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Review of Schubert Masses

Schubert Masses

Arno Hartmann | Bruno Weil | Harry van der Kamp | Jörg Hering | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment | Stefan Preyer | Thomas Weinhappel | Vienna Boys' Choir | Vienna Chorus

Vivarte

Even the most fanatic Schubertophile would not place the Deutsche Messe at the head of a list of essential listening....

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 8/1994

Review of Schubert Octet

Schubert Octet

Berlin Soloists

Digital Experience

Alan Sanders liked this performance when it came out four years ago, finding in it ''a pleasing warmth'' and, in...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1993

Review of Schubert Death and the Maiden

Schubert Death and the Maiden

Ann Murray | English Chamber Orchestra | Jeffrey Tate

EMI

The three minute opener to this disc has Ann Murray's clear, strong mezzo-soprano voice set against a well-distanced piano accompaniment...

Reviewed in issue 12/1986

Review of Schubert Sacred Choral Works

Schubert Sacred Choral Works

Capella Brugensis | Collegium Instrumentale Brugense | Greta de Reyghere | Jan Van der Crabben | Lieve Maertens | Patrick Peire | Toby Spence

Rene Gailly

The strict authenticity of Schubert’s church music – more homophonic than polyphonic, more secular than religious – may be doubtful,...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 4/1998

Review of Schubert Trout Quintet; Arpeggione Sonata; Notturno, D897.

Schubert Trout Quintet; Arpeggione Sonata; Notturno, D897.

Anner Bylsma | Archibudelli | Jos van Immerseel | Vera Beths

Classical

This is a very sprightly Trout. The first movement, a true Allegro vivace, gives a joyful feeling of onward momentum,...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/1999

Review of Schubert (The) Piano Trios

Schubert (The) Piano Trios

Vienna Schubert Trio

Nimbus Alliance

Why is a recording made in 1991, by a group that disbanded in 1993 after only eight years together, appearing...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 8/2011

Review of Schubert Piano Works

Schubert Piano Works

Peter Katin

Athene

One of the most attractive features of Peter Katin’s latest Schubert disc is its comfortable intimacy, conjuring images of the...

Reviewed in issue 6/1996

Review of Schubert Trout Quintet; Trio No 1 in B flat

Schubert Trout Quintet; Trio No 1 in B flat

Schubert Ensemble of London

ASV

A generous coupling, achieved, however, at the expense of omitting the longer repeats in both works. The Trout Quintet’s outer...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 13/2004

Review of Schubert Piano Duets, Vol. 1

Schubert Piano Duets, Vol. 1

Harvey Dagul | Isabel Beyer

Four Hands Music

As the excellent and thoroughly researched booklet to this new release points out, Schubert's first known composition was for piano...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 10/1989

Review of Schubert Piano Works, Vol. 2

Schubert Piano Works, Vol. 2

Imogen Cooper

Ottavo

Again, as with the first disc which I reviewed in April in this recently launched pilgrimage through Schubert's last six...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 12/1988

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