Matthias Goerne singing Wanderers Nachtlied by Schubert...
Wow. This is a serious blog we're doing here... I've not sung a one page Schubert piece ever in my life, so this is interesting that you have to fit it all in in one page... First, I do hear a sensitivity to each note on the page, and I find it extra tender that the accompanist is equally as sensitive. Secondly, he seems to genuinely BE the character he is portraying. Love it. Thirdly, I don't hear anything extraordinarily getting in the way.. his breath management, which seems in tact considering he can carry those long phrases to San Francisco and back, vowels and where they're placed, nor clicks in the sound between registers. A fine example of a singer who, as Ms. Moulson would say, "just sings." No over thinking needed. Each note sung by Mr. Goerne sounds, and with my sympathetic throat, feels, supported and forward moving, with spin, as though each has a destination.
Peter Pears singing O Waly, Waly...
I've never heard Peter Pears, so this is a day of firsts for me...
Wow. Mr. Pears sings equally as tenderhearted as Mr. Goerne, though in an old school way... His tone is beautiful, and supported, though sometimes sounds a bit covered to me... His vowels are sung so purely, and I am sure when we reach the 'b' section or the second verse (?) as his sound is more supported, as though he knows personally the struggle of which he sings...
Now that I know more of Benjamin Britten, I hear his quirky chords in the piano accompaniment, which I've come to expect!! Great to see him playing confidently over there...
Both of these gentleman move around quite a bit when they're singing, which is interesting to me since perhaps a stillness is suggested by many voice teachers in a performance setting... I think it aids in their performance of the repertoire myself...
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