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Review of Schubert Chamber Works

Schubert Chamber Works

István Tóth | Jenö Jandó | Kodáy Qt

Naxos

The present disc is further proof of Naxos's impressive ability to produce outstanding recordings at an astonishingly low price. Jeno...

Reviewed in issue 4/1993

Review of Schubert (12) Piano Sonatas

Schubert (12) Piano Sonatas

Alan Marks

Nimbus

Here we have exactly what it says on the tin – or, in this case, the ugly multi-tray plastic case...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2006

Review of Schubert String Quartets

Schubert String Quartets

Brandis Qt

Nimbus

The three major chamber works that followed Schubert's initial discovery of his serious illness in 1823 – the Octet, D803...

Reviewed in issue 12/1995

Review of Schubert Winterreise

Schubert Winterreise

Andreas Staier | Michael Schopper

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Schopper possesses a firm, vibrant voice. Though he describes himself as a bass, the quality seems to me more that...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1990

Review of SCHUBERT Symphony No 6

SCHUBERT Symphony No 6

Swedish Chamber Orchestra | Thomas Dausgaard

BIS

Distance doesn’t lend enchantment to the woodwind, pale rather than pungent in a symphony where they play a crucial role....

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 10/2013

Review of SCHUBERT Impromptus D899. Sonata D960

SCHUBERT Impromptus D899. Sonata D960

Rudolf Buchbinder

Sony Classical

Oh dear. Listening to the opening of the C minor Impromptu, you do wish that Rudolf Buchbinder would leave it...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 04/2014

Review of SCHUBERT Winterreise

SCHUBERT Winterreise

Inger Södergren | Jan van Elsacker | Nathalie Stutzmann | Tom Beghin

Erato

In a note accompanying this new Winterreise with Jan Van Elsacker, the fortepianist and musicologist Tom Beghin asks what yet...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2015

Review of SCHUBERT Winterreise

SCHUBERT Winterreise

Florian Boesch | Malcolm Martineau

Onyx

Schubert himself recognised that his song-cycle Die Winterreise was special, urging a friend, Josef von Spaun, ‘Come to Schober’s today....

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 03/2012

Review of SCHUBERT Songs

SCHUBERT Songs

Ian Bostridge | Julius Drake

Wigmore Hall Live

From a marketing standpoint, the presence of a dozen or so Ian Bostridge Schubert discs might suggest a saturation point....

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 08/2014

Review of SCHUBERT Moments Musicaux. Piano Sonata, D850

SCHUBERT Moments Musicaux. Piano Sonata, D850

Valery Afanassiev

ECM New Series

You never know what to expect from Valery Afanassiev. One year it’s the most lifeless Beethoven concerto cycle on disc,...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2013

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