All Schubert articles – Page 5
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NewsSchubert Symphony No 8 completed using AI
The final product will be performed at Cadogan Hall in February
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VideoSignum Quartet: Arrangement of Schubert's song 'Du bist die Ruh'
From the album ‘Aus Der Ferne’, featuring Schubert quartets and lieder arrangements. The album was praised by The Strad’s reviewer, with this particular track exemplifying the quartet’s ‘readings’ greatest beauty … the intimate emotional trinity they intertwine of dignity, fragility and pain’. Read: In the studio with the Signum Quartet ...
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ReviewSignum Quartet: Aus der Ferne – Schubert quartets and lieder arrangements
Schubert on strings, sweetly sung without words
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VideoDavid Oistrakh performs his own arrangement of the Liszt/Schubert Valse Caprice
In a live recording in 1972, David Oistrakh performs his own arrangement of the Liszt/Schubert Valse Caprice ‘Soirées de Vienne’, from the 9 Valses caprices d’après Schubert. The pianist is Frida Bauer.
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VideoThe Sakura cello quintet plays Schubert's Erlkönig
The Los Angeles based cello quintet Sakura perform an arrangement of Franz Schubert’s op.1 song Erlkönig (based on a poem by Goethe). The five cellists of Sakura are Peter Myers, whose also created the arrangement, and Michael Kaufman, Benjamin Lash, Gabriel Martins, and Yoshika Masuda. Audio/video by Louis Ng - ...
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VideoAnne-Sophie Mutter, Daniil Trifonov and friends – Trout Quintet
In this trailer for the new Trout Quintet release from Deutsche Grammophon (released 3 November), Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daniil Trifonov are joined by former Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation artists. They are Maximilian Hornung (cello), Roman Patkoló (double bass) and Hwayoon Lee (viola).
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VideoTen-year-old Leia Zhu plays Schubert Violin Sonata no.1 in D Major
Leia Zhu was born in Newcastle (UK) in 2006 and is currently a student at the Junior Guildhall in London and privately with Itzhak Rashkovsky.
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ArticleSchubert: String Quartet no.14 in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’, Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor op.56 ‘Voces intimae’
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Two soul-searching quartets played with warmth and vitalityMusicians: Ehnes QuartetComposer: Schubert, SibeliusCatalogue number: ONYX 4163 The Ehnes Quartet’s shared philosophy of sound and blend, plus its unanimity of pacing and purpose, especially beguile the ear in its interpretations of these soul-searching works. ...
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ArticleBrahms: Cello Sonata no.2 in F major; Violin Sonata no.2 in A major op.100 (arr.Wispelwey), Schubert: Violin Sonata in A major D574 (arr.Wispelwey)
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: February 2017Description: Wispelwey adopts and adapts Brahms and Schubert for the celloMusicians: Pieter Wispelwey (cello) Paolo Giacometti (piano)Composer: Brahms, SchubertCatalogue number: EVIL PENGUIN EPRC 0022 Assigning works written for one instrument to another is certainly one way of eschewing a museum ...
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ReviewSchubert: String Quintet in C major D956; Lieder
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: A Schubert Quintet that should go straight to the top of the list Musicians: Ebène Quartet, Gautier Capuçon (cello) Matthias Goerne (baritone) Laurène Durantel (double bass) Composer: ...
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ArticleCellist Frans Helmerson on bringing out the separate colour of each string
I love the specific colour of each string - it's not always about making the sound as equalised as possible. Each string has a different voice.'Kronberg Academy professor Frans Helmerson gives a cello masterclass on Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata, recorded at the International Musicians' Seminar, Prussia Cove. The student ...
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ReviewSpectrum. Janácek: Violin Sonata. Kreisler: Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta. Schubert: Violin Sonata in A major D574 ‘Grand Duo’. Stravinsky: Divertimento
The Strad Issue: May 2016Description: Beilman gets under the music’s skin in a dazzling recitalMusicians: Benjamin Beilman (violin) Yekwon Sunwoo (piano)Composer: Janácek; Kreisler; Schubert; StravinskyWorking alongside his regular accompanist Yekwon Sunwoo, Benjamin Beilman immediately draws us into the elusive sound world of Schubert’s D574 Sonata via his ...
