A journey through Schubert’s Winterreise at the Muziekgebouw

Von Antonio D'Amato, 01 Oktober 2025

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“from the very first note, the hall became a landscape of frost and shadow”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam, am 30 September 2025

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

Matthias Goerne, Bariton

David Fray, Klavier

Stürmische Winterreise mit Peter Mattei an der Oper Frankfurt

Alexandra Richter, 26th October

Überaus spannend und differenziert – so interpretieren Peter Mattei und David Fray Schuberts Winterreise.

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Parallelgeschichten mit David Fray

Hedy Mühleck, 30th March

Frühes von Bach, Spätes von Schubert: David Fray begeistert beim Heidelberger Frühling.

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Lozakovich et Fray réunissent les anciens et les modernes à Toulouse

Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 27th January

Dans le cadre de la 40e saison des Grands Interprètes, le violoniste et le pianiste ont tissé un pont entre Bach, Beethoven, le jeu historiquement informé et la tradition romantique.

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Cecilia Bartoli, diva jusqu’au bout des doigts à Gstaad

Romain Daroles, 28th August

En duo avec un David Fray excellent pour chercher le théâtre à chaque coin de note, la mezzo-soprano a proposé un récital d'exception dans un programme foisonnant, entre classicisme et bel canto.

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Hymn of Praise: thrilling Mendelssohn at the Glasshouse

Nick Butters, 26th July

As the BBC Proms visits Gateshead, Dinis Sousa and the Royal Northern Sinfonia excel in Mendelssohn, although David Fray's Bach underwhelms.

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Fray and the RNS offer challenging interpretations of Bach and Mozart

Nick Butters, 4th October

French pianist David Fray with the Royal Northern Sinfonia challenges orthodoxy in blisteringly fast Bach and darkly imagined Mozart.

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Antonio D'Amato

Antonio D’Amato is an Italian freelance journalist and international music critic based in The Hague, Netherlands. With over 20 years of experience, he specialises in classical music reviews, interviews and press services. He holds a Master’s degree in Economic Journalism. A skilled ghost writer, he was nominated and awarded at the Libreria Piave literary contest in Rome (2014) for best plot. Passionate food blogger and expert in Italian cuisine, he is also an avid collector of historical recordings and vintage high-fidelity audio equipment. He teaches Italian language, sharing his love for culture.

Through Winter’s shadow: a journey through Schubert’s Winterreise at the Muziekgebouw