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It led him to question an identity previously defined by communicating directly with audiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis enforced silence allowed Bostridge the opportunity to explore the backstories of some of the many works that he has performed – works such as Claudio Monteverdi’s seventeenth-century masterpiece \u003ci\u003eIl combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda \u003c\/i\u003eand Schumann’s ever popular song cycle \u003ci\u003eFrauenliebe und Leben.\u003c\/i\u003e The complex world of a single song by Ravel from the \u003ci\u003eChansons madécasses\u003c\/i\u003e has always haunted and unnerved Bostridge, while his immersion in Benjamin Britten’s confrontations with death, in life and art, have given him much food for thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on his Berlin Family Lectures, delivered at the University of Chicago in the Spring of 2020, Bostridge guides us on a fascinating journey beneath the surface of these iconic works. His underlying questions as a performer drive the narrative: what does it mean for audiences when a singer inhabits these roles? And what does a performer’s own identity subtract from or add to the identities inherent in the works themselves?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43128894128306,"sku":"9780571378999","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571378999_77d5d3ff-4b70-4f59-8ae9-001f745597f9.jpg?v=1786015272"},{"product_id":"9780571224395","title":"The Book of Lieder","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis unique volume contains, in parallel translation, a thousand of the most frequently performed Lieder, both piano-accompanied and orchestral. Composers are arranged alphabetically, with their songs appearing under poet in chronological order of composition - thus allowing the reader to engage in depth with a particular poet and at the same time to follow the composer's development. Richard Stokes, whose work in this field is already widely acclaimed, provides illuminating short essays on each of the fifty composers' approach to Lieder composition, as well as well as notes on all the poets who inspired the songs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume is notable for the accuracy and elegance of its translations, and for its fidelity to the German verse: every care has been taken to print the words of the \u003ci\u003esung \u003c\/i\u003etext, while adhering to the versification and punctuation of the original poem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeethoven, Schubert and Schumann, Goethe, Heine and Schiller are among the highlights of a book which illuminates one of the great musical traditions and will be an indispensable handbook for every music lover.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56291613770101,"sku":"9780571224395","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571224395_56723a11-5057-4cca-b9e4-0bb061c90f55.jpg?v=1786013667"},{"product_id":"9780571282814","title":"Schubert's Winter Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eFranz Schubert's \u003ci\u003eWinterreise \u003c\/i\u003eis at the same time one of the most powerful and one of the most enigmatic masterpieces in Western culture. In his new book, \u003ci\u003eSchubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession, \u003c\/i\u003eIan Bostridge - one of the work's finest interpreters - focusses on the context, resonance and personal significance of a work which is possibly the greatest landmark in the history of Lieder. Drawing equally on his vast experience of performing this work (he has performed it more than a hundred times), on his musical knowledge and on his training as a scholar, Bostridge unpicks the enigmas and subtle meaning of each of the twenty-four songs to explore for us the world Schubert inhabited, bringing the work and its world alive for connoisseurs and new listeners alike. Originally intended to be sung to an intimate gathering, performances of\u003ci\u003eWinterreise \u003c\/i\u003enow pack the greatest concert halls around the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough not strictly a biography of Schubert, \u003ci\u003eSchubert's Winter Journey \u003c\/i\u003esucceeds in offering an unparalleled insight into the mind and work of the great composer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Usually great singers cannot explain what they do. Ian Bostridge can. Whether or not you know Schubert's 'Winter Journey', the book is gripping because it explains, in probing, simple words, how a doomed love is transformed into art.' 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