ABC Classic FM CD of the Week

CD of the Week

Every week, ABC Classic FM turns the spotlight on an outstanding new CD which can be heard at least six times in that seven day period. You'll hear all kinds of music, from Renaissance to something only just written. The one thing in common is that they're all excellent new discs.

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Tuesdays in 'Classic Drive' at 5.15pm
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Thursdays in 'Classic Drive' at 5.15pm
Saturdays in 'Classic Weekend Breakfast' at 7.45am

Review CDs of the Week heard during the past year
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The current CD of the Week

Week beginning 30 November 2008

Schubert arr Forget: Winterreise, D911 (chamber version)
ATMA ACD2 2546 (Rockian Trading)

Christoph Pregardien, tenor & Pentaedre Ensemble
Winterreise as you might never have imagined it! This new version of Schubert’s integrated cycle of 24 songs on poems by Wilhelm Muller, while remaining faithful to the original text, unhitches it from its era and makes it nearly a work of today. In this recording, the colours inherent in Schubert’s piano score grow naturally into the unique combination of the wind quintet Pentaedre and Joseph Petric’s accordion, and the expressiveness of Schubert’s melodies provide a perfect vehicle for Christoph Pregardien’s mature artistry.