World famous tenor Christoph Prégardien continues his series of recordings for Challenge Classics of Schubert song-cycles with what many consider to be the composer’s greatest work in the genre, “Winterreise”. As with the previous critically acclaimed release of “Die Schone Mullerin”, the pianist on this hybrid SACD is Michael Gees.

Christoph Prégardien has made almost 200 recordings for all the major labels, amongst which are several for Challenge Classics. These include recordings released in 2008 of Schubert’s “Die Schone Mullerin” with Michael Gees (CC72292), which was a Gramophone Editor’s Choice.

Prégardien and Gees also released the award winning ‘Between Life and Death’ in 2009, which featured songs and arias by composers including Mahler, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Brahms and Mozart.

This Blu-ray release features video of a performance of the work, as well as the documentary “Winterreise, Der dritte Weg” (Winterreise, the third way), which presents interviews with Prégardien and Gees and behind-the-scenes footage of the studio recording process. It also includes a bonus CD of Christoph Prégardien and Michael Gees performing “Winterreise”.

Region code: A, B, C (region free)
Rating: E (excempt)
Picture format: 16:9, 1920x1080i
Sound format: Stereo PCM 192kS/s-24Bit, Surround 5.1 PCM 192kS/s-24Bit