Schubert Octet

Musicfest Ensemble

Musicfest is an ensemble that grew out of the 1987 Aberystwyth Music Festival, and consists of a number of artists...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/1991

SCHUBERT Symphonies Nos 1 & 2

David Zinman | Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

Period brass – two each of Inventionshorns (with curved sliding crooks called ‘inventions’ inserted into the body of the instruments...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 07/2012

SCHUBERT Lieder & Vocal Quartets

Anke Vondung | Christoph Berner | Konrad Jarnot | Marlis Petersen | Werner Güra

Schubert once reportedly remarked to a friend: ‘Do you know any cheerful music? I don’t.’ If he did utter these...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 06/2013

SCHUBERT Winterreise D911

Alice Coote | Andreas Haefliger | Julius Drake | Wolfgang Holzmair

Such diametrically opposed Winterreise performances here. In his second recording of the piece, Wolfgang Holzmair has an insider’s long experience...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 06/2013

Schubert Symphony No. 9

Jeffrey Tate | Staatskapelle Dresden

Who would have expected Jeffrey Tate, elegant in Mozart, to give a reading of the Great C major which relates...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1987

Schubert Octet

Gaudier Ensemble

ASV's recording is very good indeed, pleasantly rounded, but well detailed—an apt setting for a performance where warmth and affection...

Reviewed in issue 5/1990

SCHUBERT Piano Trios Opp 99 & 100

Oliver Schnyder Trio

No pussyfooting here: for their CD debut, the young Zurich-based Oliver Schnyder Trio plunge boldly in with what must be...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 08/2013

SCHUBERT Symphonies Nos 2 & 5 (Herreweghe)

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra | Philippe Herreweghe

It’s often said (with just cause) that the spirit of Mozart hovers over the 18-year-old Schubert’s Fifth Symphony. Not only...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2018

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No 21. 4 Impromptus

Marc-André Hamelin is one of those artists who warrant frequent attention. Now 56 and presumably at the peak of his...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2018

SCHUBERT Quintet. Lieder

Ébène Quartet | Gautier Capuçon | Laurène Durantel | Matthias Goerne

The Quintet is the peak of Schubert’s chamber output and high on any ensemble’s wish-list. The essential recordings range from...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2016