Die Schöne Müllerin

by Martin Wesely - guitar; Martin Mitterrutzner - tenor

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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
I kindly invite you to listen to the new album of Immersive Sound label. It contains songs by Franz Schubert - "Die Schöne Müllerin" (Beautiful miller). Most often, this song cycle is performed with the accompaniment of a piano. This release is unique in this respect. Here the accompaniment is performed by the guitar. In addition, a unique one, made by an outstanding luthier Hermann Hauser in 1932, modeled on a guitar from Schubert's time. It was recorded in natural acoustic space of medieval castle in Hall, Tyrol.
Martin Wesely - guitar, Martin Mitterrutzner - tenor.

This CD comes in nice digipack case, with beautiful artwork by Raphael Perle.

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1.	Das Wandern 02:56	buy track
2.	Wohin? 02:38	buy track
3.	Halt! 01:57	buy track
4.	Danksagung an den Bach 02:33	buy track
5.	Am Feierabend 02:59	buy track
6.	Der Neugierige 04:02	buy track
7.	Ungeduld 03:05	buy track
8.	Morgengruß 04:02	buy track
9.	Des Müllers Blumen 03:13	buy track
10.	Tränenregen 04:17	buy track
11.	Mein! 02:36	buy track
12.	Pause 04:40	buy track
13.	Mit dem grünen Lautenbande 02:18	buy track
14.	Der Jäger 01:20	buy track
15.	Eifersucht und Stolz 01:55	buy track
16.	Die liebe Farbe 03:38	buy track
17.	Die böse Farbe 02:07	buy track
18.	Trockne Blumen 03:45	buy track
19.	Der Müller und der Bach 03:32	buy track
20.	Des Baches Wiegenlied 06:30	buy track

about

The Story

There are 4 characters in this piece. The narrator of the story is the miller’s journeyman, represented by the colour white, symbolizing light and the freedom he enjoys as a journeyman. He is accompanied by ‘his friend’ the brook. The blue of the stream naturally evokes the element of water as well as the little blue flower, symbolizing romantic longing for what is unattainable and infinite. The hunter, who emerges gradually in the story, is the journeyman’s adversary. His colour is green – initially the symbol of hope and nature, but eventually it reveals itself to be ‘the colour of evil’.
The journeyman’s thoughts revolve around the miller’s daughter but
she turns her affection to the hunter. As the journeyman’s love is unrequited, he has no choice but to go to ‘his friend’ and drown himself in the brook.
Wilhelm Müller wrote 25 poems about the beautiful miller’s daughter, 20 of which Schubert set to music. At the beginning of the 19th century, when Franz Schubert was still a child and Beethoven was already a successful and well-known composer, the guitar became increasingly significant.
The practice of performing select songs from the Viennese Classical period with guitar accompaniment is as old as the songs themselves. The intimate sound of the guitar was perfectly suited for making music at home, as was usual at that time. Schubert himself, for instance, owned a guitar and was quite familiar with it.

credits

released May 24, 2022

Executive producer
Rafał Drewniany, immersivesound.org

Recorded mixed and mastered
Rafał Drewniany, DTS Studio

Artwork
Raphael Perle, gooodvibes.studio

Photos
Peter Philipp, pphilipp.com

Guitar
Hermann Hauser 1932

Special thanks
Hermann Erlacher, who provided us
with this wonderful guitar.

Münze Hall, especially Werner Anfang
Bernhard Zöttl, Anna Perle,
Philipp Oberlohr and David Meconi
for their support.

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about

Immersive Sound Kraków, Poland

The history of this label began in the mid-1980s in a small room in Krakow. It was my brother's room, and whenever he left it, I would sneak in there and listen to records from his library for hours. Like it or not, Krzysiek shaped my musical taste. I listened to what he was listening to. Then I probably decided to become a record producer.
I dedicate Immersive Sound to Krzysiek, my brother. ... more