SCHUBERT, F.: Great Composers in Words and Music

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Caddy, Davinia, Author.

Contributor:

Schubert, Franz, Composer.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Lyricist.

Müller, Wilhelm, Lyricist.

Anonymous, Lyricist.

Mass Text, Lyricist.

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Composer.

Alxinger, Johann Baptist von, Lyricist.

Schober, Franz von, Lyricist.

Naxos Digital Services US

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical Music.

Local Subjects:

Classical Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated 2024

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Introduction ( 11 sec. )

Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759, "Unfinished": I. Allegro moderato (excerpt) ( 01 min., 11 sec. ) / Schubert

The opening of Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B minor... ( 07 min., 46 sec. )

Wiegenlied (Cradle Song), Op. 98, No. 2, D. 498 (excerpt) ( 01 min., 09 sec. ) / Schubert

An extract from Schubert's Wiegenlied or 'Cradle Song', thought to have been written in November 1816, the composer then 19 years of age. ( 03 min., 57 sec. )

Iphigenia auf Tauris, Act II Scene 1: Aria: Götter, die ihr mich hasst (excerpt) ( 41 sec. ) / Gluck

Schubert's earliest works date from his years at the Stadtkonvikt... ( 01 min., 42 sec. )

Symphony No. 1 in D Major, D. 82: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace (excerpt) ( 01 min., 34 sec. ) / Schubert

The very same month as the symphony's school premiere, Schubert was offered a scholarship to continue his studies at the Stadtkonvikt... ( 01 min., 12 sec. )

Des Teufels Lustschloss (The Devil's Pleasure Castle), D. 84: Overture (excerpt) ( 01 min., 15 sec. ) / Schubert

Yet another 'first' emerged a couple of months later in July: the completion of Schubert's first Mass, in F. ( 01 min., 44 sec. )

Mass No. 1 in F Major, D. 105: Gloria: Gratias agimus tibi (excerpt) ( 01 min., 05 sec. ) / Schubert

While there is little corroborative evidence of a serious relationship between Schubert and Fräulein Grob... ( 01 min., 43 sec. )

Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel), Op. 2, D. 118: Bars 1-31 ( 48 sec. ) / Schubert

Schubert's musical mastery lies in his ability to evoke the intense psychological drama of the text, along with the practical realities of the scene. ( 01 min., 22 sec. )

Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel), Op. 2, D. 118: Bars 69-120 ( 01 min., 25 sec. ) / Schubert

In 1821, seven years after its completion, Gretchen am Spinnrade appeared in print as Schubert's opus 2: that is, his second published score. ( 02 min., 54 sec. )

Erlkönig, Op. 1, D. 328 (excerpt) ( 01 min., 49 sec. ) / Schubert

It is perhaps unsurprising that as Schubert fine-tuned his skills in musical dramaticism, transforming the German Lied from its lowly roots into a genre of unprecedented expressivity... ( 04 min., 13 sec. )

Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: I. Allegro (excerpt) ( 01 min., 17 sec. ) / Schubert

At the time of Hatwig's house concert and the private premiere of Schubert's Symphony No. 5, the composer was no longer living and working with his father... ( 03 min., 40 sec. )

3 Marches militaires, Op. 51, D. 733: No. 1 in D Major (excerpt) ( 01 min., 14 sec. ) / Schubert

As was so often the case with Schubert, with highs came lows, conflicting emotions that reveal something of the tempestuous nature of his personality. ( 02 min., 45 sec. )

Piano Quintet In A Major, Op. 114, D. 667, "Die Forelle" (The Trout): IV. Thema with Variations: Andantino (excerpt) ( 01 min., 11 sec. ) / Schubert

If the holiday - and, indeed, the 'Trout' Quintet - had engendered a relaxed, easy-going mindset and overall leisurely outlook, then the return to the city once again brought disappointment... ( 02 min., 34 sec. )

Alfonso und Estrella, D. 732, Act I: Schon, wenn es beginnt zu tagen (Every morning, when the sun rises) (excerpt) ( 50 sec. ) / Schubert

If, with Alfonso und Estrella, Schubert's operatic efforts had fallen flat, he was at least enjoying sustained success with his Lieder. ( 04 min., 20 sec. )

Fantasy in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760, "Wandererfantasie" (Wanderer Fantasy): Adagio (excerpt) ( 01 min., 56 sec. ) / Schubert

1822 was also the year in which Schubert is thought to have contracted the venereal disease that would terminate his life only a few years later. ( 03 min., 16 sec. )

Fierabras, D. 796: Overture (excerpt) ( 01 min., 18 sec. ) / Schubert

Despite his illness and realisation of his imminent death, Schubert continued to compose a series of mature masterworks... ( 01 min., 29 sec. )

Die schöne Müllerin (The Fair Maid of the Mill), Op. 25, D. 795: No. 15. Eifersucht und Stolz (Jealousy and Pride) ( 01 min., 39 sec. ) / Schubert

For Schubert, life was to imitate art, the composer becoming as depressed and desperate as the young man whose idealistic love he depicted so vividly in the much-celebrated song cycle. ( 03 min., 42 sec. )

Winterreise (Winter Journey), Op. 89, D. 911: No. 1. Gute Nacht (Good Night) (excerpt) ( 01 min., 22 sec. ) / Schubert

But not all of Schubert's music of this final period could be described as mournful and gloomy. ( 02 min., 04 sec. )

String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956: II. Adagio (excerpt) ( 01 min., 37 sec. ) / Schubert

The String Quintet in C makes for a fitting finale to this musical biography. ( 03 minutes, 54 sec. )

String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956: IV. Allegretto (excerpt) ( 01 minches, 08 sec. ) / Schubert

Participant:

Pugh, Leighton, Reader -- Halász, Michael, Conductor -- Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra -- Hill, Peter, Artist -- Russell, Lynda, Artist -- Prey, Hermann, Artist -- Keilberth, Joseph, Conductor -- Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra -- Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra -- Benda, Christian, Conductor -- Prague Sinfonia, Orchestra -- Schuldt-Jensen, Morten, Conductor -- Leipzig Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra -- Lund, Trine Wilsberg, Artist -- Lim, Min Woo, Artist -- Levitin, Assaf, Artist -- Kehring, Burkhard, Artist -- Kalpers, Johannes, Artist -- Jandó, Jenő, Artist -- Kollár, Zsuzsa, Artist -- Tóth, István, Artist -- Kodály Quartet, Ensemble -- Trost, Rainer, Artist -- Korsten, Gérard, Conductor -- Cagliari Theatre Orchestra, Orchestra -- Nebolsin, Eldar, Artist -- Elsner, Christian, Artist -- Eisenlohr, Ulrich, Artist -- Trekel, Roman, Artist -- Villa Musica Ensemble, Ensemble -- Schubert, Franz, Composer -- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Lyricist -- Müller, Wilhelm, Lyricist -- Anonymous, Lyricist -- Mass Text, Lyricist -- Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Composer -- Alxinger, Johann Baptist von, Lyricist -- Schober, Franz von, Lyricist -- Caddy, Davinia, Author

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