Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 (Excerpts Arr. A. Höricht for String Quartet)
2/7/2020, 12 Tracks, 50:25
Featuring
Nico Christians
Maria Krebs
Andreas Höricht
Klaus Kämper
Voyager Quartet
Franz Schubert
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Interpretation
The arranger, Andreas Höricht, selected twelve of Schubert's Winterreise songs and rewrote them for string quartet, believing the music's expressiveness allows it to resonate without the original text.
Performer Biography
The Voyager Quartet, founded in 2014, consists of members who have had successful careers in famous string quartets like the Cherubini Quartet and Modern String Quartet, and in world-class orchestras.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Franz Schubert's song cycle Winterreise explores the dark side of yearning for happiness, delving into obsessions, fears, and feelings of forlornness with unprecedented intensity.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at the Konzertsaal 1800 in St. Christoph am Arlberg from March 29-31, 2019, and was produced by the Voyager Quartet.
Compositional Technique
This string quartet arrangement of Winterreise includes specially composed Intermezzi between the songs, which interrupt the flow and prepare the listener for the next piece.
Compositional Technique
The instrumental-like songs in Schubert's Winterreise can be seen as dissolving classical genre boundaries.
