An intense Winterreise from Fleur Barron and Julius Drake

By Edward Sava-Segal, 28 February 2021

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Reviewed at Razumovsky Academy: Recital Hall, London on 27 February 2021

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

Fleur Barron, Mezzo-soprano

Julius Drake, Piano

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

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