Dietrich FischerDieskau Franz Vienna Schubert Gerald Moore - Schubert Winterreise (24 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Gerald Moore
Schubert: Winterreise
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Gute Nacht
2. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Die Wetterfahne
3. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Gefror'ne Tränen
4. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Erstarrung
5. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Der Lindenbaum
6. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Wasserflut
7. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Auf dem Flusse
8. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Rückblick
9. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Irrlicht
10. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Rast
11. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Frühlingstraum
12. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Einsamkeit
13. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Die Post
14. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Der greise Kopf
15. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Die Krähe
16. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Letzte Hoffnung
17. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Im Dorfe
18. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Der stürmische Morgen
19. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Täuschung
20. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Der Wegweiser
21. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Das Wirtshaus
22. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Mut
23. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Die Nebensonnen
24. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89): Der Leiermann

CD Details

All Artists: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Gerald Moore
Title: Schubert: Winterreise
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Classics
Release Date: 3/23/2004
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 724356278721, 724356278752

CD Reviews

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D. DEGEORGE | Ellicott City, MD USA | 07/15/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Dietrich-Fischer Dieskau and Gerald Moore recorded Winterreise at least three times, once in 1955 in mono for EMI (Winterreise), again in 1962 in stereo for EMI, and in 1972 for Deutsche Grammophon, when Fischer Dieskau was 30, 38, and 48 years old, respectively. The recording featured under this listing is the middle recording (1962, originally released 1963, and remastered in 2004). Although I have not made an exhaustive survey of critical reviews, I am under the impression that this is the most highly praised of the three recordings Fischer-Dieskau and Moore made together.

I own all three of the above-mentioned recordings, this being my favorite, but only by the slightest of margins over the 1955 recording. In this 1962 recording Fischer-Dieskau and Moore take the songs ever so slightly faster. If there is any significance to this at all, I surmise that the more experienced 38-year-old decided to downplay just a tad the angst of this song cycle and let it speak for itself rather than "milk" it--just a guess. The difference is subtle, but I think that the faster tempos add a touch of tension that well becomes the work; also I hear a greater variety of tone color in this performance.

The fact that this recording is in stereo makes very little difference. The recording engineers have chosen to center both the baritone and the piano, so all that the stereo adds is a bit of recital-hall ambience.

For more notes regarding both this and the 1955 performance, see my review of the other EMI Fischer-Dieskau/Gerald Moore Winterreise; but more importantly look at Robin Friedman's review there--he/she knows what (s)he is talking about, and I suspect that his/her review appears under the wrong listing and actually belongs here (his/her review gives the release date as 1963, which identifies this recording, not the one under which the review appears). If his/her review were here, along with mine, this item would be showing the five stars that it deserves."