Schubert's Die Winterreise with Hans Hotter and Michael Raucheisen

I grew up in the 1950s with Schubert's Die Winterreise, sung at the time by Hans Hotter with Gerald Moore at the piano; three sides of 12 inch LPs. Today, on a snowy morning, I listened again to the work, this time sung by Hans Hotter in 1943, with Michael Raucheisen as the pianist. An impressive performance that, for me, brought out all the angst in Schubert's 24 songs, with no little thanks to Raucheisen's piano playing. What an impressive work this is! The constant harmonic changes show what Schubert might have written had he lived beyond the age of 31. A classic for all time.