Lyrical Diary: Lieder from Franz Schubert to Wolfgang Rihm by Christian Gerhaher #joyce 'A new kind of travel

'A new kind of travel book - across continents and

astonishingly assured … At once familiar and estranging’ Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

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The Last Crusade: Vasco da Gama and the Birth of the Modern World appeared in 2011 and was shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize

sweeping novel set at the furthest edges of human experience

Lyrical Diary: Lieder from Franz Schubert to Wolfgang Rihm by Christian Gerhaher #joyce 'A new kind of travelChristian Gerhaher, one of the most import contemporary singers, writes vividly of his performing life and the experiences that he has had in over thirty years with the great works of the history of the Lied, from Beethoven's 'An die ferne Geliebte' via Schubert's great cycles, Schumann's varied Lieder, and art songs from Gustav Mahler to Othmar Schoeck and Wolfgang Rihm. He reflects on what these Lieder mean, what makes each of them unique and how