World famous mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and conductor-pianist Yannick Nézet-Séguin join forces to take on one of the most brilliant song cycles ever written: Schubert's Winterreise (Winter Journey). DiDonato, however, casts a different light on this beloved cycle of 24 songs in telling their story from the perspective of the woman, the lost love. Nancy Plum, Town Topics writes: "The question of what happened to the woman who sent the narrator on a tortuous journey was not answered in the Wilhelm Müller poetry from which Schubert drew the text, but DiDonato created a scenario onstage of being that woman, reading from the narrator's journal and responding to the inherent despair." "What stood out was the heavy emotion that came through in her singing, as she lingered on a syllable here, pressed her tone there. She created vivid feelings with her contrasts" wrote New York Classical Review about Joyce Didonato's interpretation.
2 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 2, Die Wetterfahne
3 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 3, Gefrorne Tränen
4 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 4, Erstarrung
5 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 5, Der Lindenbaum
6 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 6, Wasserflut
7 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 7, Auf Dem Flusse
8 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 8, Rückblick
9 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 9, Irrlicht
10 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 10, Rast
11 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 12, Einsamkeit
12 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 13, Die Post
13 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 14, Der Greise Kopf
14 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 15, Die Krähe
15 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 16, Letzte Hoffnung
16 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 17, Im Dorfe
17 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 18, Der Stürmische Morgen
18 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 19, Täuschung
19 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 20, Der Wegweiser
20 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 21, Das Wirtshaus
21 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 22, Mut
22 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 23, Die Nebensonnen
23 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 24, Der Leiermann
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World famous mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and conductor-pianist Yannick Nézet-Séguin join forces to take on one of the most brilliant song cycles ever written: Schubert's Winterreise (Winter Journey). DiDonato, however, casts a different light on this beloved cycle of 24 songs in telling their story from the perspective of the woman, the lost love. Nancy Plum, Town Topics writes: "The question of what happened to the woman who sent the narrator on a tortuous journey was not answered in the Wilhelm Müller poetry from which Schubert drew the text, but DiDonato created a scenario onstage of being that woman, reading from the narrator's journal and responding to the inherent despair." "What stood out was the heavy emotion that came through in her singing, as she lingered on a syllable here, pressed her tone there. She created vivid feelings with her contrasts" wrote New York Classical Review about Joyce Didonato's interpretation.
