Andrè Schuen

about

Making music came as naturally to Andrè Schuen as speech. The baritone, raised in a family of multilingual musicians, communicates as fluently with melody as he does in German, Italian and Ladin, the regional tongue of the part of the South Tyrol in which he was born. His repertoire embraces everything from Lieder and opera to traditional Ladin folk music and spans the spectrum of human emotions. Above all, it reflects the singer’s passion for words and his determination to convey their meaning in performance. Critics have been inspired by Schuen’s combination of vocal authority, tonal warmth and expressive intelligence. “This dark, unstrained baritone is one of the most beautiful things you can hear at the moment; it is an unreservedly wonderful voice,” observed the Frankfurter Rundschau, while Gramophone has praised his enormous expressive range and ability to spin “long, quiet lines that flow with consummate ease”. Having signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon, Andrè Schuen released his DG debut album, a performance of Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin recorded with pianist Daniel Heide, in March 2021. Reviewing the album, The Sunday Times praised Schuen’s “emotional truthfulness”. Schuen followed this success with a recording of Schubert’s final collection of songs, Schwanengesang, again with his longstanding duo partner Daniel Heide. Schwanengesang was released to great acclaim in November 2022, with Gramophone hailing the singer’s “fresh, beautifully con

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Mozart

Schubert: Schwanengesang

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Schubert: Winterreise

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Britten: Four Folk Songs

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Tosti: L'Ultima Canzone

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Schubert: Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D. 343

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Schubert : Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25

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R. Strauss: Vier Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: IV. Morgen!

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Schubert: Wiegenlied, D. 867, Op. 105 No. 2

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Schumann, Wolf & Martin: Lieder

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Wolf: Mörike-Lieder: No. 25, Schlafendes Jesuskind

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Schubert: Wandrers Nachtlied, D. 768

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