Franz Schubert - Die schöne Müllerin op. 25

Franz Schubert (1797–1827)

Die schöne Müllerin op. 25
song cycle after lyrics from Wilhelm Müller


Hans Jörg Mammel - Tenor / ténor
Arthur Schoonderwoerd - fortepiano / pianoforte

fortepiano, Nannette Streicher, Wien, 1814 (Württembergisches Landesmuseum, W 26, 2)


Schubert sits at the piano in the circle of his friends, and it may well be that this company of authors, artists, and other illustrious personalities is listening to the songs of the “Schöne Müllerin” being sung by Johann Michael Vogl, Schubert’s favorite singer. In his drawing, Moritz von Schwind affords us a glance into the convivial atmosphere of the Schubertiades at which some of Schubert’s works may first have been heard.
The song cycle tells of an unrequited love for the beautiful maid of the mill. The mill stream is the constant companion and dialogue partner of the unhappy journeyman miller, who at the end finds his final resting place in the shallow waters of the creek.

In addition to concerts and opera, Hans Jörg Mammel has made a name for himself above all through his interpretations of the songs of Schubert and the composers of the second Berlin school. He is accompanied in this intimate interpretation by Arthur Schoonderwoerd, one of the most prominent fortepiano players of our time.