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ReviewThe Szymanowski Trip. Beethoven: String Quartet no.2 in G major op.18 no.2. Laks: String Quartet no.3. Prokofiev: String Quartet no.2 in F major op.92. Ravel: String Quartet in F major. Schubert: Quar
The Strad Issue: May 2016Description: Three recitals follow Szymanowski on his travels around EuropeMusicians: Szymanowski QuartetComposer: Beethoven; Laks; Prokofiev; Ravel; Schubert; Skoryk; Szymanowski; Tchaikovsky; WebernThis set comprises three separate discs, the first two previously released in 2009 and 2011, each setting the quartets of Szymanowski in the ...
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ReviewSchubert Quintet Live! Schubert: String Quintet in C major D956
The Strad Issue: April 2016Description: A warts-and-all Schubert Quintet played with spiritMusicians: Brentano Quartet, Michael Kannen (cello)Composer: SchubertThe producer and musicians need you to know – hence the disc’s ostentatious title and their discursive booklet notes – that this disc of Schubert’s Quintet was culled from three ...
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ArticleThe Strad Masterclass: violist Maxim Rysanov on Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata
Maxim Rysanov performs Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata, arranged for viola by Dobrinka Tabakova, with DalaSinfoniettan, conducted by Tobias Ringborg at Vinterfest 2011. The violist continues The Strad’s new marked-up sheet music series in association with Henle Verlag with the Arpeggione's first movement – giving bowings, fingerings and ideas for interpretation in ...
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ReviewSchubert: String Quintet in C major D956
The Strad Issue: February 2016Description: Schubert’s chamber masterpiece in an arrangement with added bottomMusicians: Amsterdam Sinfonietta Soloists, Rick Stotijn (double bass)Composer: SchubertTaking inspiration from a Sliding Doors vision of history – Domenico Dragonetti and Schubert as bosom buddies – the latest recording from the Amsterdam Sinfonietta takes ...
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ReviewSchubert: Quartettsatz in C minor D703; String Quartet no.15 in G major D887
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: Schubert’s quartet masterpieces on historic instrumentsMusicians: Terpsycordes QuartetComposer: SchubertThis package comprises Schubert’s first mature quartet movement and his massive final essay in the genre. The Terpsycordes’ major selling point is its use of a matching set of gut-strung ‘period’ instruments made by ...
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ReviewPhantasie. Brahms: Cello Sonata in E flat major op.120 no.2. Reger: Adagio from Suite no.1 for solo cello; Largo from Suite no.2 for solo cello. Schubert: Fantasie in C major D934; Sonatina in G minor
The Strad Issue: December 2015Description: Wispelwey embarks on the complete duos of Brahms and SchubertMusicians: Pieter Wispelwey (cello) Paolo Giacometti (piano)Composer: Brahms, Reger, SchubertIt is inevitable that the status of ‘arrangements’ and ‘transcriptions’ of canonic works remains questionable to many, even when undertaken by a player ...
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ReviewImpérial Oïstrakh! Works by Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Franck, Lalo, Mozart, Schubert and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: Complete works and extracts help to illustrate Oistrakh’s greatnessMusicians: David Oistrakh (violin) various artistsComposer: Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Franck, Lalo, Mozart, Schubert and WieniawskiThis compilation seems designed for those Classic FM listeners who like ‘a bit of Mozart’. Four complete works, including the ...
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ReviewSchubert: String Quintet in C major D956
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: The Kuijkens on modern instruments in period styleMusicians: Kuijken Quartet, Michel Boulanger (cello)Composer: SchubertLong associated with period-instrument performance, the Kuijken family here employs instruments with modern set-ups and accessories. However, these players’ attempts to recapture the style and spirit of Schubert’s era ...