This month we will be showcasing renowned Austrian composer Franz Schubert.
Learn about the artists and pieces featured below/after the jump and listen to the episode at MaestroClassical.com or on iTunes.
Kenneth Slowik and John Elwes deliver an exciting rendition of Franz Schubert’s first song cycle using the beautiful Graf fortepiano from the Smithsonian’s collection. This instrument is the type for which the work was originally intended.
John Elwes, Kenneth Slowik, Franz Schubert
“Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795″ (mp3)
from “Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795″
(Dorian Recordings)
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The first of two releases devoted to the piano trio repertoire of Franz Schubert. It is performed by the Atlantis Trio: Jaap Schroder (violin), Penelope Crawford (fortepiano) and Enid Sutherland (cello), using instruments of Schubert’s time.
The Atlantis Ensemble
“Trio in B-flat, op. posth. 99″ (mp3)
from “Schubert Piano Trio in B flat, Op.99″
(Musica Omnia)
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Commonly known as the “Unfinished Symphony,” this piece was started in 1822 but was left with only two movements known to be complete, even though Schubert would live for another six years.
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra & Andreas Delfs
“SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”" (mp3)
from “SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”"
(MSO Classics)
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For all the differences between their personalities, their music, and the epochs in which they lived, Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann in many ways represent two sides of the same coin. Both were incomparable masters at composing song, bringing to new levels of sophistication the art of word-colouring and emotion-conveying. Both explored and expanded Classical forms, allowing them to convey an
expansive, personal, Romantic sensibility. And both compose music about themselves, Schubert’s later work often conveying poignant
tension between memories of youthful gay abandon – in all senses, it’s now thought – and the terrible knowledge of an imminent,
tragically early death, while Schumann’s work frequently reflects his turbulent, possibly bi-polar, psychological condition, as often
tempestuously dramatic as poetically content.
Antonio Meneses
“Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102 for Cello and Piano” (mp3)
from “Schumann / Schubert: Schumann & Schubert”
(AVIE Records)
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A riveting performance of the late piano works by Schubert.
Oleg Marshev
“Piano Sonata no. 21 in B flat Major, D960″ (mp3)
from “Schubert: The Late Schubert”
(Danacord Records)
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