Heliopolis: Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition

Heliopolis: Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition

During his career, Franz Schubert wrote over six hundred songs to texts by over one hundred and fifty different poets. However, more remarkable than his prolific output was his exceptional skill. The lied had previously been the province of amateurs -- a genre for composers and performers of modest means and limited ambition. Schubert elevated the lied to the status of art through his extraordinary musical and poetic sensitivity. Heliopolis is the fourth volume of Harmonia Mundi's Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition, a series that has already created quite a stir, garnering a Gramophone Editor's Choice and a Choc du Monde de la Musique, among other awards. The release is further augmented by a free DVD about the making of this recording.