Strauss and Schubert songs contrasted with Matthias Goerne

By Susan Gould, 13 December 2018

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“Goerne’s strong voice, with its variety of shadings, is ideal for Strauss”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York City on 8 December 2018

Bach, The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), BWV1079 (Arr. Webern)

Strauss R., Traum durch die Dämmerung, Op.29 no.1

Strauss R., Allerseelen (All Souls' Day), Op.10 no.8

Strauss R., Das Rosenband, Op.36 no.1

Strauss R., Freundliche Vision, Op.48 no.1

Strauss R., Morgen! Op.27 no.4

Schubert, An Silvia (Shakespeare), D.891

Schubert, Des Fischers Liebesglück (Leitner), D.933

Schubert, Greisengesang (Rückert), D.778

Schubert, Im Abendrot (Lappe), D.799

Schubert, Tränenregen, D.795j

Mozart, Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K550

New York Philharmonic

Jaap van Zweden, Conductor

Matthias Goerne, Baritone

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Susan Gould

Philadelphia native Susan Gould has been writing professionally about classical music since her Barnard College years in New York. She has written for both American and European publications, primarily during fifteen years in Europe, and has done liner notes for recordings and program notes for opera companies and orchestras. Among those she has interviewed have been Sills, Tebaldi, Popp and Fleming; Bumbry, Ludwig, Fassbaender, and von Stade; del Monaco, Kraus and Pavarotti; Prey, Morris and Ramey; Muti, Abbado, Giulini, Sawallisch, and Eschenbach. Fluent in Italian, German and French, she has coached both student and professional singers in foreign-language diction since 1980.

Strauss and Schubert with Matthias Goerne and the NY Philharmonic