Description:

Another "Winterreise," a music drama conceived and directed by Christoph Roy, a director active at the Salzburg Festival and other prestigious opera houses in Europe, is now available. The narrator (singer) of the drama is a fictional old Schubert (Anne-Sophie von Otter). The drama features four men and women in silent roles - young Schubert, his best friend Schober and two girls. Otter sometimes sings their emotional scenes, sometimes jumps into the play to comfort and encourage them... And Christiane Bezeidenhout's (accompaniment and solo) fortepiano plays Schubert's songs and instrumental pieces, which add rich shades to this drama of Schubert's youth. and instrumental pieces played by Christian Bezeidenhout (accompaniment and solo) on the fortepiano, color Schubert's youthful drama with rich shades. (C)RS