Program

Franz Schubert, Winterreise, D. 911

1. Gute Nacht (Good Night)

2. Die Wetterfahne (The Weathervane)

3. Gefror'ne Tränen (Frozen Tears)

4. Erstarrung (Feeling Numb)

5. Der Lindenbaum (The Linden Tree)

6. Wasserflut (The Watercourse)

7. Auf dem Flusse (On the River)

8. Rückblick (Looking Back)

9. Irrlicht (Will O’ the Wisp)

10. Rast (Rest)

11. Frühlingstraum (Dream of Spring)

12. Einsamkeit (Solitude)

13. Die Post (The Post)

14. Der greise Kopf (The Gray Head)

15. Die Krähe (The Crow)

16. Letzte Hoffnung (The Last Hope)

17. Im Dorfe (In the Village)

18. Der stürmische Morgen (The Stormy Morning)

19. Täuschung (Illusion)

20. Der Wegweiser (The Signpost)

21. Das Wirtshaus (The Wayside Inn)

22. Mut (Courage)

23. Nebensonnen (The Mock Suns)

24. Der Leiermann (The Hurdy-gurdy Man)

Christa Ludwig sings Schubert, The Winter Journey

With Charles Spencer

Subscribers

Cast

Charles Spencer — Piano

Christa Ludwig — Mezzo-soprano

Program notes

In 1994, Christa Ludwig gives a performance of Schubert's Winterreise (The Winter Journey), accompanied by the pianist Charles Spencer.

Aged 66, Christa Ludwig becomes the second female singer, after Lotte Lehmann, to give a concert performance of The Winter Journey, and this is its first commercial release.

A closer look: featured composers

Franz Schubert

Further listening: featured works

Winterreise, D. 911

Franz Schubert (Composer)