Winterreise Op. 89, D 911 For High Voice - Schubert Barenreiter Kritischer Bericht

Kritischer Bericht

critics have run out of superlatives describing the 26-year-old pianist whose playing combines formidable intellect

and Bernard Lanskey

Rounding off this volume is an informative introduction discussing the work’s genesis

performed by musicians already making their mark on stages from Berlin to Manila

Winterreise Op. 89, D 911 For High Voice - Schubert Barenreiter Kritischer BerichtIn spring 1827 Schubert performed the first part of his best known song cycle Winterreise for his friends for the first time. At this time he assumed that he had set all the texts belonging to the cycle to music. Only later did he come across the complete cycle of 24 songs in Mllers volume Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten of 1824. As a result, he set the twelve further poems as a separate group, partly