This album was recorded at Radiostudio Zurich, DRS, in Zurich, Switzerland, from November 16th to 19th, 2006.
Composition History
In 1816, Franz Schubert and his friends planned to publish a collection of all his songs, starting with eight volumes grouped by poet.
Performer Biography
Florian Boesch, the baritone, has performed in Mozart operas such as Figaro, Count Almaviva, Don Giovanni, and Papageno at various opera houses including the Bolshoy Theatre in Moscow.
Performer Biography
Burkhard Kehring, the pianist on this album, won the accompanist prize at the 1993 Walter Gruner Competition in London and the 1994 Hans Pfitzner Competition in Munich.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition, which this album is part of, groups all of Schubert's over 700 Lieder according to the poets who inspired him.
Composer Biography
Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music, including classical Greek, medieval, Renaissance, 18th-century German, early Romantic, and Biedermeier poets.
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