Episode 5
Donald Macleod introduces music from the last 18 months of Schubert's life, a period when he wrote some of the most remarkable works of his career.
In the 18 months before he died, Schubert wrote some of the most remarkable works of his life. Donald Macleod introduces part of Schubert's song cycle telling of a young man's journey through a bleak winter landscape, and one of his last chamber works, performed at the only all-Schubert concert ever to take place in his lifetime, just 8 months before his death at the age of 31.
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Franz Schubert
Schwanengesang - song-cycle D.957 for voice and piano
Performer: Wolfgang HOLZMAIR(Baritone) Performer: Imogen COOPER(Piano)
- Philips : 476 220 2.
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- 476 220-2.
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Franz Schubert
Winterreise - song-cycle D.911 - no.22; Mut, no.23; Die Nebensonnen & no.24; Der Leiermann
Performer: Wolfgang HOLZMAIR(Baritone) Performer: Imogen COOPER(Piano)
- Philips : 476 200 2.
- PHILIPS.
- 476 200-2.
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Franz Schubert
Trio in E flat major D.929 for piano and strings
Performer: Haydn Trio Of Vienna
- Teldec : 8.43 683.
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- 8.43-683.
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