THOMAS QUASTHOFF IN VERBIER

From the instant that Thomas Quasthoff began his first Verbier Festival performance in 2003, the incomparable bass-baritone knew that he had arrived at his musical home. Nearly twenty years later, this sublime debut — an assortment of orchestrated Schubert lieder — opens a release that highlights Quasthoff’s incredible musicality against backdrops of instrumental accompaniment. Gustav Mahler’s ‘Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen’ (Songs of a Wayfarer), followed by J.S. Bach’s ‘Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen’ round out this highly-anticipated offering from Verbier Festival Gold.