Schubert Archive

The most frequently performed symphonies by Franz Schubert at live concerts are likely to be #5, #8 (unfinished), and number 9. By presenting Schubert’s first three symphonies and a selection of stage music, this recording …

Russian-born pianist Sviatoslav Richter was one amazing musician. His interpretations of compositions by Beethoven and Schubert were extraordinary. Similar results were achieved with music by Russian composers. Here is Mr. Richter in Schubert’s Piano Sonata …

The  excellent German soprano Anna Lucia Richter explores the heart-wrenching, timeless and universal feeling of “Heimweh” (German for homesickness) through a collection of extraordinary Schubert songs. Richter approaches the notion of Heimweh from several perspectives: …

Franz Liszt adapted several of Schubert’s well-known songs to be played by solo piano. Included in these is the “Staendchen”, which I always think of as a Serenade from one lover to the other. Here …

Even if both composers were destined to die tragically of illness at a very early age (Weber at 39, Schubert just 31!), the two composers on this CD were healthy enough when they wrote the …