Roderick Williams, the baritone on this recording, is a highly sought-after performer with a wide repertoire, who received an OBE in 2017 and was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2018.
Composer Biography
Franz Schubert, the composer, died at the age of thirty-one, making his Winterreise one of the greatest achievements of his final years.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Schubert was drawn to the romantic image of the wanderer, which resonated with Wilhelm Müller's tale of a traveler leaving an unrequited love and embarking on a journey through a wintry landscape.
Compositional Technique
Schubert's Winterreise uses musical elements like the dogged tread and languid downward-curling themes to establish the cycle's mood from the very beginning.
Performer Biography
Iain Burnside, the pianist on this recording, has performed with many leading singers and is also a writer and broadcaster, having won a Sony Radio Award for his work on BBC Radio 3.
Composition History
Schubert's Winterreise was inspired by the poetry cycles of Wilhelm Müller, a young poet who, like Schubert, experienced love and loss in his early years.
Recording & Production
This Chandos recording uses 24-bit / 96 kHz technology, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.
