Gerhaher y Huber triunfan con el Winterreise de Schubert

By Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán, 22 June 2016

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“Los dos intérpretes alemanes emocionaron con una sencillez y expresión extremos”

Reviewed at Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid on 20 June 2016

Schubert, Winterreise (W. Müller), D.911

Christian Gerhaher, Baritone

Gerold Huber, Piano

Gerhaher and Huber beguile in Schumann at Wigmore Hall

Mark Valencia, 16th December

In the first of four Schumann recitals, the regular duo partners treat a packed Wigmore Hall to a glorious evening of Lieder.

*****

Emotionally compelling Gerhaher and Huber at Wigmore Hall

Nick Boston, 12th February

The German baritone and his frequent recital collaborator perform tragic evocations of insanity in Lenau settings with intense impact.

*****

Lords of all they purvey: Gerhaher and Huber perform Brahms

Mark Valencia, 12th December

The pleasure of Gerhaher’s comforting persona and his instinctive convergence with Huber’s pianism won over the Wigmore Hall audience – as they invariably do.

****1

Live audiences return to Wigmore Hall with Gerhaher and Huber

David Karlin, 13th September

A programme of Schubert and Berg Lieder are sung with ultimate mastery, albeit the programme goes long on melancholy and short on variety.

****1

Polished perfection: Winterreise at the Musikverein

Chanda VanderHart, 18th January

Whether one prefers more raw emotion and large-scale architecture or is thrilled by perfectly sculpted individual masterpieces, this was undeniably chamber music of the highest order.

****1

A Winterreise where the pianist leads the psychological journey

Mark Valencia, 16th January

Huber’s morbid piano here was chilling and pointed the way to a harrowing finale that never quite materialised.

****1

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Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán

Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán (Madrid, 1994) estudió el grado medio de guitarra clásica en el Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Arturo Soria, y actualmente estudia el grado medio de Instrumentos de Cuerda Pulsada del Renacimiento y el Barroco en el mismo centro, además de cursar, desde 2012, el Grado en Musicología en la Universidad Complutense. Como intérprete de música antigua, ha realizado cursos de perfeccionamiento y forma parte de grupos especializados en la interpretación de este repertorio, además de presentarse como solista. Como musicólogo ha ofrecido conferencias. Colabora también con la revista Síneris y es cofundador del blog 'Lírica para todos'.