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Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 9 "The Great"
Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Leonard Bernstein, ...

Sony, 2000

Magnificent! Who would have thought?

+ Great Schubert from Bernstein and the NYP
+ BERNSTEIN'S BENCHMARK UNFINISHED
+ Schubert 8 and 9th Symphonies - Bernstein, N.Y. Phil.
+ Outstanding Schubert!...
  
  











  



  
Franz Schubert: String Quartets D 804 "Rosamunde", D 810 "Death and the Maiden", D 887, D 703 and String ...
Franz Schubert, Emerson String Quartet, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1999

Awesome music, interesting performance

+ SO MUCH THAT I WANT EVEN MORE
+ Schubert's late chamber masterpieces
+ Schubert + Emerson = Listener Satisfaction
+ Good but not Best
  
  











  



  
Schubert: The Last Three Piano Sonatas D. 958-959-960
Franz Schubert, Alfred Brendel

Philips, 1994

Sublime

+ brendelsbest
+ SERENITY AND UNEASE
+ Brendel's best recording of these
+ Schubert 's parting "swan songs"
  
  











  



  
Schubert: The Piano Trios
Lynn Harrell, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, ...

Decca, 1997

Simply the best

+ did you forget?
+ Three of the Best in Complete Harmony
+ Very fine indeed
+ Those who criticize the sound quality ...
  
  











  



  
Schubert: Trout Quintet, Death and the Maiden / Amadeus Quartet
Franz Schubert, Norbert Brainin, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1997

Interpretative solvency!

+ Indelible
+ Fair purchase
+ heart-rending beauty
+ Two classics from 1958 and 1975, some fine and some not so fine moments
  
  











  



  
Winterreise
Schubert, Fischer-Dieskau, ...

EMI Classics, 2002

Fischer-Dieskau Sings Winterreise

+ Great recording! But many factual inaccuracies in this listing
+ A cult recording!

Schubert's song-cycle "Winter's Journey" is wrenching music that sings of rejection, loneliness, a broken heart. The cycle describes the rejection of a young man by his beloved, his wanderings, and his probably unsuccessful attempts to find solace or redemption. For most listeners, the work ends in ...
  
  











  



  
Schubert, Spohr: Octets / Wiener Octet
Franz Schubert, Louis Spohr, ...

Decca, 2000

OLD FAVOURITE, NEW NONENTITY

+ Schubert's Hospitality

This recording of Schubert's octet was made in 1958, that of Spohr's in 1959. I bought the LP of the Schubert as soon as I first saw it reviewed, and I own it to this day. It was a favourite of mine from the first time of putting it on the turntable, and it is a favourite still, which is not ...
  
  











  



  
Schubert: Impromptus For Piano
Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Murray Perahia

Sony, 1990

Perfection: one of the best albums I own

+ Schubert's Impromptus
+ I enjoy it but I'm no classical fan
+ A masterful recording of Schubert
+ treasure this album
  
  











  



  
Schubert, Debussy / Rostropovich, Britten
Mstislav Rostropovich, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, ...

Decca, 1999

magisterial recordings from 1968 and 1961

+ As reviewed
+ Utterly the most beautiful, meltingly gorgeous Schubert I have heard
+ It makes it even greater
+ One of my favorite cello recordings
  
  











  



  
Schubert: Complete Trios
Eva Czako, Bernard Greenhouse, ...

Philips, 1994

A Hidden Gem Worth Taking Without Hesitation!

+ Buy this for the Grumiaux trio's performance of D 581
+ Of bright world and master music
+ first CD best
  
  











  



  
Schubert: Trout Quintet, Death and the Maiden / Amadeus Quartet
Franz Schubert, Norbert Brainin, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1997

Interpretative solvency!

+ Indelible
+ Fair purchase
+ heart-rending beauty
+ Two classics from 1958 and 1975, some fine and some not so fine moments
  
  











  



  
Schubert, Spohr: Octets / Wiener Octet
Franz Schubert, Louis Spohr, ...

Decca, 2000

OLD FAVOURITE, NEW NONENTITY

+ Schubert's Hospitality

This recording of Schubert's octet was made in 1958, that of Spohr's in 1959. I bought the LP of the Schubert as soon as I first saw it reviewed, and I own it to this day. It was a favourite of mine from the first time of putting it on the turntable, and it is a favourite still, which is not ...
  
  











  



  
Schubert: Impromptus For Piano
Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Murray Perahia

Sony, 1990

Perfection: one of the best albums I own

+ Schubert's Impromptus
+ I enjoy it but I'm no classical fan
+ A masterful recording of Schubert
+ treasure this album
  
  











  



  
Schubert: Complete Trios
Eva Czako, Bernard Greenhouse, ...

Philips, 1994

A Hidden Gem Worth Taking Without Hesitation!

+ Buy this for the Grumiaux trio's performance of D 581
+ Of bright world and master music
+ first CD best
  
  











  



  
Schubert: The Piano Trios
Lynn Harrell, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, ...

Decca, 1997

Simply the best

+ did you forget?
+ Three of the Best in Complete Harmony
+ Very fine indeed
+ Those who criticize the sound quality ...
  
  











  



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