Prague Matthias Goerne moves!!

What a wonderful recital Matthias Goerne gave us tonight in the Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfino!! He has a lower tessitura than most baritones but this seems to add character to those high sections. He gave us dreamy pianissimos and I seemed to get a good 95 dBA in my seat in those loud sections. The programme consisted of Beethoven’s “An die ferne Geliebte” and Schubert’s “Schwanengesang”, a group of songs written just before Schubert died. All these songs are SO amazing and Goerne threw himself, as is his wont, into every one of them. I lived through each poem in absolute pleasure with this very demonstrative performer. I’ve given a few examples of his work below then bits of the Beethoven and Schubert.

Schubert, Franz – Ständchen D 757 – Matthias Goerne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlSBpcC_YMQ
Schubert, Franz – Im Abendrot D 799 – Matthias Goerne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6TM8ybtNaw
Schubert, Franz – Memnon D 541 – Matthias Goerne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPs13j_pGqQ
Schubert, Franz – Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D 583 – Matthias Goerne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dPJ4Vrk-gs
Schubert, Franz – Der Wegweiser D 911 – Matthias Goerne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PnXVO7M6ig&feature=PlayList&p=C96B82C89CCC5EC9&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=73
Matthias Goerne – Liederkeis, Op. 39 “In der Fremde ”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyL8n900RPk&feature=PlayList&p=688880D9F5E8CE38&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=17
Schubert – Thränenregen D 795 – Matthias Goerne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUv81Lssy3U
Mendelssohn Elias Matthias Goerne · Seiji Ozawa · Berliner Philharmoniker (what a combination – Ozawa and Goerne!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7CxWPM9ohc
Schubert Winterreise Matthias Goerne – Baritone Alfred Brendel (plays through)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nHon4IATjg&feature=PlayList&p=687168AC6B88B63B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=26
Schubert, Franz – Der Wegweiser D 911 – Matthias Goerne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PnXVO7M6ig
Schubert – Erlkönig D 328 – Matthias Goerne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmSk6YUjmqk
Franz Schubert – Du bist die Ruh (Matthias Goerne)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUvfkWxsxZY
Matthias Goerne – Liederkeis, Op. 39 “In der Fremde ”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyL8n900RPk
J. S. Bach – BWV 82 – I – Matthias Goerne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QuNZHTG-tM
J. S. Bach – BWV 82 – II – Matthias Goerne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21R5akRNR4g&feature=related
J. S. Bach – BWV 82 – III – Matthias Goerne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShJNvxDmyKw&feature=related
J. S. Bach – BWV 82 – IV – Matthias Goerne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJlJ3kv__78
J. S. Bach – BWV 82 – V – Matthias Goerne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkaybN8UCtk&feature=related
BBC Proms 2009: Mahler Kindertotenlieder Matthias Goerne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt1q2Z1s5p8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UuRV3Yrrg0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTlaxjDwtns&feature=related
Matthias Goerne – Alexander Schmalcz – Wanderers Nachtlied Schubert – Goethe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gl4hV5b1U0

L. v. Beethoven – An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 DFD & GM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdC67cf-k9c&feature=PlayList&p=08B18179DC9DC438&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3
Beethoven “Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend” Fritz Wunderlic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4ixEAyo6xc
DFD & AB: An die ferne Geliebte: Nimm sie hin denn diese Lieder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxgFFWr3E5c

Keith of Ninewells