In addition to their artistic complexity, Schubert's songs revel in the directly expressive power of melody. But you wouldn't have known it from Matthias Goerne's laboriously mannered account of "Die ...

Each year the Schubert Club hosts a Summer Song Festival. One of Minnesota’s oldest and most respected cultural institutions heads out into the community for concerts and master classes. This year’s ...

In 1821, in Vienna, a friend of Franz Schubert wrote to his fiancée about a singular event he’d just attended: In 1821, in Vienna, a friend of Franz Schubert wrote to his fiancée about a singular ...

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“Who owns the most beautiful voice in the world?” I asked in 2005. “It’s a ridiculous question, of course, but it may have an answer: Matthias Goerne, the German baritone.” My review continued, The ...

(Der) Strom Ian Bostridge, Tenor Julius Drake, Piano Franz Schubert, Composer Auf der Donau Julius Drake, Piano Ian Bostridge, Tenor Franz Schubert, Composer Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren Ian ...

On Nov. 19, 1828, Franz Schubert died. He was one of 14 children of a schoolmaster and a cook. He himself had tried to be a schoolmaster but teaching tormented him and instead he scribbled music. When ...

Franz Schubert was once famous for hardly anything but his songs, though his piano works, chamber music and much else are beloved now. Yet those songs -- the acme of the European art song tradition -- ...

When Austrian Composer Franz Peter Schubert died in 1828, it was at the house of his favorite brother, Ferdinand. Affectionate, sociable, improvident, Franz Peter found his life, liberty and pursuit ...

Alice Sara Ott’s account of John Field Nocturnes, a tribute to Glenn Gould and a program of songs by Schubert and Kurtag are among the highlights. Maurizio Pollini didn’t think his farewell on disc ...

Schubert Songs, with a Twist: We'll hear two songs by Schubert souped up as solo piano transcriptions by Leopold Godowski (goh-DAWF-skee). We'll hear "Wandering" and "The Trout." It's a performance ...