Why Are There So Few Complete Sets of Schubert’s Lieder?
Yesterday, I received a copy of Naxos’ Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition, their 38-disc set of Schubert’s lieder, or art songs. Schubert’s lieder is one of my favorite parts of the classical repertoire,...
View ArticleAuthentic Schubert Piano Recordings
While “authentic” piano recordings of Romantic composers are not very common, there are a handful of musicians who have recorded these works on the fortepiano, or the instrument of the time of Mozart,...
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Essential Music: Franz Schubert’s Complete Songs
Music Review: Franz Schubert Complete Songs Hyperion Records 40 CDs plus book containing song texts, 2005. List price GBP 180. Buy from Amazon.com | Amazon UK | Amazon FR In 1987, Hyperion Records...
View ArticleNew Book: Schubert’s Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession by Ian Bostridge
Tenor Ian Bostridge has a new book out, Schubert’s Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession. (Amazon.com, Amazon UK; out now in the UK, out next month in the US) Here’s the publisher’s description:...
View ArticleCD Review András Schiff Plays Schubert on an 1820 Fortepiano
András Schiff's new recording of Schubert is excellent.
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