Post by terence April 6, 2009 (1 of 6)
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john thanks for your excellent review. how would you rate the singer's german?
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terence said:
john thanks for your excellent review. how would you rate the singer's german?
Terence, I'm not a native German speaker although I have quite a good ear for languages. My impression, having listened to a couple of native German speakers (with their various accents!) while comparing recordings with his, was that he articulated very well and it sounded pretty convincing to me - he must have had some good German coaches in his career. I could easily follow both the texts and score. Presumably we can enjoy a Winterreise from Prégardien soon as he seems to be working though the song cycles on SACD.
Cheers,
John
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Post by terence April 6, 2009 (3 of 6)
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thanks john your review convinces me i need to buy this.
but nobody has it in stock yet it seems?!
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Post by fafnir April 6, 2009 (4 of 6)
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Geohominid said:
Terence, I'm not a native German speaker although I have quite a good ear for languages. My impression, having listened to a couple of native German speakers (with their various accents!) while comparing recordings with his, was that he articulated very well and it sounded pretty convincing to me - he must have had some good German coaches in his career. I could easily follow both the texts and score. Presumably we can enjoy a Winterreise from Prégardien soon as he seems to be working though the song cycles on SACD.
Cheers,
John
Prégardien has a 2008 recording of this on Atma (regrettably RBCD only) in which he is accompanied by a wind quintet and accordion. Strange as it may seem, IMHO the accompaniment works very well and sheds new light on the work. Obviously not for everyone's taste, however.
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terence said:
thanks john your review convinces me i need to buy this.
but nobody has it in stock yet it seems?!
I got it direct from the Melba Website and it reached the UK in 3 days, very reasonable air mail cost.
John
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Post by akiralx April 7, 2009 (6 of 6)
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fafnir said:
Prégardien has a 2008 recording of this on Atma (regrettably RBCD only) in which he is accompanied by a wind quintet and accordion. Strange as it may seem, IMHO the accompaniment works very well and sheds new light on the work. Obviously not for everyone's taste, however.
Yes, this version (which I have not heard) was very favourably received as one of the top choices when BBC Radio 3 compiled their Building a Library recommendations on Winterreise.
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