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Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin

Julian Prégardien (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano)

Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin

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As the young man’s love turns from joy to frustration and finally despair Prégardien seems to diagnose schizophrenia with the voice bullishly confident and then almost hollowed out and drained...

BBC Music Magazine, October 20243 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin

Julian Prégardien (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano)

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Awards:

As the young man’s love turns from joy to frustration and finally despair Prégardien seems to diagnose schizophrenia with the voice bullishly confident and then almost hollowed out and drained...

BBC Music Magazine, October 20243 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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This first release in an exclusive recital collaboration with harmonia mundi presents Julian Prégardien’s reading of a cycle that explores quintessentially Schubertian themes: nature, love, solitude, death. Taking full advantage of the unique timbres of a Graf-style fortepiano, the young German tenor and Kristian Bezuidenhout create an expressive palette of exceptional variety, full of striking contrasts.

  • Release date: 23rd Aug 2024
  • Label: Harmonia Mundi
  • Catalogue number: HMM902739
  • Length: 65 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D795
Work length1:05:38
No. 1, Das Wandern
Track length2:23
No. 2, Wohin?
Track length2:19
No. 3, Halt!
Track length1:26
No. 4, Danksagung an den Bach
Track length2:26
No. 5, Am Feierabend
Track length2:42
No. 6, Der Neugierige
Track length3:58
No. 7, Ungeduld
Track length2:44
No. 8, Morgengruß
Track length4:55
No. 9, Des Müllers Blumen
Track length3:50
No. 10, Tränenregen
Track length4:18
No. 11, Mein!
Track length2:16
No. 12, Pause
Track length5:17
No. 13, Mit dem grünen Lautenbande
Track length2:00
No. 14, Der Jäger
Track length1:05
No. 15, Eifersucht und Stolz
Track length1:28
No. 16, Die liebe Farbe
Track length4:03
No. 17, Die böse Farbe
Track length2:01
No. 18, Trockne Blumen
Track length4:11
No. 19, Der Müller und der Bach
Track length4:32
No. 20, Des Baches Wiegenlied
Track length7:44

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Awards and reviews

  • Gramophone Magazine
    October 2024
    Editor's Choice
  • International Classical Music Awards
    2025
    Nominated - Vocal Music
  • Sunday Times
    20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
  • Gramophone Magazine
    Critics' Choice 2024
  • Gramophone Awards
    2025 Finalists
    Song

October 2024

As the young man’s love turns from joy to frustration and finally despair Prégardien seems to diagnose schizophrenia with the voice bullishly confident and then almost hollowed out and drained of colour in ‘Die liebe Farbe ’.
3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)

October 2024

A Schöne Müllerin that combines tonal beauty, immediacy of characterisation and an enriching sense of spontaneous improvisation. This performance simply feels right, and I suspect [Prégardien’s] father Christoph might agree.

Each stretch of the keyboard appears to have its own colour, while astute use of the pedals generates the most delicate pianissimos...For much of the time, Julian Prégardien is in perfect sync with Bezuidenhout’s mercurial piano, and is at his most impressive and touching in the cycle’s last quarter when the lovelorn miller, crippled by his loss, fades into an eerie quiet.
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