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Review of Schubert Part Songs for Male Voices, Vol. 4

Schubert Part Songs for Male Voices, Vol. 4

Anton Rosner | Singphoniker

CPO

Virtually all the part-songs in this fourth volume of Singphoniker’s complete survey date from those astonishingly prolific song years 1815...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 6/1998

Review of Schubert  Symphony No 8, 'Unfinished'

Schubert Symphony No 8, 'Unfinished'

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra | JoAnn Falletta

Naxos

Brian Newbould’s sensitive completion of Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony in four movements has been recorded several times before, but here it...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/2009

Review of Schubert Orchestral Works

Schubert Orchestral Works

Charles Groves | English Sinfonia

Classics

The final instalment in the Schubert cycle from the late and much lamented Sir Charles Groves was recorded in March...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/1993

Review of Schubert Piano Sonatas

Schubert Piano Sonatas

Jonathan Biss

Wigmore Hall Live

Among Jonathan Biss’s previous discs is an impressive Schumann recital (EMI, 2/07). This live Schubert recital is less consistently successful...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 1/2010

Review of Schubert Piano Sonatas

Schubert Piano Sonatas

Michael Endres

Capriccio

Michael Endres’s third volume of Schubert sonatas (the first two were reviewed in 9/95 and 11/95 respectively) comprehensively displays the...

Reviewed in issue 5/1996

Review of Schubert Piano Works

Schubert Piano Works

John O'Conor

Telarc

With the Schubert Impromptus, O'Conor is up against some stiff competition from pianists such as Perahia (CBS), Brendel (Philips, 10/89)...

Reviewed in issue 3/1994

Review of Violin Concertos

Violin Concertos

Brandenburg Orchestra | Elizabeth Wallfisch | Roy Goodman

Helios

The revival in the popularity of the violin concerto during the latter part of the eighteenth century is winningly celebrated...

Reviewed in issue 9/1996

Review of Schubert (Die) Schöne Müllerin

Schubert (Die) Schöne Müllerin

Eric Tappy | Ruben Lifschitz

Claves

Renowned in roles ranging from Monteverdi’s Orfeo, via Mozart, to Golaud in Pelléas, Swiss tenor Eric Tappy left me uninvolved...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2011

Review of Schubert Trout Quintet; Notturno

Schubert Trout Quintet; Notturno

Nash Ensemble

CRD

This is a highly professional Trout, and unlike many (though not all) rival teams the Nash also offer a beguiling...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1989

Review of Schubert Alfonso und Estrella

Schubert Alfonso und Estrella

Alfred Muff | Cagliari Teatro Lirico Chorus | Cagliari Teatro Lirico Orchestra | Elena Monti | Enrico Cossutta | Eva Mei | Gérard Korsten | Jochen Schmeckenbecher | Markus Werba | Pavel Chernoch

Dynamic

On the 150th anniversary of the premiere, the adventurous Cagliari Theatre in Italy reminded us how musically rich this opera...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/2005

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