Meister des Geschichtenerzählens: Günther Groissböck in Graz

By Isabella Steppan, 24 May 2019

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“Groissböck singt nicht nur, sondern erzählt und gestaltet eine Geschichte”

Reviewed at Congress Graz: Stefaniensaal, Graz on 22 May 2019

Brahms, Vier ernste Gesänge (Four Serious Songs), Op.121

Schumann, Liederkreis, Op.39

Rachmaninov, Songs: selection

Rachmaninov, Fragment from A Musset, Op.21 no.6

Rachmaninov, Do not sing, my beauty (Ne poy krasavitsa pri mne), Op.4 no.4

Tchaikovsky, Songs: selection

Tchaikovsky, Serenada Don-Zhuana (Don Juan's serenade), Op.38 no. 1

Schumann, Die beiden Grenadiere, Op.49 no.1 (Encore)

Schubert, Erlkönig (Goethe), D.328 (Encore)

Günther Groissböck, Bass

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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Isabella Steppan

Isabella lebt in Graz und unterrichtet Deutsch und Philosophie/Psychologie. Ihre Freizeit verbringt sie am liebsten in der Oper, in klassischen Konzerten oder im Theater. Ihr Herz schlägt besonders für die Oper des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts und die Operette. Als @operafangirl ist sie auf Twitter aktiv.

Meister des Geschichtenerzählens: Liederabend von Günther Groissböck in Graz