Matthias Goerne; "Alinde"; Franz Schubert

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Matthias Goerne--baritone
Arr. Schmalcz for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Florian Donderer--concertmaster
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
2019
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Matthias Goerne, one of the most high-profile Schubertians of his generation, has recorded a selection of Schubert’s songs not in their original versions with piano but in orchestral arrangements by Alexander Schmalcz, Goerne’s accompanist of many years’ standing. Goerne says about Alexander Schmalcz’s arrangements: “His creativity in adapting these songs for the orchestra is enormous, while his stylistic sensibilities and his subtle approach in deploying the right instruments at the right moment are truly astonishing.” “Schubert’s ability to empathize makes him one of the most important composers in the whole of human history. (…) He created “a perfect balance between intellectuality and the greatest naturalness. With Schubert, even the most complicated melodies and forms sound entirely natural.” (Goerne) And yet what we hear on this album is “pure Schubert”, Alexander Schmalcz insists. “I have added nothing. Sometimes I fill out the voices by doubling the octave, for example. Or I write sustained chords in the orchestra in order to simulate the sound-surfaces that are the result of the use of the sustaining pedal on the piano. But my goal is to be as original as possible.”
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"Matthias Goerne (born 31 March 1967[1]) is a German baritone. He has performed and recorded extensively, both on the opera stage and in Lieder settings. Goerne has been referred to as "Today's leading interpreter of German art songs" by the Chicago Tribune[2] and as "one of the greatest singers performing today" by the Boston Globe.[3]

Goerne was born in Weimar.[5] He grew up in a musical environment, his father being a dramaturgist and director of several acting theaters in Dresden.[6] His first instrument was the cello, but he soon switched to singing.[7] At the age of 9 he determined that he wanted to become a professional singer.[6] He sung in the children's choirs of several of his father's theater productions, including Carmen and La Bohème.[8] From the age of 18 to 22 he studied voice in Leipzig under Hans-Joachim Beyer [de].[6] He would later refer to Beyer as being his most important teacher, and as the one who enabled him to start winning competitions.[7] In 1989, he won second prize in the Robert Schumann Competition and first prizes in the Salomon-Lindberg and Hugo Wolf competitions.[9] Two years into his studies, he won a singing competition in West Berlin. The head of the jury, composer and pianist Aribert Reimann, introduced him to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, whom Goerne considered his idol and the greatest artist he knew. He was to receive singing lessons from Fischer-Dieskau for 3 years.[6] Next, he studied with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf for two and a half to three years.[6]

In the late 2000s to 2014, he recorded a selection of Schubert lieder, The Goerne/Schubert Edition on 12 CDs, for Harmonia Mundi. The final volume, published in December 2014, received the highest rating in BBC Music magazine and a Diapason d'Or. His recording of Hanns Eisler lieder was awarded a Diapason d'Or de l'Année the same year.[12]

From 2012–2013, Matthias Goerne sang Wolfram at the Bavarian State Opera and Amfortas in concert with the Teatro Real in Madrid.[13] Concert highlights included appearances with the Orchestre de Paris (Bluebeard), Berlin Philharmonic (War Requiem), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony), Filarmonica del Teatro alla Scala (Mahler Lieder), Israel Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony (Wagner arias) as well as song recitals with Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Schubert cycles with Christoph Eschenbach at the Vienna Musikverein.

2020s
In 2020, Goerne signed with Deutsche Grammophon for a trilogy of Lieder albums to be released in 2020, 2021 and 2022 with pianists Jan Lisiecki, Seong-Jin Cho and Daniil Trifonov, respectively.[14]

In 2021, German composer Detlev Glanert composed a setting for voice and orchestra of the poem Der Einsiedler (the hermit) by Joseph von Eichendorff especially for Goerne.[15] It was performed by Goerne and the Concertgebouworkest under conductor Jaap van Zweden to critical acclaim.[16]

Personal life
Goerne has an adopted son[17] born in 1989,[6] and a daughter born in 2000.[6] His first marriage ended in divorce.[6]


Goerne has expressed a preference for working with solo pianists over pianists specialized in accompaniment, citing the former's superior artistic vision and the latter's relative lack of technical proficiency.[19]"; Wikipedia (edited)2016