From Classicaltv.com:
Under studio conditions in the Alte Pfarr, near Ravensburg, acclaimed Mexican tenor Francisco Araiza sings Schubert’s great song cycle with accompaniment by pianist Jean Lemaire.
Artists Rick Burkhardt, Alec Duffy and Dave Malloy have put together what looks like an amazing interpretation/lecture on the topic of Winterreise. I wish I were in New York (where it is playing through March 20th) to check it out myself. Here is a video preview of Die Krähe:
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Animator Waren Criswell created this hauntingly beautiful animation “Die Krähe” with a surprise ending.
His description:
Unlucky in love, a man wanders in a winter landscape, followed by a hungry crow. Faithful to the grave. But this one has an ending more Sopranos than Schubert….
Animation by Warren, music by Franz Schubert: The Crow, from Winterreise, Tenor Mat Tatus, piano Bob Boury
The Crow from Warren Criswell on Vimeo.
About five months ago I wrote a scathing review of a recording of Yuri Honing performing parts of Winterreise on saxophone with Nora Mulder on piano. Today I was searching for Winterreise on the beautiful video site vimeo.com and found a video of them performing exceprts. Now you can make your own assessment.
Winterreise from Wim Zagt on Vimeo.
Youtube has, what appears to be, a promotional video for a production of Winterreise performed with projected images and puppets. According the singer-director’s page on the project the performance seems consists of a traditionally sung Winterreise with original animated illustrations, puppets and a 19th Century Guitar added for musical flavor. If the video is an accurate representation of the performance, it looks like an intriguing take on Schubert’s cycle which has been performed in various theaters since it’s creation in 2004.
Youtube user civileso has created a great video of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Jorg Demus performing “Erstarrung” while matching sheet music is displayed two measures at a time. Listening to a world class recording while following along in a score is, perhaps, the best way to truly appreciate Schubert’s Winterreise, and this video basically does it for you.
My only gripe with this video is that the key of performance does not match the key of the score being displayed.
In this video, Spanish soprano Teresa Berganza and pianist Felix Lavilla perform “Die Post” at the Aix-en-Provence festival on 18 July 1964. Berganza’s dynamic control and coy vocal color almost convince me that this song was intended for the female voice. Her mastery of this song is complete — except for the very top note.
Here is an interesting video of guitarist Sergio Moldavsky playing what I assume is an original transcription of Die Post. Of all the instrumental adaptations of song from Winterreise, I think this is one of the best. It manages to stay true both the song it’s self, and the instrument on which it is being played:
Mysterious German Youtube user fluteceleste posted an interesting version of “Gute Nacht”, the first song of Winterreise, performed on a church organ. It is not clear if the arrangement is his own, but I would not be surprised if it were.
In 2004 baritone Jan Buchwald and pianist Cornelius Meister filmed a “scenic version” of Winterreise at the Hans Otto Theater Potsdam. It seems that he performed a fully staged version as if it were a one man opera. The Youtube videos claim that the “scenic version is by Uwe Eric Laufenberg”. Its not clear exactly what that means, but I imagine that Mr. Laufenberg either designed the set, or did the stage direction.
As far as I can deduce from Mr. Buchwald’s German website, the DVD has not yet been completed, but several of the songs have been posted to Youtube. Here they are for your enjoyment:
Gute Nacht
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