Franz Schubert: "WINTERREISE"

Schubert's "Winterreise", written shortly before his premature death, is one of the most important and influential compositions in the history of vocal music. Thomas Hampson has been working on this masterpiece since 1997 with different pianists in many places.

He has recorded it on CD and video, and now shares the program materials for these performances with the online audience.





Clicking on any of the songs' titles will take you to the complete text of each poem.

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Winterreise, Op. 89 (1827)
A Cycle of Songs to the Poems of Wilhelm Müller (1794-1827)

Gute Nacht (Good Night)
Die Wetterfahne (The Weather Vane)
Gefror'ne Tränen (Frozen Tears)
Erstarrung (Numbness)
Der Lindenbaum (The Linden Tree)
Wasserflut (Flood)
Auf dem Flusse (On the Stream)
Rückblick (Backward Glance)
Irrlicht (Will-o'-the-Wisp)
Rast (Rest)
Frühlingstraum (Dream of Spring)
Einsamkeit (Loneliness)
Die Post (The Post)
Der greise Kopf (The Gray Head)
Die Krähe (The Crow)
Letzte Hoffnung (Last Hope)
Im Dorfe (In the Village)
Der stürmische Morgen (The Stormy Morning)
Täuschung (Delusion)
Der Wegweiser (The Road Marker)
Das Wirtshaus (The Inn)
Mut (Courage)
Die Nebensonnen (The Mock Suns)
Der Leiermann (The Organ Grinder)