Thomas Guthrie writes - In 2001, I had studied for a PhD at York University under the guidance of the inspirational conductor, musicologist and all-round Lieder lover, Peter Seymour. Our subject was ornamentation in Schubert Lieder. I was a poor student, and never finished it, but my eyes and ears were opened to the idea that Schubert expected his singers to ornament - and adapt in other ways - his music. I also learnt some of the wider ideas inherent in Rhetoric, an obsession of the literati of the Renaissance (and later). At the heart of this antique science, based on the art of both speech writing and speech giving, is the idea that genuine engagement with an audience demands spontaneity and invention. According to the rules of Rhetoric, this should be exactly half of it, right down to questions of tempo, instrumentation, expression and even the notes themselves.In this context, performing Schubert songs in white tie and tails, standing in the crook of a large grand piano in a refined, often large-capacity cultural venue, began to seem to me to be inauthentic, and even contrary to the spirit in which Schubert had composed them. I hope you can feel even a tiny whiff of it as you listen to these songs. Above all, I hope they conjure some sense of the Schubert that perhaps we have come to miss - a lover of relaxed storytelling through friendship, humanity, and intimacy.

Tracklist:

Die SchÃ¶ne MÃ¼llerin D 795 Arr Thomas Guthrie No 1 Das Wandern
No 2 Wohin
No 3 Halt
No 4 Danksagung An Den Bach
No 5 Am Feierabend
No 6 Der Neugierige
No 7 Ungeduld
No 8 Morgengruss
No 9 Des MÃ¼llers Blumen
No 10 TrÃ¤nenregen
No 11 Mein
No 12 Pause
No 13 Mit Dem GrÃ¼nen Lautenbande
No 14 Der JÃ¤ger
No 15 Eifersucht Und Stolz
No 16 Die Liebe Farbe
No 17 Die BÃ¶se Farbe
No 18 Trockne Blumen
No 19 Der MÃ¼ller Und Der Bach
Die SchÃ¶ne MÃ¼llerin D 795 Arr Thomas Guthrie No 20 Des Baches Wiegenlied

UPC: 5065002228611
Label: Rubicon
Release Date: 12.22.23
Format: CD

Thomas Guthrie - Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin (CD)