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Review of Gál Symphony No 1; Schubert Symphony No 6

Gál Symphony No 1; Schubert Symphony No 6

Northern Sinfonia | Thomas Zehetmair

Avie

Hans Gál entered his First Symphony in a worldwide competition for works celebrating the 1928 centenary of Schubert’s death. Gál...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 8/2011

Review of Schubert Chamber and Vocal Works

Schubert Chamber and Vocal Works

Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble | John Mark Ainsley | Steven Lubin

L'Oiseau-Lyre

Schubert is becoming increasingly well served by the recording industry, not just for the bewildering range of new issues of...

Reviewed in issue 9/1993

Review of Schubert Violin Sonatas

Schubert Violin Sonatas

Raphael Oleg | Theodore Paraskivesco

Denon

Mozart's violin sonatas? Yes, of course they are a major body of work. Beethoven's? Indeed, so are they, and are...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1993

Review of Schubert Piano Works

Schubert Piano Works

Rafael Orozco

Valois

Orozco could scarcely have coupled two more different larger keyboard works by this composer than the virtuosic, extrovert Wanderer of...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 8/1993

Review of Schubert: Piano Sonatas

Schubert: Piano Sonatas

Laurent Cabasso

Valois

The booklet informs us that Laurent Cabasso (new to the British CD catalogue) studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Yankoff,...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1991

Review of Schubert String Quartets

Schubert String Quartets

Britten Qt

EMI

Alarm bells have been clanging vigorously. Leather-clad string quartets astride motorbikes; Schubert's Death and the Maiden marketed under a ''lurid...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 2/1992

Review of Schubert Octet

Schubert Octet

(Carl) Stamitz Ensemble

Pierre Verany

The Carl Stamitz Ensemble was formed in 1979, and chose its name in homage to an important figure in the...

Reviewed in issue 11/1990

Review of Schubert Octet

Schubert Octet

Ailish Tynan | Daniel Müller-Schott | Isabelle van Keulen | Lars Anders Tomter | Malcolm Martineau | Martin Owen | Michael Collins | Peter Brunt | Peter Riegelbauer | Robin O'Neill

Wigmore Hall Live

This is the most enjoyable account of Schubert’s Octet I can remember, on disc or in concert. It is a...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2007

Review of Schubert Piano Works

Schubert Piano Works

Till Fellner

Erato

Don’t be deceived by Till Fellner’s almost throwaway opening to Schubert’s Sonata, D784. His playing may not yet be so...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 4/1998

Review of Schubert String Quartet No. 15

Schubert String Quartet No. 15

Alban Berg Qt

EMI

A characteristically refined and poised performance by the Alban Berg Quartet, technically impeccable. This great and startlingly innovative work hasn't...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 8/1988

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