Hanno Müller-Brachmann, the bass-baritone on this recording, has worked with many leading musical figures, including Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Barenboim, and Bernard Haitink.
Composition History
Evidence suggests that Schubert intended to publish the Rellstab and Heine lieder in "Schwanengesang" as separate volumes.
Composition History
Franz Schubert's song cycle "Schwanengesang" and its title were not created by Schubert himself, but by the Viennese publisher Tobias Haslinger six months after the composer's death.
Composer Biography
Franz Schubert and Carl Maria von Weber, though contemporaries, never appear to have met.
Recording & Production
The recording was made in September 2020 at Radiostudio Zürich, Switzerland, as a coproduction with SRF 2 Kultur.
Instruments
The piano used for this recording is a Grand Piano by Carl Strobel, made in Vienna in 1824/1825.
Composition History
Unlike Schubert's other large song cycles, "Schwanengesang" features texts by three different poets: Ludwig Rellstab, Heinrich Heine, and Schubert's friend Johann Gabriel Seidl.
