Schubert Archive

More than two hundred years ago, a 17-year-old kid from Vienna wrote a song that would change the way composers thought about songwriting. That young man was Franz Schubert, and his song “Gretchen am Spinnrade” (Gretchen …

When he created his ‘Great’ symphony in C major, Franz Schubert composed a work of mighty proportions. Robert Schumann, who became aware of the score after Schubert’s death, spoke of  The symphony’s amazing attributes. Not …

Today we bring you another in our series of “introducing” you to promising young musicians. Earlier today I was impressed with Ms. Carr’s performance of an arrangement for Viola and Piano of the Serenade by …

Grigory Sokolov’s poetic interpretations, which come to life with amazing intensity in his performances, arise from a profound knowledge of the works in his vast repertoire. His recital programs span everything from transcriptions of medieval …

“I have heard an angel sing,” wrote Schubert after he heard Paganini play in Vienna in 1828. Violinist Vilde Frang, partnered with pianist Michael Lifits, juxtaposes and links works by these two violinist-composers, who lived …