Great Composers in Words & Music: Franz Schubert
Christian Benda, Kodály Quartet, Failoni Chamber Orchestra, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Leipziger Kammerorchester, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra, Prague Sinfonia, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Villa Musica, Leighton Pugh (Speaker), Trine Wilsberg Lund (Soprano), Lynda Russell (Soprano), Johannes Kalpers (Tenor), Christian Elsner (Tenor), Ulrich Eisenlohr (Piano), Min Woo Lim (Tenor), Rainer Trost (Tenor), Roman Trekel (Baritone), Hermann Prey (Baritone), Assaf Levitin (Bass), Burkhard Kehring (Piano), Eldar Nebolsin (Piano), Jenő Jandó (Piano), Peter Hill (Piano), Zsuzsa Kollár (Piano), István Tóth (Double Bass), Tamás Szabó (Violin), Gábor Fias (Viola), János Devich (Violoncello)
2023, London, Temple Music Studio, Sutton
- 00:091. Introduction
- 01:112. Symphony No. 7 (8) in B minor D 759 "Unfinished": I. Allegro moderato (Excerpt)
- 07:463. "The opening of Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B minor..."
- 01:094. Wiegenlied op. 98/2 D 498 (Excerpt)
- 03:575. "An extract from Schubert’s Wiegenlied or ‘Cradle Song’, thought to have been written in November 1816..."
- 00:416. C. W. Gluck: Iphigenie auf Tauris GluckWV 1.50. Aria 'Götter, die ihr mich hasst' (Orestes, Act II) (Excerpt)
- 01:427. "Schubert’s earliest works date from his years at the Stadtkonvikt..."
- 01:348. Symphony No. 1 in D major D 82: I. Adagio – Allegro Vivace (Excerpt)
- 01:129. "The very same month as the symphony’s school premiere..."
- 01:1510. Des Teufels Lustschloß D 84: Overture (Excerpt)
- 01:4411. "Yet another ‘first’ emerged a couple of months later in July..."
- 01:0512. Mass No. 1 in F major D 105: Gloria "Gratias agimus tibi" (Excerpt)
- 01:4313. "While there is little corroborative evidence of a serious relationship between Schubert and Fräulein Grob..."
- 00:4814. Gretchen am Spinnrade op. 2 D 118: (Bars 1-31)
- 01:2215. "Schubert’s musical mastery lies in his ability to evoke..."
- 01:2516. Gretchen am Spinnrade op. 2 D 118: (Bars 69-120)
- 02:5417. "In 1821, seven years after its completion, Gretchen am Spinnrade appeared in print..."
- 01:4918. Erlkönig op. 1 D 328 (Excerpt)
- 04:1319. "It is perhaps unsurprising that as Schubert fine-tuned his skills in musical dramaticism..."
- 01:1720. Symphony No. 5 in B flat major D 485: I. Allegro (Excerpt)
- 03:4021. "At the time of Hatwig’s house concert and the private premiere of Schubert’s Symphony No. 5..."
- 01:1422. Marches militaires for Piano four hands op. 51 D 733: No. 1 in D major. Allegro vivace (Excerpt)
- 02:4523. "As was so often the case with Schubert, with highs came lows..."
- 01:1124. Piano Quintet in A major op. posth. 114 D 667 "Forellenquintett" ("The Trout"): IV. Theme with Variations. Andantino (Excerpt)
- 02:3425. "If the holiday – and, indeed, the ‘Trout’ Quintet – had engendered a relaxed..."
- 00:5026. Alfonso und Estrella D 732: 'Schon, wenn es beginnt zu tagen' (Alfonso, Act I) (Excerpt)
- 04:2027. "If, with Alfonso und Estrella, Schubert's operatic efforts had fallen flat..."
- 01:5628. Fantasy for Piano in C major op. 15 D 760 'Wanderer Fantasy': Adagio (Excerpt)
- 03:1629. "1822 was also the year in which Schubert is thought to have contracted the venereal disease..."
- 01:1830. Fierabras D 796: Overture (Excerpt)
- 01:2931. "Despite his illness and realisation of his imminent death,..."
- 01:3932. Die schöne Müllerin op. 25 D 795: 15. Eifersucht und Stolz
- 03:4233. "For Schubert, life was to imitate art, the composer becoming..."
- 01:2234. Winterreise op. 89 D 911: 1. Gute Nacht (Excerpt)
- 02:0435. "But not all of Schubert’s music of this final period..."
- 01:3736. String Quintet in C major op. posth. 163 D 956: II. Adagio (Excerpt)
- 03:5437. "The String Quintet in C makes for a fitting finale to this musical biography."
- 01:0738. String Quintet in C major op. posth. 163 D 956: IV. Allegretto (Excerpt)
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