Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, second version, D583 (Schiller)

Work length3:02

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Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Fritz Schwinghammer (piano)

Schubert: Elysium D584 (Schiller)

Work length8:00

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Fritz Schwinghammer (piano), Dietrich Henschel (baritone)

Schubert: Schwanengesang, D957

Work length51:15

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Fritz Schwinghammer (piano), Dietrich Henschel (baritone)

No. 1. Liebesbotschaft

Track length3:00

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No. 2. Kriegers Ahnung

Track length4:40

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No. 3. Fruhlingssehnsucht

Track length3:40

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No. 4. Standchen

Track length4:01

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No. 5. Aufenthalt

Track length3:36

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No. 6. In der Ferne

Track length5:32

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No. 7. Abschied

Track length5:10

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No. 8. Der Atlas

Track length2:16

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No. 9. Ihr Bild

Track length2:19

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No. 10. Das Fischermadchen

Track length2:14

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No. 11. Die Stadt

Track length2:54

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No. 12. Am Meer

Track length3:52

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No. 13. Der Doppelganger

Track length4:03

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No. 14. Die Taubenpost

Track length3:58

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Dietrich Henschel, acknowledged as one of today’s foremost interpreters of the lied, records a stunning programme of Schubert lieder, including his posthumously issued collection of lieder known as ‘Schwanengesang’, accompanied by award-winning pianist, Fritz Schwinghammer. The recital touches on the very essence of the Romantic soul, somewhere between bitter dreams and heartrending sorrows.

Schwanengesang, a collection of 14 songs published shortly after his death, are considered some of Schubert’s most tragic songs, offering the listener an arresting concentration of the composer’s imaginative universe and his obsessions: departure, the death of the beloved, amorous reveries. The set of songs accompanying this great cycle, sees Schubert explore one of the prevailing features of early German Romanticism: a longing for a better world, one that is lost forever. In doing so, he draws on the mythological poems of Goethe, Schiller and Mayrhofer.

German baritone Dietrich Henschel is acknowledged as one of today’s foremost interpreters of the lied, and is invited all over the world with the pianists Fritz Schwinghammer, Helmut Deutsch and Michael Schäfer. His substantial discography features lieder and song cycles by Mahler, Wolf, Schubert, Korngold, and Beethoven, as well as Busoni’s Doktor Faust which won a Grammy Award.

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31st July 2009

In this studio account of Schubert's final song collection...there is still an enormous amount to admire - in the way that Henschel colours every line individually and, unlike some celebrated lieder baritones of today, never applies a uniform expressivity to everything he sings, and in the fine-grained expressive nuances with which he weights the meaning and significance of every word.

26th July 2009

[Henschel's] voice is as flexible as ever, rich and commanding one moment and drained of all colour the next. Henschel and Schwinghammer convince us that this is no mere random selection of songs gathered after Schubert's death, as some believe, but a dramatic narrative that demands our attention.

11th August 2009

Dietrich Henschel studied with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and the latter’s stamp is clearly imprinted on his singing of Schubert’s last song-cycle. Henschel is never less than elegant, virile and intelligent.

1st August 2009

You couldn’t call Henschel’s bass-baritone voice suave, but his reedy tone can be very expressive when applied to songs of anguish. There are plenty of those in Schubert’s posthumous lieder collection.

Schubert - Schwanengesang & Lieder

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