Schubert

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Le Temps suspendu: Beethoven & Schubert (B Records)

Superlative, daringly innovative accounts of two Romantic chamber music masterpieces [RMo]

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Eva Zalenga (soprano) Varia bel (Genuin)

Another extremely successful recital from Eva Zalenga [PT]

Schubert: Schubert’s Four Seasons (BIS)

An outstanding Schubert recital [JQ]

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Schubert: Symphony 9 (Chandos)

A fine account of Schubert’s Ninth, and five orchestrated songs as a bonus [LW]

Benjamin Appl (baritone): Lines of Life (Alpha Classics)

An absorbing, rewarding recital – another feather in the cap for Benjamin Appl [PT]

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Schubert: Voyage (Berlin Classics)

Two brilliant performers, one very strange disc – Schubert transformed or transmogrified? [GPJ]

Fatma Said (soprano) Lieder (Warner Classics)

This wonderful disc of Lieder for soprano and different forces held me spellbound [PT]

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Schubert: 24 Lieder (Warner Classics)

Lieder recitals just don’t get much better than this [MC]

Schubert: Impromptus (Apex)

(Déjà Review) Leonskaja is an artist of the front rank and her interpretations have their own validity and abundant strengths [TB]

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Etsuko Hirose: The Complete Denon Recordings (Danacord)

These remarkable discs have been hard to track down so it is wonderful to have them collected together and to hear Etsuko Hirose’s dazzling pianism [RCh]

Schubert: Symphony No. 10

by Alan George

Schubert: Symphonies 2 & 6 (Forgotten Records)

Sprightly Schubert from Bamberg in fresh transfers which breathe new life into old grooves [PH]

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Schubert: Licht und Schatten (Harmonia Mundi)

Hasselhorn weaves light and shadow into a unity in a fascinating programme, superbly sung [GF]

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Landmarks from Dawn of Electrical Recording (Pristine Audio)

A centenary salute to the early months of the revolutionary electrical recording process [jw]

Can Çakmur (piano): Schubert+ Volume 4 (BIS)

Luminous and insightful, supple and fluid playing, crisp and clear sound [SA]

Schubert: Trout Quintet (Berlin Classics)

(Déjà Review) Very satisfying, centred and gracious [RB]

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Arc III: Brahms and Schubert piano works (First Hand Records)

The way Orion Weiss plays reflects his love of the works he has chosen [SA]

Schubert: Symphony No 9 & Mendelssohn: Die Schöne Melusina (Elatus)

(Déjà Review) A stunning classic recording, reissued in a sensible pairing – a must-have! [PSh]

Schubert: String Quartet “Death and the Maiden”

by Alan George

Schubert: Symphony No 9 (BR Klassik)

Bernstein advocates will surely want this meritorious recording [MC]

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Exile (Alpha Classics)

The playing by both soloists and Camerata Bern is faultless [SA]

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Schubert: Winterreise (Orchid Classics)

An extraordinary recording debut: a self-accompanied recording of Winterreise which proves to be much more than just a gimmick [PT]

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Schubert: Lieder (Erato)

Dynamically small-scale but vocally very attractive readings, sensitively nuanced [GF]

Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos 20 & 21 (BIS)

Artist and instrument sound inseparable in both poetry and dynamism [MG]