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Schubert Symphonies Nos 1 & 4
This period performance of two early Schubert symphonies—the more ambitious C minor work, the Tragic, as well as No. 1—boasts...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1990
Schubert Piano Trio No 2
The opening to this trio appears to take up the gauntlet thrown down by Beethoven’s mature piano trios – but...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 13/2006
Schubert Piano Works, Vol. 3
When he first recorded the Reliquie ten years ago for Erato (nla), Dalberto gave us just the first two movements...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 10/1990
Schubert Symphonies
Frans Brüggen | Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
Frans Bruggen’s Schubert is not out to prove anything, unless it is that the use of period instruments need not...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 7/1996
Schubert Choral Songs
Most of the part-songs here evoke some aspect of night, whether benevolent, romantic, transfigured or sinister; and between them they...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 5/1999
Schubert: String Quartets
The Hagen are a young Austrian quartet, and their arrival on DG—their one previous record, minus one violin, was Schubert's...
Reviewed in issue 9/1986
Schubert Impromptus
Vassily Primakov’s rapidly expanding discography now extends to a Schubert recital where he opts for the most part for selections...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2010
Schubert/Hummel Piano Quintets
These performances, of works written in 1819 and 1821, are advertised as being played on period instruments. The strings are...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1992
Schubert Symphony No 1. Vorísek Symphony
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Bremen | Thomas Hengelbrock
Beethoven, and especially his Second Symphony, is a common influence here. Yet both of these D major works, composed within...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 11/1998
Schubert Trout Quintet; String Trios
Christian Ockert | Christian Zacharias | Leipzig Qt
This CD comes as a pendant to the Leipzig’s ultra-complete Schubert quartet series. The String Trio fragment, less than two...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/1999
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