National Public Radio has an excellent discussion of Schubert’s Winterrise in layman’s terms. They focus on Thomas Quasthoff’s 1998 recording.
Ted Libbey And Lisa Simeone Recommend Schubert’s Winterreise
Anna Picard has a short review of the new Mark Padmore and Paul Lewis recording of Winterreise in the The Independent. In the review she cites the recording as being “interesting reversal of roles” for Padmore and Lewis.
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.
The Gramophone Archive has a wonderful article discussing Fischer-Deiskau’s many recordings of Winterreise. It talks about the circumstances surrounding the recordings as well as various advantages and disadvantages of each recording.
