Schubert songs

Philippe Jaroussky / Jérôme Ducros

Poetic worlds – Counter Philippe Jaroussky with Schubert songs

“Schubert’s songs are poetic works that convey a wide range of emotions,” explains Philippe Jaroussky. “They give my voice an opportunity to express itself in colors that are different from the baroque repertoire.” The French countertenor is, after all, a recognized great in the field of virtuoso baroque works. With his album Schubert Lieder, he now turns to the Romantic period with its soulful song miniatures. At Jaroussky’s side is his long-standing piano partner Jérôme Ducros. The two have already performed numerous Schubert lieder recitals together, for example at London’s Wigmore Hall in 2020. Opera Today praised Jaroussky’s vocal qualities in particular and his “elegance, precision, melodious emotional exuberance and sweet warmth of tone”.
Franz Schubert founded the art of German-language lieder singing at the beginning of the 19th century. Each of his songs tells its own story of fulfilled happiness or longing for love, often also of the beauty of nature, such as the song Erster Verlust on verses by Goethe or the melancholy Gesang an den Abendstern. These are microcosms of emotional expression. Philippe Jaroussky emphasizes: “It’s not a question of virtuosity, it’s about color, articulation and phrasing. It’s a repertoire that requires absolute control. But at the same time, you have to free yourself from it to find the feeling – that moment when time stops.” Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) – Jérôme Ducros (piano)

Franz Schubert: Reunion D. 855

The fisherman’s love happiness D. 933

The trout D. 550

In the spring D. 882

In the sunset D. 799

The stars D. 939

Nachtstück D. 672 and other songs

TRACKLIST CD & DIGITAL – SCHUBERT: LIEDER
Franz Schubert
Authors of the Lyrics in brackets.

1. Litanei D.343 (Auf das Fest “Allerseelen” Johann Georg Jacobi)
2. Herbst D. 945 (Ludwig Rollstab)
3. Du bist die Ruh D. 776, Op. 59, Nb. 3 (Friedrich Rückert)
4. Wiedersehn D. 855 (August Wilhelm von Schlegel)
5. Des Fischers Liebesglück D.933 (Karl Gottfried von Leitner)
6. Die Forelle D.550 (Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart)
7. Im Frühling D.882 (Ernst Schulze)
8. Lied der Mignon D.877/4 (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
9. An die Musik D.547 (Franz von Schober)
10. Die Götter Griechenlands D. 677 (Friedrich von Schiller)
11. Der Musensohn D.764 (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
12. Erster Verlust D.226 (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
13. Im Abendrot D.799 (Karl Gottlieb Lappe)
14. An Silvia D. 891, Op. 106, No. 4 (William Shakespeare “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, translation by Edu-ard von Bauernfeld)
15. Nacht und Traüme D.827 (Matthaus von Collin)
16. Die Sterne D.939 (Karl Gottfried von Leitner)
17. Abendstern D.806 (Johann Mayrhofer)
18. Ave Maria D.839, Op.52 N°6, from Ellens Gesang III, Hymne an die Jungfrau (Walter Scott “The Lady of the Lake”, translation by Adam Storck)
19. Nachtstück D.672 (Johann Mayrhofer)