Schubert: Winterreise

Baritone Peter Harvey delivers a unique recording of Schubert's popular song-cycle Winterreise which, alongside Die schöne Müllerin, provides one of the greatest challenges in the lieder repertoire. This recording demonstrates why he can frequently be heard on radio broadcasts and in concert halls across the world.

Peter leads the listener on an intense, dramatic journey; his expressive baritone perfectly captures the bleak emotions of the wanderer in this beautiful work. Harvey's historically informed interpretation is further enhanced by Gary Cooper who performs on an early 19th-century fortepiano. This collaborative attention to authenticity creates the atmospheric and distinctive sound world that Schubert intended.

Peter feels a personal connection to this work and his absolute understanding of the work really helps draw the listener in. Peter has written an introduction to the work himself.

For fans of lieder this recording is surely not to be missed.

A 24-bit 192 kHz studio master for this album is available from the Linn Records website.

CKD371  74 minutes 28 seconds
'It is a sober, intelligently thought through, and beautifully sung Winterreise, with Harvey's baritone in its well-groomed prime, and with fortepiano accompaniment too. Indeed, Gary Cooper's k ...
'Best known as a soloist with groups such as the Monteverdi Choir, baritone Peter Harvey here joins the ranks of British singers communicating fresh ideas about Schubert's great song cycle. The perfor ...
'We have come to associate period instruments with lightness, but what starts as attractive transparency in Peter Harvey and Gary Cooper's Winterreise slowly tightens into neurotic abstraction. ...