SCHUBERT'S WINTER JOURNEY/ ANATOMY OF AN OBSESSION (PAPERBACK)

Franz Schubert's Winterreise is at the same time one of the most powerful and one of the most enigmatic masterpieces in Western cult ure. In his new book, Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession, Ian Bostridge - one of the work's finest interpreters - fo cusses on the context, resonance and personal significance of a work which is possibly the greatest landmark in the history of Liede r. Drawing equally on his vast experience of performing this work (he has performed it more than a hundred times), on his musical kn owledge ...[Read more]