Mein Traum
Schubert, Weber, Schumann
Stéphane Degout (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
Degout is convincing throughout, his expressive range spanning both ferocity and vulnerability...The real stars, though, are the period orchestra Pygmalion. The instrumental colours glow and...
Mein Traum
Schubert, Weber, Schumann
Stéphane Degout (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
Degout is convincing throughout, his expressive range spanning both ferocity and vulnerability...The real stars, though, are the period orchestra Pygmalion. The instrumental colours glow and...
About
One morning in 1822, Schubert wrote down an enigmatic text in which all his ghosts seem to take shape: wandering, solitude, consolation, disappointed love.
Inspired by this dreamlike narrative, Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion and Stéphane Degout have devised a vast Romantic fresco, combining resurrection of unknown treasures with rediscovery of established masterpieces.
Contents and tracklist
- Judith Fa, Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon, Stéphane Degout
- Judith Fa, Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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Awards and reviews
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Presto Editor's ChoiceOctober 2022
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2022
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BBC Music MagazineChristmas 2022Choral & Song Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards2023Nominated - Conductor of the Year
Christmas 2022
Degout is convincing throughout, his expressive range spanning both ferocity and vulnerability...The real stars, though, are the period orchestra Pygmalion. The instrumental colours glow and sparkle, and Raphaël Pichon controls blend and contrast with equal care and imagination.
December 2022
The album’s concept is certainly provocative. Not everything works. But those who succumb to the free association of a programme inspired by Schubert’s dreamscape should find much to stir and delight.
October 2022
On paper, this 'vast Romantic fresco' (taking its cue from a disturbed and disturbing note which Schubert penned in 1822) looks like a fanciful collage of oddments. In practice it's mesmerising, with the segue from Liszt's orchestration of Der Doppelgänger into the first movement of the Symphony casting a particularly effective spell. Degout's on top form throughout - especially in the Gothic hunting-aria from Alfonso und Estrella, which wouldn't have sounded out of place on René Jacobs's recent recording of Der Freischütz.
