Fitting Schubert's heavenly string ­quintet and the final two quartets, all substantial works, on to just two discs is quite a feat, but the price to be paid is that the G major quartet is awkwardly ...

THE Czech group, the Wihan Quartet, having moved from their complete Beethoven String Quartet cycle on to the string quartets of Dvorak, now turn their attention to Schubert with a fascinating disc of ...

Jane Jones choses a featured work that unites two of Schubert's extraordinary talents. Schubert's String Quartet No.14 in D minor brings together two of the composer's extraordinary talents. Schubert ...

Composed in September of 1828, during the final weeks of Schubert's life, the Quintet in C for two violins, viola and two cellos was the composer's last instrumental work and ranks among his greatest ...

Jane Jones choses a featured work that unites two of Schubert's extraordinary talents. Schubert's String Quartet No.14 in D minor brings together two of the composer's extraordinary talents. Schubert ...

Schubert’s compositions became more expansive towards the end of his short life, and it was Schumann who famously praised the “heavenly length” of the composer’s final symphony. His final string ...

The most poetic musician who ever lived? It’s hard to disagree with Liszt’s appraisal of Schubert, who, in his short life, used his astonishing gift for melodic and harmonic invention to create many ...

Senior Lecturer in Music Analysis, Dr. Anne Hyland, announces the publication of her monograph: Schubert’s String Quartets: the Teleology of Lyric Form which appeared with Cambridge University Press ...

Packed with elegant athleticism, the Australian String Quartet's opening series revealed an ensemble in top form, the linear mesh as satisfying as it has been through the personnel transformations ...

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin is an exciting weekday program that delves into a wide assortment of topics in classical music. Each weekly series builds off a single theme ranging from composer ...