Schubert reviews
Death and the Maiden: Schubert's harrowing string quartet and most emotive recordings
Erik Levi picks out the finest recordings of Schubert's Death and the Maiden, a piece in which the Austrian composer plumbs the very depths of despair
The Children's Hour
Gareth Brynmor John (baritone), William Vann (piano) (Champs Hill)
Schubert: Winterreise (DiDonato)
Joyce DiDonato (soprano), Yannick Nézet-Séguin (piano) (Erato)
Im Abendrot (Matthias Goerne/Seong-Jin Cho)
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Seong-Jin Cho (piano) (DG)
Schubert's Women
Klaudia Tandl (mezzo-soprano), Gabriele Jacoby (narrator), Niall Kinsella (piano) (Gramola)
A Musical Zoo
Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano) (Chandos)
Romantic Violin Sonatas
Carlock-Combet Duo (SOMM)
JS Bach • Mozart • Schubert: Sonatas, etc
Piano Duo Scholtes & Janssens (Challenge)
Visions of Childhood
April Fredrick (soprano); English Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Woods (Nimbus)
Schubert: Winterreise (Williams/Burnside)
Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano) (Chandos)
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (Schuen/Heide)
Andrè Schuen (baritone), Daniel Heide (piano) (DG)
I Wonder As I Wander
James Newby (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano) (BIS)
Timelapse
Orchestra of the Swan, et al (Signum Classics)
Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions
São Paulo Symphony Choir/Valentina Peleggi (Naxos)
Schubert: Music for Violin, Vol. 2
Ariadne Daskalakis (violin), Paolo Giacometti (fortepiano) (BIS)
Violins of Hope
Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Hope (violin), et al (Pentatone)
Schubert: Symphonies Nos 2 & 3, etc (Basel/Holliger)
Chamber Orchestra Basel/Heinz Holliger (Sony Classical)
A Schubert Journey (Llŷr Williams)
Llŷr Williams (piano) (Signum Classics)
Credo (Marina Rebeka)
Marina Rebeka (soprano); Latvian Radio Choir; Sinfonietta Riga/Modestas Pitrėnas (Prima Classic)
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (Bostridge/Giorgini)
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Saskia Giorgini (piano) (Pentatone)
Thalberg: L'art du chant appliqué au piano, etc
Paul Wee (piano) (BIS)
Schubert: Death and the Maiden, etc
Quatuor Arod (Erato)
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (Hague/Vriend)
Residentie Orkest The Hague/Jan Willem de Vriend (Challenge Classics)
Brahms • Fauré • Schubert: Piano Trios, etc
Trio Isimsiz (Rubicon)