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I couldn't find a thread dedicated to Schubert hence: What are everybody's favourite Schubert works and interpretations?
He hardly gets mentioned but although I'm merely on the verge of discovering this composer, there's a certain, almost naive beauty surrounding his works. Being a layman I can only say that his melodies are absolutely wonderful. Following a friend's recommendation, I bought his string quintet played by Heinrich Schiff and the Alban Berg Quartett - amazing! Same goes for his string trios and piano trios played by Beaux Arts Trio/Grumiaux Trio that is another CD which really fascinated me. His Forellen quintet was also very nice but I like the quintet in C major better. Then I also have Kleiber's interpretation of his unfinished 8th and Bohm's verison of his 5th (love the first and last movement!) that easily compete with the best of other symphonies for me. For example, I mainly bought the 5th because of Bohm's famous Beethoven 6 (great 1st and 4th movement, not really convinced of 5th movement) on the same CD but Schubert has been getting a lot more play time. My early exposure to Schubert was limited to playing his piano improptus, which didn't do it for me, nor did his vocal Lieder but as of late, Schubert's music has really struck a nerve of mine.
I also wonder why Schubert doesn't draw nearly as much as attention as some of his fellow composers, especially considering the, what I believe, relatively easy access to Schubert with all his lovely melodies and serene harmonies.
Any other works by Schubert that absolutely needs to be heard and owned (symphonies, concerti, chamber music, ...)?
He hardly gets mentioned but although I'm merely on the verge of discovering this composer, there's a certain, almost naive beauty surrounding his works. Being a layman I can only say that his melodies are absolutely wonderful. Following a friend's recommendation, I bought his string quintet played by Heinrich Schiff and the Alban Berg Quartett - amazing! Same goes for his string trios and piano trios played by Beaux Arts Trio/Grumiaux Trio that is another CD which really fascinated me. His Forellen quintet was also very nice but I like the quintet in C major better. Then I also have Kleiber's interpretation of his unfinished 8th and Bohm's verison of his 5th (love the first and last movement!) that easily compete with the best of other symphonies for me. For example, I mainly bought the 5th because of Bohm's famous Beethoven 6 (great 1st and 4th movement, not really convinced of 5th movement) on the same CD but Schubert has been getting a lot more play time. My early exposure to Schubert was limited to playing his piano improptus, which didn't do it for me, nor did his vocal Lieder but as of late, Schubert's music has really struck a nerve of mine.
I also wonder why Schubert doesn't draw nearly as much as attention as some of his fellow composers, especially considering the, what I believe, relatively easy access to Schubert with all his lovely melodies and serene harmonies.
Any other works by Schubert that absolutely needs to be heard and owned (symphonies, concerti, chamber music, ...)?