With Die schöne Müllerin, the lied ceases to be mere entertainment: the singer has to free himself from the role of neutral observer and identify with the character of the traveller. Matthias Goerne is capable like no one else of donning this costume with the acute awareness that disappointment, melancholy, and the death wish are at the end of the road. The third volume in a Schubertian venture which has already created quite a stir (10 de Classica, Gramophone Editor’s Choice, Choc du Monde de la Musique, etc).
