The Great Composers in Words and Music - Schubert (in englischer Sprache) (CD)

1 Introduction
2 1. Allegro moderato
3 The opening of Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B minor...
4 Wiegenlied (Schlafe, holder süßer Knabe) op. 98 Nr. 2 D 498
5 An extract from Schubert's Wiegenlied or "Cradle Song", thought to have been written in November 1816, the composer...
6 Götter, die ihr mich hasst
7 Schubert's earliest works date from his years at the Stadtkonvikt...
8 1. Adagio - Allegro vivace
9 The very same month as the symphony's school premiere, Schubert was offered a scholarship to continue his studies at...
10 Ouvertüre
11 Yet another "first" emerged a couple of months later in July: the completion of Schubert's first Mass, in F.
12 Gratias agimus tibi (Gloria)
13 While there is little corroborative evidence of a serious relationship between Schubert and Fräulein Grob...
14 Takte 1-31
15 Schubert's musical mastery lies in his ability to evoke the intense psychological drama of the text, along with the...
16 Takte 69-120
17 In 1821, seven years after its completion, Gretchen am Spinnrade appeared in print as Schubert's opus 2: that is, his...
18 Erlkönig (Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind) op. 1 D 328
19 It is perhaps unsurprising that Schubert fine-tuned his skills in musical dramaticism, transforming the German Lied...
20 1. Allegro
21 At the time of Hatwig's house concert and the private premiere of Schubert's Symphony No. 5, the composer was no...
22 Nr. 1 Allegro vivace D-Dur
23 As was so often the case with Schubert, with highs came lows, conflicting emotions that reveal something of the...
24 4. Thema mit Variationen: Andantino
25 If the holiday - and, indeed, the "Trout" Quintet - had engendered a relaxed, easy-going mindset and overall leisurely..
26 Schon, wenn es beginnt zu tagen
27 If, with Alfonso und Estrella, Schubert's operatic efforts had fallen flat, he was at least enjoying sustained success..
28 Adagio
29 1822 was also the year in which Schubert is thought to have contracted the venereal disease that would terminate his...
30 Ouvertüre
31 Despite his illness and realisation of his imminent death, Schubert continued to compose a series of mature masterworks
32 Nr. 15 Eifersucht und Stolz
33 For Schubert, life was to imitate art, the composer becoming as depressed and desperate as the young man whose...
34 Nr. 1 Gute Nacht
35 But not all of Schubert's music of this final period could be described as mournful and gloomy.
36 2. Adagio
37 The String Quintet in C makes for a fitting finale to this musical biography.
38 4. Allegretto