Track listing
24 tracks · 70:41Listen to samples on selected tracks.
Franz Schubert
- Winterreise 72:21
- 1 I. Gute Nacht 5:50
- 2 II. Die Wetterfahne 1:49
- 3 III. Gefrorne Tränen 2:17
- 4 IV. Erstarrung 2:46
- 5 V. Der Lindenbaum 4:46
- 6 VI. Wasserflut 3:58
- 7 VII. Auf dem Flusse 3:17
- 8 VIII. Rückblick 2:09
- 9 IX. Irrlicht 2:30
- 10 X. Rast 3:18
- 11 XI. Frühlingstraum 4:39
- 12 XII. Einsamkeit 2:35
- 13 XIII. Die Post 2:11
- 14 XIV. Der greise Kopf 3:13
- 15 XV. Die Krähe 1:52
- 16 XVI. Letzte Hoffnung 1:47
- 17 XVII. Im Dorfe 2:55
- 18 XVIII. Der stürmische Morgen 0:51
- 19 XIX. Täuschung 1:18
- 20 XX. Der Wegweiser 3:47
- 21 XXI. Das Wirtshaus 4:20
- 22 XXII. Mut 1:23
- 23 XIII. Die Nebensonnen 2:52
- 24 XIV. Der Leiermann 4:18
Features
Booklet with liner notes in English, German and Finnish and the sung texts in the original German and in English
Press
The sound of Jorma Hynninen's voice, sepulchral and cavernous in its resonant acoustic, is a momentary shock to the system. But the power of his interpretation soon grips as the voice moves forward with alacrity and with often startling moments of perception.
Hilary Finch, The Times, February 1990
Hynninen is content to smolder like a volcano that's not going to erupt. (...) Frühlingstraum is almost tearful, while Der Leiermann barely rises above a defeated whisper. Gothóni is a superb, imaginative accompanist.
Ralph V. Lucano, Fanfare Magazine, September/October 1989
The artists
Jorma Hynninen
Baritone Jorma Hynninen is one of the most highly appreciated Finnish vocal artists of all time. His unprejudiced and profound approach to art has contributed not only to a renewal in the art of interpreting solo songs but also to the creation of a number of new contemporary operas. In Lied, he has concentrated on the song cycles of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf and the solo songs of Sibelius, Oskar Merikanto, Toivo Kuula and Yrjö Kilpinen. He has appeared at innumerable distinguished venues, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, the Musikverein, the Concertgebouw, Boston Symphony Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall and the festivals at Tanglewood, Ravinia and Salzburg.
Ralf Gothóni
Ralf Gothóni (born in Finland, living in Spain) has a many-sided career as solo pianist, chamber musician and conductor all over the world. He became well-known for his unconventional way of music -making, not only as a pianist, but as a musician with unusual thinking about music and the wholeness of musicianship.
