Credits:

Julian Pregardien

Description:

A well-conceived project combining Schuberts late masterpieces with related worksThis intriguing compilation album pairs two of Schuberts very latest works: DISC 1 features *The Swan Song* performed by Julian Pregardien and Martin Helmchen, while DISC 2 contains a string quintet performed by an ensemble centered around the Tetzlaff siblings, Christian and Tanya.Although *The Swan Song* was compiled and published posthumously from Schuberts manuscripts, this collection omits The Messenger of the Dovethe only piece in the collection based on a poem by Johann Gabriel Seidl and assigned its own separate catalog number, D. 965a This album features 13 songs by Lersch and Heine. Additionally, it includes the first song from Mendelssohns *Song Without Words*, Book 2, a song titled Swan Songwhich Schubert set to a poem by Johann Zenare interspersed throughout, and the program concludes with a song