Schubert: Winterreise / Rose

Matthew Rose, bass; Gary Matthewman, piano

Schubert
Winterreise

Stone Records is delighted to announce the release of Matthew Rose's debut recital disc. Together with pianist Gary Matthewman, he performs Schubert's masterpiece Winterreise. Rose, renowned for his performances at the world's leading opera houses (The Metropolitan, La Scala, Covent Garden), is becoming one of the most sought-after basses of his generation. He has teamed up with rising star Matthewman, and together they worked on Winterreise over the course of several years prior to making this recording. The result is one of the most dramatically thrilling, and intelligently planned renditions of this great work.
The recording was made at the Snape Maltings near Aldeburgh in the UK, a suitably remote and inspiring location for such a piece. Superbly captured by award-winning producer Sébastien Chonion, the disc is presented in a collectable CD-sized hardback booklet, with articles by Warwick Thompson and Susan Youens, full texts in German and English, and, as computer files on the CD itself, transposable sheet music for the entire work.
Full texts in German and English. Articles by Susan Youens and Warwick Thompson in English and German. Disc includes transposable sheet music as computer files. Beautifully presented CD-sized hardback booklet "Rose sings with a beautiful, velvety tone but with full understanding of the importance of the words." Musical Criticism "I had been to a recital by him in Cambridge two nights earlier, of Schubert's Schwanengesang, the most impressive account I have heard of that difficult non-cycle for a long while. Rose is a true bass, who surely has a great future in the black Wagner roles, among others." The Spectator "Matthew Rose's performance is overwhelmingly outstanding." Il Giornale

Price: $25.98