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Donald Macleod focuses on Franz Schubert’s life and work in the years after 1820, enjoying a sense of liberation after being shackled to the schoolroom.
Donald Macleod explores the work of Franz Schubert, focusing on five distinct phases in the composer’s life. And afterlife.
In the years after 1820, we see him spreading his wings as he’d never been able to do before, enjoying a sense of liberation after being shackled to the schoolroom in his father’s house.
Variation on a Waltz by Diabelli
Rudolph Buchbinder, piano
Am See
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Julius Drake, piano
String Quartet No. 12
Takacs Quartet
"Sei mir gegrüßt, o Sonne!“ (Alfonso und Estrella, Act 1)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor
Christian Gerhaher, baritone
Symphony no 8, “Unfinished”
Wiener Philharmoniker
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
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Franz Schubert
Variation on a Waltz by Diabelli (Variation 38)
Performer: Rudolf Buchbinder.- Deutche Grammophon : 483 7707.
- Deutche Grammophon.
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Franz Schubert
Am See
Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Ian Bostridge.- WARNER : 5571412.
- Warner.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet No 12 in C minor
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- DECCA : 4363242.
- Decca.
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Franz Schubert
Sei mir gegrüßt, o Sonne! (Alfonso und Estrella, Act 1)
Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- SONY : 88725422952.
- SONY.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No 8 in B minor, "Unfinished" (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.- Deutche Grammophon : 4156012.
- Deutche Grammophon.
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Franz Schubert
Fantasy in C major, "Wanderer" (2nd - 4th mvt)
Performer: Maurizio Pollini.- Deutche Grammophon : 4474512.
- Deutche Grammophon.
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- Tue 6 Sep 2022 12:00BBC Radio 3
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