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Schubert: Winterreise

Franz Schubert (Artist), Thomas Quasthoff (Artist), Charles Spencer (Artist)
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (October 13, 1998)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sony Classics
  • ASIN: B00000DFKL
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #93,461 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
listen  1. Winterreise, D. 911/Gute NachtThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 5:59$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Winterreise, D. 911/Die WetterfahneThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 1:43$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Winterreise, D. 911/Gefrorene TränenThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 2:21$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Winterreise, D. 911/ErstarrungThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 2:44$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Winterreise, D. 911/Der LindenbaumThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 5:00$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Winterreise, D. 911/WasserflutThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 4:35$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Winterreise, D. 911/Auf dem FlusseThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 3:26$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Winterreise, D. 911/RückblickThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 2:09$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Winterreise, D. 911/Das IrrlichtThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 2:43$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. Winterreise, D. 911/RastThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 3:15$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. Winterreise, D. 911/FrühlingstraumThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 4:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Winterreise, D. 911/EinsamkeitThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 2:35$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. Winterreise, D. 911/Die PostThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 2:20$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. Winterreise, D. 911/Der greise KopfThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 3:12$0.99 Buy Track
listen15. Winterreise, D. 911/Die KräheThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 1:56$0.99 Buy Track
listen16. Winterreise, D. 911/Letzte HoffnungThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 1:59$0.99 Buy Track
listen17. Winterreise, D. 911/Im DorfeThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 2:43$0.99 Buy Track
listen18. Winterreise, D. 911/Der stürmische MorgenThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer0:50$0.99 Buy Track
listen19. Winterreise, D. 911/TäuschungThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 1:15$0.99 Buy Track
listen20. Winterreise, D. 911/Der WegweiserThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 4:27$0.99 Buy Track
listen21. Winterreise, D. 911/Das WirtshausThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 4:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen22. Winterreise, D. 911/MutThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 1:18$0.99 Buy Track
listen23. Winterreise, D. 911/Die NebensonnenThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 2:57$0.99 Buy Track
listen24. Winterreise, D. 911/Der LeiermannThomas Quasthoff;Charles Spencer 3:26$0.99 Buy Track


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Written the year before Schubert's death, these 24 songs describe a journey that takes us ever deeper into the frozen landscape of the soul, and this superb performance evokes and communicates every nuance of their wintry bleakness and despair. Quasthoff is a fabulous singer; his voice is dark, perfectly focused, infinitely variable in color and inflection; his intonation and diction are impeccable; his breath control is unlimited. Quasthoff identifies completely with both words and music; his deeply inward expressiveness makes these heartbreaking songs almost unbearably moving. The piano sound is a bit dry and remote, but the playing is splendid, setting mood and atmosphere, creating and underlining character and emotion. --Edith Eisler

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificient, November 21, 1999
I'd rather say that the interpretation of Thomas Quasthoff is a radically different one from that of Fischer-Dieskau. What's new in this recording is a kind of distance or objectivity in regard of these lieder, it's not a romantic version and that's what makes of it an even more tragic one. The phrases of Quasthoff accompanied marvellously by Spencer make us feel as we took part really in this freezing journey. I've got the chance to listen to a concert diffused by ZDF (Germany), where Quasthoff was accompanied by Maria Joao Pires. If somebody could tell me how to get in possession of this beautiful recording, I'd be a happy man, 'cause on this occasion I discovered my favourite baryton singer. To listen as well: Matthew-passion with H. Rilling by Hannsler Verlag
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The essence of bass-baritone sound, June 19, 2001
By Stephen T. Andrews (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
I own five copies of Winterreise - Prey, Fischer-Dieskau, Goerne, and Hampson in addition to this one. All the rest take a very baritonal approach - Goerne seems to want to be a tenor most of the time. Quasthoff has a completely different sound; rich in quality throughout the registers. Note that he is also singing the standard Peters "Low Voice" keys.

Emotionally, this is also very satisfying. The craziness is not on the surface as with Hampson or (to some extent) Prey. In the last song, Leiermann, this a little disconcerting - there one almost expects the weirdness. But elsewhere, the approach is to grasp the musical core first, and then find the expressiveness in the words, not to tell an overall existential story. But each song is done very powerfully.

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thomas Quasthoff's new Winterreise is a wonderful find., November 9, 1998
By Irene Girton (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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Everyone and his brother - tenors and baritones, at least -- seems to have recorded Schubert's heartbreaking song cycle, "A Winter's Journey." Until now, no one since Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's landmark offering of 1965 has sung these 24 songs with such a combination of pathos and artistry. Thomas Quasthoff, a 38-year-old German bass-baritone, is a direct descendant of Fischer-Dieskau's in terms of his mellow tone, impeccable intonation, and sensitive partnership with his admirable accompanist, Charles Spencer. He adds to these gifts his personal experience as a thalidomide baby, born with short stature and vestigial arms and hands. Awareness of physical disability disappears, however, as he takes on the persona of the tragic winter wanderer, leaving home and love behind.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite Singing and Interpretation
Of the lower voices on the scene right now, Thomas Quasthoff is by far and away my favorite. He combines an incredible range with incomparable vocal quality (the warmth of his... Read more
Published on January 5, 2007 by Thomas F. Cooke

4.0 out of 5 stars Quasthoff on the verge--touching greatness but not yet there
By 1998 when this Winterreise was recorded, Thomas Quasthoff had thoroughly mastered lieder style. He sings with beautiful articulation and understands the poetry. Read more
Published on January 8, 2006 by Santa Fe listener

5.0 out of 5 stars performance
Quasthoff is magical in live performance as well as on disc, even better in fact. Yes that's correct-he performs on stage and i would advise anyone who has an opportunity to hear... Read more
Published on November 14, 2003 by RC

5.0 out of 5 stars Weighty and Moving
I agree that Mr. Quasthoff's interpretation conveys less personal forlornness than some other renditions. Read more
Published on March 15, 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars stellar
Despite his physical handicaps, which unfortunately prevent him from live performance, Thomas Quasthoff's magnificent, rich, wonderfully human voice is unimpaired. Read more
Published on February 26, 2001 by pspa

5.0 out of 5 stars Quasthoff - Simply Sensational!
Words fail to describe the wonderful coloration of Thomas Quasthoff's phrasing in this masterful recording. Read more
Published on May 20, 2000 by C. Moss

5.0 out of 5 stars As good as Fischer-Dieskau, but with his own slant on it
I have loved the 1960s recording by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau since it first came out and have not really found any recording since then that gave me the emotional experience that... Read more
Published on March 2, 2000 by J Scott Morrison

5.0 out of 5 stars it is the best Winterreise I ever heard
My english is too bad to say how much I love Quasthoff and his interpretation
Published on February 7, 1999

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