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Schubert Octet
“I feel myself to be the unhappiest, most wretched creature in the world.” Thus, on March 31st, 1824, Schubert wrote...
Reviewed in issue 9/1996
Schubert Three Violin Sonatas
These are really impressive performances. Angele Dubeau and Anton Kuerti are at one in maintaining the intimate tone of Schubert’s...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/1997
Schubert Piano Sonata D959 and D960
So bald and equivocal a marking as Molto moderato for the first movement of D960 doesn’t faze Paul Lewis. He...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 5/2003
Berg; Schubert; Wolf Lieder
Christianne Stotijn | Joseph Breinl
This debut recital by the young Dutch mezzo Christianne Stotijn, who has won many prizes on the Continent, is a...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/2006
Schubert Missa Solemnis; Stabat Mater; Salve Regina
Schubert’s church music is heard less often than it deserves, surprisingly so given it contains some of his finest music....
Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 1/1999
Schubert Symphony 9
Leonard Slatkin | St Louis Symphony Orchestra
A cleanly executed reading of classical proportions. Intelligently conceived, too—Slatkin does vary the tempos in the first movement, but not...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/1990
Schubert String Quintet;String Quartet No 12
No ensemble today would play D810 as does the Capet Quartet of 1928 (Opus Kura) because their 80-year-old performing style...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 7/2008
Schubert Orchestral Works
Heinrich Schiff | Northern Sinfonia
Schiff the cellist becomes Schiff the conductor. Schiff the musician's awareness of Schubert's alternating sad and sunny harmony brings captivating...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/1993
Schubert (Die) schöne Müllerin
Christoph Prégardien | Michael Gees
Among a clutch of desirable tenor versions of Die schöne Müllerin (notably from Peter Schreier, Ian Bostridge and Werner Güra),...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 8/2008
Schubert: Lieder
A nocturne, this recital; the ''holde Kunst'' leading us through the dark hours, with the voice of flowers and the...
Reviewed by jswain in issue: 6/1983
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