Ian Bostridge, tenor
Julius Drake, piano

Schubert, Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake. More recommendation is not really necessary. Or it must be that the pair juxtapose Schubert songs with those of Hugo Wolf, two complete opposites – Wolf is sometimes called the Wagner of the Song – that reinforce each other. And who together show all aspects of the art of song 19th century. A recital to enjoy Schubert and fall in love with Wolf’s songs.
“Julius Drake and Ian Bostridge are a unit,” the music magazine Luister once simply stated with a recording of Schubert songs. Actually, that’s all there is to it. After about fifteen hundred concerts together, the singer and pianist are fully attuned to each other and dare to take risks. The latter in particular contributes to the fact that every recital is a new adventure. P

Program:

Hugo Wolf:
Harfenspieler I-III
Grenzen der Menschheit
Prometheus
Ganymed
Der Rattenfänger
Wandrers Nachtlied
Franz Schubert:
An den Mond
Ganymed
Wandrers Nachtlied I
Gesänge des Harfners I-III
Wandrers Nachtlied II
Der Musensohn
An die Entfernte
Am Flusse
Willkommen und Abschied
An den Mond D296