Murray Perahia Plays Schubert
Franz Schubert composed some very sad sonatas for piano. One of my favorites is the Sonata in B-Flat, D. 960. Here is pianist Murray Perahia playing this music just for you:
Schubert Archive
Tabea Zimmermann Plays Schubert
Schubert wrote his Arpeggione sonata, which proved to be the only major work for the instrument, for Vincenz Schuster, a guitarist in his music-making circle. Nowadays the sonata enhances the repertoires of viola players, cellists …
Yuja Wang Plays Schubert’s “Gretchen am Spinnrade”
“Gretchen am Spinnrade” (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel) is one of Schubert’s most famous lieder (songs). The accompaniment mimics the whirr of the spinning wheel with constant sixteenth notes played in the right hand while …
Schubert’s Quartet #13 in A-Minor
One of the greatest chamber scores ever written by Schubert was composed as his String Quartet No. 13 in February 1824. This proved to be a distressing time for the composer who had grave health …
Symphony #4 (Tragic) by Franz Schubert
Many aspects emerge for me from the music of Schubert: His tragic short life (Listen to the opening introduction to this symphony), and the marvelous interplay he frequently composed between the strings and the wind …