Reluctant Schoolmaster
Donald Macleod focuses on Franz Schubert at the age of 18, when he was a reluctant schoolmaster working for his father.
Donald Macleod explores the work of Franz Schubert, focusing on five distinct phases in the composer鈥檚 life. And afterlife.
We start in 1815, the year in which Schubert turned 18 and was a reluctant schoolmaster still living under his father鈥檚 roof. Although he was in many ways unhappy and constrained by his circumstances, he was still prodigiously prolific.
Erlkonig
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Andreas Haefliger, piano
Sonatina for violin and piano No 2 in A minor
Gidon Kremer, violin
Oleg Maisenberg, piano
Quartet No 9 in G minor
Melos Quartet
6 Ecossaises
Michael Endres, piano
Symphony No 5 in B flat
B鈥橰ock Orchestra
Rene Jacobs, conductor
Erlkonig (adapt for cello & orch)
Brussels Philharmonic
Mathieu Herzog, conductor
Camille Thomas, cello
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Franz Schubert
Erlkonig
Performer: Andreas Haefliger. Singer: Matthias Goerne.- Harmonia Mundi HMC902141.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Franz Schubert
Sonatina No 2 in A minor
Performer: Gidon Kremer.- Deutche Grammophon : E4698372.
- Deutche Grammophon.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet No 9 in G minor (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Melos Quartett.- Deutche Grammophon : 4631512.
- Deutche Grammophon.
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Franz Schubert
Six Ecossaises
Performer: Michael Endres.- CAPRICCIO : C-7125.
- CAPRICCIO.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No 5 in B flat major (1st - 3rd mvt)
Ensemble: B鈥橰ock Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- PENTATONE : 5186-856.
- Pentatone.
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Franz Schubert
Erlkonig (for Cello and Orchestra)
Performer: Camille Thomas. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Mathieu Herzog.- Deutche Grammophon : 483 8564.
- Deutche Grammophon.
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