Schubert: Winterreise (Live at Théâtre de l'Athénée, 2015)

Featuring

Nahuel di Pierro
Alphonse Cemin
Franz Schubert

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Performer Biography

Alphonse Cemin, the pianist, is also the artistic director of the 'Lundis musicaux de l'Athénée,' a series dedicated to chamber repertoire for voice and piano.

Performer Biography

Nahuel Di Pierro, the bass, is an alumnus of the Atelier Lyrique of the Opéra national de Paris and the Young Singer Program of the Salzburg Festival.

Performer Biography

Nahuel Di Pierro, the bass on this recording, and Alphonse Cemin, the pianist, met through Argentinian tenor Manuel Nuñez Camelino.

Performer Biography

Nahuel Di Pierro, the bass, decided to take on Schubert's Die Winterreise when he moved from Buenos Aires to Paris, finding that the work resonated with his feelings of leaving his hometown and facing an unknown future.

Recording & Production

This album is a live recording from a spring evening in 2015, which the performers believe captures a more spontaneous and real interpretation compared to a studio recording.

Interpretation

The performers, Nahuel Di Pierro and Alphonse Cemin, believe that the interpretation of a musical work is always evolving, nourished by their life experiences.

Interpretation

Nahuel Di Pierro and Alphonse Cemin studied many historical recordings of Die Winterreise, including those by Gerhard Hüsch, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Christa Ludwig, to inform their own interpretation.