Hyperion Records | Schubert: The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 33

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Recording details: December 1999
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Various producers
Engineered by Various engineers
Release date: September 1999
Total duration: 76 minutes 58 seconds

'Intriguing views of a young genius' (Classic CD)

Schubert: The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 33 – The Young Schubert

Graham Johnson (piano)

1		Lebenstraum 'Gesang in c', D1a 'Ich sass an einer Tempelhalle' [12'46] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Father Reinhard van Hoorickx (1918-1997) Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
2		Rien de la nature, D Anhang IIa [2'00] Christoph Willibald, Ritter von Gluck (1714-1787) & Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
3		Ô combats, ô désordre extrême!, D Anhang IIb [1'24] Christoph Willibald, Ritter von Gluck (1714-1787) & Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
4		Lebenstraum 'Ich sass an einer Tempelhalle', D39 [6'36] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
5		Quell' innocente figlio 'Aria dell' angelo', D17 No 1 [1'18] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Father Reinhard van Hoorickx (1918-1997) Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
6		Quell' innocente figlio 'Aria dell' angelo', D17 No 2 [0'59] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Father Reinhard van Hoorickx (1918-1997) Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
7		Klaglied, D23 'Meine Ruh’ ist dahin' [2'28] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Marie McLaughlin (soprano)
8		Entra l'uomo allor che nasce 'Aria di Abramo', D33 No 1 [0'58] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Father Reinhard van Hoorickx (1918-1997) Philip Langridge (tenor)
9		Entra l'uomo allor che nasce 'Aria di Abramo', D33 No 2 [1'04] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Father Reinhard van Hoorickx (1918-1997) Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
10		Serbate, o Dei custodi, D35 No 3 [3'24] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Alfred Orel (1899-1967) Adrian Thompson (tenor)
11		Misero pargoletto, D42 No 1b [3'55] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Father Reinhard van Hoorickx (1918-1997) Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
12		Totengräberlied, D44 'Grabe, Spaten, grabe!' [2'25] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
13		Dithyrambe, D47 'Nimmer, das glaubt mir, erscheinen die Götter' [4'21] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Father Reinhard van Hoorickx (1918-1997) James Gilchrist (tenor), Brandon Velarde (baritone), The London Schubert Chorale, Stephen Layton (conductor)
14		Ombre amene, amiche piante 'La serenata', D990f [1'38] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Father Reinhard van Hoorickx (1918-1997) Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
15		Pensa, che questo istante, D76 [1'33] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
16		Son fra l'onde, D78 [1'53] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
17		Trinklied, D75 'Freunde, sammelt euch im Kreise' [2'59] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Jamie MacDougall (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Michael George (bass)
18		L'incanto degli occhi, D990e 'Da voi, cari lumi' [2'33] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Father Reinhard van Hoorickx (1918-1997) Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
19		Geisternähe, D100 'Der Dämm’rung Schein' [3'50] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Philip Langridge (tenor)
20		Die Befreier Europas in Paris, D104 'Sie sind in Paris!' [2'32] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Maarten Koningsberger (baritone)
21		Der Abend, D108 'Purpur malt die Tannenhügel' [3'02] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Daniel Norman (tenor)
22		Die Nacht 'Die Nacht bricht an, mit leisen Lüften sinket' [4'48] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
23		Erinnerungen, D98 'Am Seegestad’, in lauen Vollmondnächten' [3'42] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Philip Langridge (tenor)
24		Ammenlied, D122 'Am hohen, hohen Turm' [1'56] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
25		Viel tausend Sterne prangen, D642 [2'54] Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) The London Schubert Chorale, Stephen Layton (conductor)

Theis volume of our Schubert edition has the subtitle ‘The Young Schubert’ and it contains music written between 1810 and 1814. There are several ‘first recordings’, including D1A, a 12-minute song called Lebenstraum which Schubert left unfinished and untitled, and also without any words! Inspired scholarship has recently revealed the poem which was in Schubert’s mind when he was writing it. He turned to the same poem again soon afterwards in D39, which is also on the disc. There are several Italian settings from Metastasio which Schubert prepared whilst studying with Salieri, and there are even two never-before-recorded duets in French deriving from operatic works by Gluck. Also included is the recently discovered Die Nacht, which doesn’t have a Deutsch number yet. Altogether this is a fascinating programme of virtually unknown music from the youth of one of the greatest composers who ever lived, and of far more than academic interest.