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An inspired coupling of two contrasting yet complementary sets of ‘swansongs’. Despite the three decades separating Brahms’s and Schubert’s ages at the time of writing, both are among their composers’ very final works, poignant reflections on the transience of life.
- Julius Drake & Gerald Finley’s New Album Schubert: Schwanengesang ...
Julius Drake and his frequent collaborator, bass-baritone...
- Julius Drake & Gerald Finley’s New Album Schubert: Schwanengesang ...
Release Date: 27th Sep 2019. Catalogue No: CDA68288. Label: Hyperion. Length: 73 minutes. Gramophone Magazine. Awards Issue 2019. Editor's Choice. Gramophone Awards. 2020. Finalist - Solo Vocal. CD. This release includes a digital booklet. Contents. Schubert: Schwanengesang, D957. 54:58. Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)
27 de sept. de 2019 · Schubert: Schwanengesang; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge by Julius Drake, Gerald Finley released in 2019. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and mor.
Often singers will offer some additional Schubert songs. Roderick Williams chose to pair Schubert’s songs with Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte and that worked well, I thought. Gerald Finley proposes a different solution, pairing Schwanengesang with Brahms’ late Vier ernste Gesänge.
CDA68288. An inspired coupling of two contrasting yet complementary sets of ‘swansongs’. Despite the three decades separating Brahms’s and Schubert’s ages at the time of writing, both are among their composers’ very final works, poignant reflections on the transience of life. STREAM BUY.
Schubert: Schwanengesang & Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano) Finley is never an artist, one feels, to let himself be rushed…and his new recording of Schwanengesang is well worth the wait…The Vier ernste Lieder are possibly even better: noble, refined,...
