Schubert - Die schöne Müllerin D 795/Op. 25 - Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut DeutschCD - DDD - 63'22
DECCA 2009
Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch's Die schöne Müllerin is as close to an ideal realization of Schubert's song cycle as you can find on disc. Apparently recorded in a single concert performance (with a remarkably quiet audience and thankfully no sudden intrusive applause at the end), the 20 songs not only tell the fateful tale of the young miller but, thanks to Kaufmann's artful expression, easily and believably draw us into the heart of the singer's emotional journey as well. In an interview Kaufmann describes how he believes that the singer of these songs must actually embody the voice of the one who is in the moment living the described events and deeply-felt emotions, rather than, as in some interpretations, serving as simply a "narrator", physically and temporally detached from the story.
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