Records
Group of friends
Yuri Honing & Nora Mulder
Winterreise
2007

Yuri Honing -saxophone
Nora Mulder - piano

 

1. No. 17
2. No. 7
3. No. 16
4. No. 24
5. No. 4
6. No. 12
7. No. 21
8. No. 2
9. No. 9
10. No. 10
11. No. 20
12. No. 14
13. Der Tod und das Madchen

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Tenor and soprano saxophonist Yuri Honing sinks his teeth in the ‘vocals’ of Schubert’s Winterreise. Without making any concessions, Honing presents the famous songs, omitting the lyrics of Wilhelm Müller, by playing the melodies without any additions in virtuoso ensemble playing with pianist Nora Mulder.
Honing is reputed as one of Holland’s leading jazz musicians, who integrates both pop and world music in his work; Mulder is specialized in contemporary composed music. And that makes the Schubert adventure of these two wilful musicians’ all the more surprising.

A special project
World premiere

For me Schubert’s Winterreise, the icon of the classical vocal repertoire, in the first place is a songbook to be compared with for example the American Songbook. It was a challenge to give the performance a strong personal signature without the use of improvisation and still respecting Schubert’s work at the same time. I think that this approach proves to be effective and that Nora and I have even made the repertoire more accessible. (Yuri Honing)

  

Can a jazz cat play Schubert? Yes, when he’s able to produce a sonorous tone on his tenor sax such as Yuri Honing does
Can a jazz cat play Schubert? Wel als je zo mooi sonoor tenorsax speelt als Yuri Honing
- a/o Haarlems Dagblad, Noordhollands Dagblad, Leidsch Dagblad

Breathtaking
Adembenemend mooi
- Tubantia/Twentsche Courant

Liberating..... to listen to just the bare melodies of these emotional songs is an extraordinary experience
Bevrijdend..... een bijzondere ervaring om de kale melodieën van de emotioneel geladen liederen op deze manier voorgeschoteld te krijgen
- Moors magazine

A well thought-out musical concept..... a perfect success, not only because this new combination has brought forth completely original dynamics, but also because Schubert’s musical poetry remains untouched
Een weldoordacht muzikaal concept ...... volkomen geslaagd, aangezien er in deze nieuwe combinatie niet alleen een geheel eigen dynamiek is gecreëerd, maar Schuberts muzikale poëzie overeind is gebleven
- a/o www.mensenmelodie.nl

Honing proves it can be done, very well in fact
Honing bewijst dat het kan, heel goed zelfs
- Klassieke Zaken Magazin