Franz Schubert: Winterreise (Onyx Classics Audio CD)

Onyx Classics Schafer/Schneider CD

Schaefer, Christine
Schubert Winterreise



Total time 68.32

Christine Schaefer (soprano)
Eric Schneider (piano)

Catalogue No: ONYX4010

An outstanding and personal recording of Winterreise and the first solo recording for more than 5 years from renowned German lyric soprano, Christine Schäfer.

Marks start of new relationship with ONYX following her successful albums of Mozart, Strauss, Bach and Berg for Deutsche Grammophon

Luxury packaging with high-embossed white lettering on front of digipak complete with 32 page booklet and song texts.

Follows in a very distinguished tradition of sopranos performing Winterreise including Lotte Lehmann and Margaret Price

Schäfer’s performance schedule is of the very highest class with regular collaborators Boulez, Harnoncourt and Abbado. For Summer 2006 she is mainly in Germany (Berlin –Traviata), Austria (Salzburg- Figaro - Harnoncourt) and France – (Mahler 2), continuing with Haitink/Amsterdam (October), Harnoncourt (Vienna) and Thielemann (Munich)