Iestyn Davies & Joseph Middleton - Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (2022)

Renowned performers Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton perform Schubert’s tragic song-cycle Die schöne Müllerin (The Beautiful Maid of the Mill).

Adapting poetry by Wilhelm Müller, the genesis of D. 795 marks the beginning of the end of Schubert's life; he discovered that he had contracted syphilis sometime in late 1822 or early 1823, and it was in 1823 that he composed this tale of a poet-singer who dies in the aftermath of erotic experience. Released under the own label of St John’s College, Cambridge, this recording acts as a celebration of Iestyn Davies’s formative period at the college; beginning there as a 7-year-old probationer in 1987, he progressed to become Head Chorister, before ultimately returning to study as a choral scholar. Alongside full texts and translations, the booklet includes a background on the work by noted Lied expert Susan Youens, as well as reflections on Iestyn's time at St John’s from the College’s past and present Directors of Music - Christopher Robinson and Andrew Nethsingha.

Tracklist
1. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: I. Das Wandern (02:32)
2. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: II. Wohin? (02:15)
3. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: III. Halt! (02:24)
4. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: IV. Danksagung an den Bach (02:24)
5. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: V. Am Feierabend (02:22)
6. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: VI. Der Neugierige (04:00)
7. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: VII. Ungeduld (02:32)
8. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: VIII. Morgengruß (04:17)
9. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: IX. Des Müllers Blumen (03:15)
10. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: X. Tränenregen (04:01)
11. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: XI. Mein! (02:22)
12. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: XII. Pause (04:54)
13. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: XIII. Mit dem grünen Lautenbande (01:58)
14. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: XIV. Der Jäger (01:11)
15. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: XV. Eifersucht und Stolz (01:36)
16. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: XVI. Die liebe Farbe (04:40)
17. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: XVII. Die böse Farbe (01:57)
18. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: XVIII. Trockne Blumen (04:08)
19. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: XIX. Der Müller und der Bach (04:29)
20. Die schöne Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: XX. Des Baches Wiegenlied (07:44)