Schubert: Wintereisse (lichti)

Daniel Lichti - Baritone, Leslie De'Ath - Piano

The final disc arrived on the very day I write this column, along with a note from Daniel Lichti saying he was “looking forward to seeing what you think of this”, “this” being his recording with pianist Leslie De’Ath of Schubert’s celebrated song cycle Winterreise (Analekta AN 2 9921). As Winterreise is surely one of the most remarkable achievements in the art of song and as Lichti’s lush and expressive bass baritone is supremely suited to its realization, I find myself with little to say except “Thanks for sharing”! During the 200th anniversary year in 1997, Lichti and De’Ath created a stir in Schubert circles when they filled in on short notice for an ailing Hermann Prey at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. to perform a Winterreise which, as Michelle Rendelman reported at the time, “…was a great success and very rewarding. It was also very emotional, as an evening of Winterreise should be.” Thanks to engineer Ed Marshall and the good auspices of Analekta we are treated to a performance of the same calibre, recorded in Maureen Forrester Recital Hall at Wilfrid Laurier University where Lichti has been an Associate Professor since 1998. This is a disc to treasure. Reviewed by David Olds. Reprinted from The Wholenote Magazine (www.thewholenote.com), Oct. 2008.

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