The Final Years - 1827
Kate Molleson journeys through the last five years of Franz Schubert’s life, with a focus today on the composer’s penultimate year.
Kate Molleson journeys through the last five years of Franz Schubert’s life, with a focus today on the composer’s penultimate year. This was a period when Schubert still hoped to make a name for himself as a composer not only for the stage but also as Beethoven’s successor in the realms of symphonic music.
Impromptu No 3 in G flat, D.899
Barry Douglas, piano
Winterreise, D. 911 (Gute Nacht)
Roderick Williams, baritone
Christopher Glynn, piano
Ständchen, D. 920
Martha Hart, mezzo-soprano
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Norman Mackenzie, piano
Robert Shaw, conductor
Symphony No 9 in C. D. 944 ‘The Great’ (Finale. Allegro vivace)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Fantasie in F minor, D. 940
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Samson Tsoy, piano
Produced by Luke Whitlock
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu No.3 in G flat, D.899
Performer: Barry Douglas.- CHANDOS : 10933.
- CHANDOS.
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Franz Schubert
Winterreise, D.911 (No.1, Gute Nacht)
Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Roderick Williams.- SIGNUM SIGCD531.
- SIGNUM.
- 1.
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Franz Schubert
Standchen, D.920
Performer: Norman Mackenzie. Singer: Martha Hart. Choir: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers. Conductor: Robert Shaw.- TELARC : 80340.
- TELARC.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No.9 in C major 'The Great' D.944 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- BIS : BISCD-2514.
- BIS.
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Franz Schubert
Fantasie in F minor, D.940
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Performer: Samson Tsoy.- HARMONIA MUNDI : HMM 902716.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- 5.
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