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Winterreise (DVD)
Franz Schubert

Winterreise (DVD)

Christoph Prégardien / Michael Gees

Label: Challenge Classics
Format: DVD movie
Barcode: 0608917259520
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Catalog number: CC 72595
Releasedate: 31-05-13
Schubert’s Winterreise is one of the most famous song cycles. Both tenor Christoph Prégardien and pianist Michael Gees have their own vision on it. Playing together, a third view develops, combining their two visions into an exciting interpretation.
  • The launch of the first audio&film&documentary production of Challenge Classics: an innovative way of experiencing music!
  • Music lovers can be almost "literally" present in the studio, where the musicians perform and record the music on film.
  • By using close-up shots, the expressions, passion and intensity of the musicians are even more direct and personal than they would have been in a concert
  • Includes the documentary: Winterreise, Der dritte Weg (The Third Way) with interviews with Prégardien and Gees and behind-the-scenes footage of the studio recording process.
  • Christoph Prégardien is a world famous tenor, well known for his almost 200 recordings for all the major labels
  • Michael Gees is an acclaimed pianist and composer/improviser, best known for his duo performances with Christoph Prégardien.
  • Previous duo recordings on Challenge Classics of Prégardien and Gees have won them several awards, including 2 Midem Awards, and a Supersonic Award by the Luxembourgian Pizzicato Magazine
Schubert's "Winterreise" is one of the most famous song cycles that exist in classical music and musicians take it up again and again because of its beauty, sorrow and depth. It is about life itself and which performer does not want to give his or her opinion on life? Both tenor Christoph Prégardien and pianist Michael Gees have their own vision on the cycle. Playing together, a third view develops, combining their two visions into an exciting interpretation of Winterreise.

In this production the music lover has more ways than one to enjoy this Lieder cycle to the fullest. This DVD edition gives you the possibility to watch Winterreise on film as recorded in the studio. This is done in a beautiful manner with close-ups so we can see the expressions on the faces of the musicians and makes for an intense musical experience. It also includes documentary: Winterreise, Der dritte Weg (The Third Way) with interviews with Prégardien and Gees and behind-the-scenes footage of the studio recording process.