Hyperion Records

CDJ33030

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Recording details: August 1996
St George's, Brandon Hill, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: November 1997
Total duration: 74 minutes 0 seconds

BEST CLASSICAL CDS OF 1997, THE TIMES
R10 POUR REPERTOIRE, France

'Devoted Schubertians should not deprive themselves of the magnificent Goerne/Johnson performance, one of the truly great instalments of the epic Hyperion edition ... Goerne's Winterreise is one of the records of the year.' (The Sunday Times)

'Vocal technique and interpretive insights of the highest musical artistry. However many Winterreisen you may possess, you must have this one' (The Sunday Telegraph)

'Goerne sings with a rapt dedication that forces you to rethink each poem in the cycle' (The Guardian)

'Johnson and Goerne plumb the emotional depths of one of the most heart-wrenchingly sublime masterpieces in the genre' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Without doubt a historic account of Schubert's emotionally draining masterpiece' (Classic CD)

'A partnership of the highest order. I was gripped from beginning to end' (Hi-Fi News)

'Supremely performed, engineered and presented. Schubert has rarely been better served' (The Age, Melbourne)

'A spellbinding example of Goerne's art' (Schwann/Opus, USA)

'The one to knock Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore from the pedestal' (BBC Music Magazine)