Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Performer: Iestyn Davies, Joseph Middleton
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Catalogue: SIGCD697
Release: 2022
Size: 2.46 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795
01. I. Das Wandern
02. II. Wohin?
03. III. Halt!
04. IV. Danksagung an den Bach
05. V. Am Feierabend
06. VI. Der Neugierige
07. VII. Ungeduld
08. VIII. Morgengruß
09. IX. Des Müllers Blumen
10. X. Tränenregen
11. XI. Mein!
12. XII. Pause
13. XIII. Mit dem grünen Lautenbande
14. XIV. Der Jäger
15. XV. Eifersucht und Stolz
16. XVI. Die liebe Farbe
17. XVII. Die böse Farbe
18. XVIII. Trockne Blumen
19. XIX. Der Müller und der Bach
20. XX. Des Baches Wiegenlied
Renowned performers Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton perform Schubert’s tragic song-cycle Die schöne Müllerin. Adapting poetry by Wilhelm Müller, the genesis of D. 795 marks the beginning of the end of Schubert’s life; he discovered that he had contracted syphilis sometime in late 1822 or early 1823, and it was in 1823 that he composed this tale of a poet-singer who dies in the aftermath of erotic experience. Released under the own label of St John’s College, Cambridge, this recording acts as a celebration of Iestyn Davies’s formative period at the college; beginning there as a 7-year-old probationer in 1987, he progressed to become Head Chorister, before ultimately returning to study as a choral scholar. Alongside full texts and translations, the booklet includes a background on the work by noted Lied expert Susan Youens, as well as reflections on Iestyn’s time at St John’s from the College’s past and present Directors of Music – Christopher Robinson and Andrew Nethsingha.