Mein Traum
Vocal Works by Schubert, R Schumann and Weber
Sabine Devieilhe, Judith Fa (soprano), Stéphane Degout (tenor); Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon Harmonia Mundi HMM905345 82:42 mins
is constructed Schubert wrote in 1822, known as ‘My Dream’. As the somewhat convoluted accompanying essay explains, the programme weaves operatic extracts, choruses, orchestrations, symphonic movements and other contemporary hits into a journey through musical spaces and timbres of early 19th-century German Romanticism.
