Label: Challenge Classics
Format: BluRay video
Barcode: 0608917258820
Catalog number: CC 72588
Releasedate: 08-07-13
Format: BluRay video
Barcode: 0608917258820
Releasedate: 08-07-13
Schubert’s Winterreise is one of the most famous song cycles. Both tenor Christoph Prégardien and pianist Michael Gees have their own vision on it. Playing together, a third view develops, combining their two visions into an exciting interpretation.
- The launch of the first audio&film&documentary production of Challenge Classics: an innovative way of experiencing music!
- Music lovers can be almost "literally" present in the studio, where the musicians perform and record the music on film.
- By using close-up shots, the expressions, passion and intensity of the musicians are even more direct and personal than they would have been in a concert
- Includes the documentary: Winterreise, Der dritte Weg (The Third Way) with interviews with Prégardien and Gees and behind-the-scenes footage of the studio recording process.
- The Bluray edition includes a bonus CD
- Christoph Prégardien is a world famous tenor, well known for his almost 200 recordings for all the major labels
- Michael Gees is an acclaimed pianist and composer/improviser, best known for his duo performances with Christoph Prégardien.
- Previous duo recordings on Challenge Classics of Prégardien and Gees have won them several awards, including 2 Midem Awards, and a Supersonic Award by the Luxembourgian Pizzicato Magazine
Schubert's "Winterreise" is one of the most famous song cycles that exist in classical music and musicians take it up again and again because of its beauty, sorrow and depth. It is about life itself and which performer does not want to give his or her opinion on life? Both tenor Christoph Prégardien and pianist Michael Gees have their own vision on the cycle. Playing together, a third view develops, combining their two visions into an exciting interpretation of Winterreise.
In this production the music lover has more ways than one to enjoy this Lieder cycle to the fullest. This Bluray edition gives you the possibility to watch Winterreise on film as recorded in the studio. This is done in a beautiful manner with close-ups so we can see the expressions on the faces of the musicians and makes for an intense musical experience. It also includes documentary: Winterreise, Der dritte Weg (The Third Way) with interviews with Prégardien and Gees and behind-the-scenes footage of the studio recording process.
The Bluray edition includes a bonus CD!
This production is also available on DVD (region-free) and on Hybrid Super Audio (with book).
In this production the music lover has more ways than one to enjoy this Lieder cycle to the fullest. This Bluray edition gives you the possibility to watch Winterreise on film as recorded in the studio. This is done in a beautiful manner with close-ups so we can see the expressions on the faces of the musicians and makes for an intense musical experience. It also includes documentary: Winterreise, Der dritte Weg (The Third Way) with interviews with Prégardien and Gees and behind-the-scenes footage of the studio recording process.
The Bluray edition includes a bonus CD!
This production is also available on DVD (region-free) and on Hybrid Super Audio (with book).
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1Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Gute Nacht05:34
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2Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Die Wetterfahne01:43
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3Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Gefrorene Tränen02:14
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4Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Erstarrung02:57
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5Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Der Lindenbaum04:43
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6Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Wasserflut03:41
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7Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Auf dem Flusse03:26
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8Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Rückblick02:13
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9Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Irrlicht02:39
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10Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Rast03:25
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11Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Frühlingstraum04:14
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12Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Einsamkeit02:56
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13Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Die Post02:23
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14Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Der greise Kopf02:36
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15Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Die Krähe01:57
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16Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Letzte Hoffnung02:09
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17Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Im Dorfe02:53
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18Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Der stürmische Morgen00:50
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19Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Täuschung01:18
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20Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Der Wegweiser04:02
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21Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Das Wirtshaus04:54
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22Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Mut01:21
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23Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Die Nebensonnen02:31
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24Winterreise Op. 89, D. 911Der Leiermann04:00