Schubert: Winterreise Andrè Schuen & Daniel Heide

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Winterreise, D. 911:
• 1 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 1, Gute Nacht 06:04
• 2 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 2, Die Wetterfahne 01:51
• 3 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 3, Gefrorne Tränen 02:37
• 4 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 4, Erstarrung 02:48
• 5 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 5, Der Lindenbaum 05:24
• 6 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 6, Wasserflut 04:32
• 7 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 7, Auf dem Flusse 03:38
• 8 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 8, Rückblick 02:08
• 9 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 9, Irrlicht 03:04
• 10 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 10, Rast 03:35
• 11 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 11, Frühlingstraum 04:36
• 12 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 12, Einsamkeit 03:00
• 13 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 13, Die Post 02:28
• 14 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 14, Der greise Kopf 03:27
• 15 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 15, Die Krähe 02:15
• 16 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 16, Letzte Hoffnung 02:13
• 17 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 17, Im Dorfe 03:37
• 18 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 18, Der stürmische Morgen 00:50
• 19 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 19, Täuschung 01:42
• 20 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 20, Der Wegweiser 04:46
• 21 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 21, Das Wirtshaus 04:18
• 22 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 22, Mut 01:25
• 23 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 23, Die Nebensonnen 03:02
• 24 Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: No. 24, Der Leiermann 04:04
• Total Runtime 01:17:24

Info for Schubert: Winterreise

Andrè Schuen's two recordings of Schubert's late, great song cycles received fantastic reviews. For “The Beautiful Müllerin,” for example, Gramophone wrote: “great, free baritone voice, used with taste and unchanging sensitivity for the text.” And the second recording “Schwanengesang” was honored with an OPUS KLASSIK in the “Solo Vocal” category in 2023.

Daniel Heide, Schuen's long-time duo partner, accompanied both recordings on the piano. Now Andrè Schuen and Daniel Heide complete their trilogy of Schubert's great song cycles with a moving reading of Winterreise. For many, Winterreise is the crowning achievement of the song repertoire. “It is the first work that comes to mind when you talk about songs,” says Andrè Schuen, pointing to the alternation between movement and standstill in the songs: “There are images in which time seems to stand completely still, States of the soul in harmony with the frozen winter nature. Then again it goes further and further.”

"Andrè Schuen can and does everything: to sing in pianissimo with restraint and almost tonelessly, as in "Leise beg, my songs through the night" or to raise his voice in a completely operatic manner. He often mixes mysteriously dark colors into his extremely beautifully timbred baritone, like him In general, when it comes to low tones, it exudes a sonority like a real bass. Sometimes you get the feeling that the big man becomes a little boy who sings loudly to himself in the dark cellar, whether with almost vibratoless finesse or with a virile, wide-ranging tone “The Atlas”, the first Heine setting: Like a gifted actor, Andrè Schuen uses all the voices in his heart, chest and vocal cords to tell his own story in each song. How wonderful that is you can just let the album play again from the beginning!" (Klaus Kalchschmid, opern.news)

Andre Schuen, baritone
Daniel Heide, piano

Andrè Schuen
hails from La Val in Ladin (South Tyrol, Italy), where he grew up speaking three languages - Ladin, Italian and German, a versatility that is reflected in his current vocal repertoire. After many years of playing the cello as his main instrument, he decided to study singing at the University Mozarteum Salzburg with Prof. Horiana Branisteanu, as well as Lied and Oratorio with Prof. Wolfgang Holzmair. After his studies, Andrè Schuen was an ensemble member of the Graz Opera. Today he is at home on the major opera, concert and song stages worldwide.

In the field of opera, Andrè Schuen is highly sought after by internationally important opera houses such as the Bavarian State Opera, the Vienna State Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the Teatro Real Madrid. In the current season he will assume the role of Conte in the new production of Mozart's Nozze di Figaro at the Vienna State Opera (conducctor: Philippe Jordan/director: Barrie Kosky). For the first time, he will embody two Wagner roles: Heerrufer in the new production of Lohengrin at the Bavarian State Opera (François-Xavier Roth/Kornél Mundruczo) and his debut as Wolfram in Tannhäuser at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Sebastian Weigle/Sasha Waltz) in May. He is also a regular guest in opera productions at major festivals such as Salzburg or Aix-en-Provence, most recently in the title role of Nozze di Figaro (Lotte de Beer/Thomas Hengelbrock) at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence and as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte (Christof Loy/ Joana Mallwitz) at the Salzburg Festival.

In concert Andrè Schuen made his debut at the Lucerne Festival with Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under Jakub Hruša in August 2022. The season 2022-2023 will also see his debut with the Finnish Radio Orchestra in Helsinki and a tour of Spain with Mahler's Wunderhorn Lieder with the Ensemble de l'Orquesta de la Comunidad de Valencia. He will spend the turn of the year at Leipzig's Gewandhaus performing Beethoven's 9th under Andris Nelsons. In May 2023 he will sing in Mahler's 8th Symphony at La Scala in Milan with the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala under Riccardo Chailly. Past highlights on the concert stage include appearances with the Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle, WDR Symphony Orchestra under Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding.

Lied singing is particularly important to Andrè Schuen, performing together with his piano partner Daniel Heide. This season, recitals will take him back to the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, the Konzerthaus Wien, Teatro de la Zarzuela Madrid and Konzerthaus Dortmund. He is also a regular guest at other major song centres such as London's Wigmore Hall, Schubertiada Vilabertran, Heidelberger Frühling or Rheingau Musik Festival. In the USA, he gave his debut in recitals at Tanglewood Festival and Aspen Music Festival, together with Andreas Haefliger.

Andrè Schuen is internationally acclaimed for his recordings. Since 2021, the Ladin baritone has been an Exclusive Recording Artist for Deutsche Grammophon. After Schubert's Schöne Müllerin, Schwanengesang will be released in November 2022 as part of his exclusive recording of all three Schubert song cycles for the "Yellow Label".

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