Die schöne Müllerin – Per Vollestad

Die Schöne Müllerin

What is it that captures one in such an enchanting way when encountering upon Schubert´s cycle of songs, “Die Schöne Müllerin”? The poems that Schubert came across amongst Wilhelm Müller´s “Poems from the Posthumous Papers of a Travelling Horn-player,” are about unrequited love. The tragic ending is in itself stirring enough but there is something more, something enigmatic that seems so enthralling to one who studies his work.

Liv Glaser, one of Norway´s premier pianists, performs, together with baritone Per Vollestad, Schubert´s “Die Schöne Müllerin” on this album. The music flows effortlessly and without a single superfluous note, and the composer refines the workmanship of the Lieder by his own experience and maturity, uplifting each composition to a state of unsurpassed perfection. In “Die Schöne Müllerin” everything has fallen into its rightful place. The music and the drama are fused in a higher unity – perfectly performed by this extraordinary duo.