Schubert Revisited

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The virtue of the pianist Alexander Schmalcz’s orchestrations for baritone Matthias Goerne, his regular recital partner, is that he strives to hold faith with what he reads as Schubert ’s intentions,... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 6th Jan 2023
Catalogue No: 4839758
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 75 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

30th December 2022
Gramophone Magazine

March 2023

Editor's Choice
Opus Klassik Awards

2023

Nominated - Male Singer of the Year
Presto Recordings of the Year

Finalist 2023
International Classical Music Awards

2024

Nominated - Vocal Music
Gramophone Magazine

Critics' Choice 2023

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Schubert: An Sylvia, D891

Work length2:57

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: Schäfers Klagelied, D121 (Goethe)

Work length3:44

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: Ganymed, D544 (Goethe)

Work length3:58

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: Fahrt zum Hades, D526 (Mayrhofer)

Work length4:20

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: Schatzgräbers Begehr D761 (Schober)

Work length3:13

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen, D531

Work length1:49

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: Erlkönig, D328

Work length3:48

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: Wandrers Nachtlied I 'Der du von dem Himmel bist', D224

Work length1:18

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: Grenzen der Menschheit, D716

Work length7:14

$1.10

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: Harfenspieler I 'Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt', D478

Work length11:05

$3.30

$4.50

$6.15

Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

No. 1, Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt (Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra)

Track length4:01

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No. 2, Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß (Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra)

Track length4:45

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No. 3, An die Türen will ich schleichen (Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra)

Track length2:19

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Schubert: Das Heimweh D851 (Pyrker)

Work length6:47

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: Pilgerweise D789 (Schober)

Work length5:32

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: Abendstern, D806

Work length3:27

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: Alinde, D904

Work length4:15

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: Stimme der Liebe D412 (Stolberg)

Work length1:32

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: Des Fischers Liebesgluck, D933 (Leitner)

Work length7:39

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

Schubert: An die Entfernte, D765 (Goethe)

Work length2:29

$1.10

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Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Florian Donderer (concertmaster)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Recorded: 2019-10
Recording Venue: Kammer-Philharmonie, Bremen

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Recording of the Week, Schubert Revisited from Matthias Goerne

30th December 2022

The 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.

Matthias Goerne, one of the most high-profile Schubertians of his generation, has recorded a selection of Schubert’s songs not in their original versions with piano but in orchestral arrangements by Alexander Schmalcz, Goerne’s accompanist of many years’ standing. Goerne says about Alexander Schmalcz’s arrangements: “His creativity in adapting these songs for the orchestra is enormous, while his stylistic sensibilities and his subtle approach in deploying the right instruments at the right moment are truly astonishing.” “Schubert’s ability to empathize makes him one of the most important composers in the whole of human history. (…) He created “a perfect balance between intellectuality and the greatest naturalness. With Schubert, even the most complicated melodies and forms sound entirely natural.” (Goerne) And yet what we hear on this album is “pure Schubert”, Alexander Schmalcz insists. “I have added nothing. Sometimes I fill out the voices by doubling the octave, for example. Or I write sustained chords in the orchestra in order to simulate the sound-surfaces that are the result of the use of the sustaining pedal on the piano. But my goal is to be as original as possible.”

Reviews

April 2023

The virtue of the pianist Alexander Schmalcz’s orchestrations for baritone Matthias Goerne, his regular recital partner, is that he strives to hold faith with what he reads as Schubert ’s intentions, even if there are beguiling hints of Mahler and Wagner to be heard...It’s the painterly colours that Goerne finds in the voice which makes him such an expressive artist in a song like ‘Abendstern’.

Editor's Choice

His trademark concentration of feeling, allied to Schmalcz’s subtly changing colourings, ensures that the attention is held throughout.

30th December 2022

Schmalcz’s orchestrations never seek to gild the lily or to push the singer into a more operatic form of delivery - textures are beautifully uncluttered, leaving Goerne free to sculpt and colour phrases with the utmost subtlety and intimacy...In his insightful booklet-note Goerne writes affectionately of Schubert’s ability to strike ‘a perfect balance between intellectuality and the greatest naturalness’, and that same equilibrium is evident in every phrase of the performances here.

3rd January 2023

The boldest, most thrusting orchestral effects arrive in the supernatural drama of Erlkönig. Far from being dwarfed, Goerne simply expands his voice to match the new surroundings, to thrilling effect...Schubert Revisited, so imaginative and refreshing, is the perfect new year delight.

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