Who Is Schubert?
7/8 Throughout the 1820s, Schubert's status as a composer had been steadily rising but his friends worried as his increasingly erratic behaviour began to threaten his reputation. Presented by Donald Macleod.
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Franz Schubert
Die Junge Nonne D.828
Performer: Stanley HOOGLAND - Piano
- Partridge.
- 11322PAR.
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Franz Schubert
Winterreise - song-cycle D.911
Performer: Alfred BRENDEL - Piano Performer: Matthias GORNE - Baritone
- DECCA.
- 467-092-2.
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Franz Schubert
Fantasie in F minor D.940 for piano duet
Performer: Anne QUEFFELEC - Piano Performer: Imogen COOPER - Piano
- ERATO.
- 063011231-2.
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Franz Schubert
4 Gesange aus Wilhelm Meister D.877
Performer: John BLAKELY - Piano Performer: Kathleen LIVINGSTONE - Soprano Performer: Neil MACKIE - Tenor
- Unicorn:.
- UKCD2009.
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Franz Schubert
4 Gesange aus Wilhelm Meister D.877
Performer: Elisabeth SODERSTROM - Soprano Performer: Paul BADURA-SKODA - Piano
- Astree.
- E7783.
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Franz Schubert
Lebensmut (O wie dringt das junge Leben) D.883
Performer: Graham JOHNSON - Piano Performer: Peter SCHREIER - Tenor
- Hyperion.
- CDJ33018.
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