Johannes Brahms considered the poet Johann Mayrhofer “the most serious of all Schubert’s friends.” This complicated man, full of self-hatred and driven by emotions whose violence he could not accept, transferred the conflict-ridden passions of his inner world into powerful

During the first decades of the 19th Century, the city of Vienna was a thrilling and highly competitive musical melting pot. Conductors, performers and composers from all parts of Europe had flocked to the city to take advantage of the

XI. Frühlingstraum From Schubert: Wintereisse / Matthias Goerne’s Schubert Edition 9 (2014) Released by Harmonia Mundi Schubert: Wintereisse – XI. FrühlingstraumThis Winterreise ends Matthias Goerne’s series of Schubert lieder recordings. Here everything is tenser, more urgent, more harrowing. At once

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In the musical world, Moritz von Schwindt is primarily remembered for his famous drawing entitled “Schubertiade.” The term “Schubertiade” was actually coined by friends of Franz Schubert, and described private and informal musical gathering in the composer’s apartment. In addition

A recent concert by the distinguished Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, violin; Philip Setzer, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; Paul Watkins, cello) at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. paired Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144

Schubert: Sonata in B flat major, D960 IV. Allegro ma non troppo – Presto From Mozart, Beethoven & Schubert recital (2013) Released by Semaphore Schubert: Sonata in B flat major, D960 – IV. Allegro ma non troppo – PrestoDiscover Sarah

Schubert Heidenroslein, Op. 3, No. 3, D. 257 (arr. A. Cortot for piano) From CORTOT: Piano Arrangements (2013) Released by Grand Piano / Naxos Schubert: Heidenroslein, Op. 3, No. 3, D. 257 (arr. A. Cortot for piano)Legendary pianist Alfred Cortot’s