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ALBUMSwedish Chamber Orchestra: In FocusSwedish Chamber Orchestra, Christian Lindberg, Franz Schubert & Pacho Flores
Albums by Franz Schubert
ALBUMSchubert: LändlerPierre-Laurent Aimard
ALBUMSchubert: WinterreiseAndrè Schuen & Daniel Heide
ALBUMSeasons InterruptedTrey Lee, English Chamber Orchestra & Emilia Hoving
ALBUMSchubert: Op. 100 - Chostakovitch: Op. 67Trio Zeliha
ALBUMPure Piano: 50+ Classical Piano MasterpiecesMassimo Colombo, Costantino Catena, Michele Garruti & Rossano Torre
ALBUMSchubert & LisztYuki Takeno
ALBUMWithered Flowers: Works for Pan Flute and PianoHanspeter Oggier & Marina Vasilyeva
ALBUMGoetheliederReiner Hiby, Charles Spencer & Kerstin Paukner
ALBUMAve MariasAnna Paula Sahdi & Elisabeth Fischer Valente
ALBUMAve Marias IIAnna Paula Sahdi & Elisabeth Fischer Valente
Franz Schubert's Popular Music Videos
Ave Maria
Renée Fleming with Trevor Pinnock and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Ave Maria (Visualizer)
Alicia Keys
Schubert: Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 90, D. 899
Khatia Buniatishvili
Ave Maria (Live at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, 1994)
Luciano Pavarotti
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden": I. Allegro
Viano Quartet
Ellens Gesang III, Op. 52 No. 6, D. 839 "Ave Maria" (Live from Meistersaal, Berlin / 2020)
Hera Hyesang Park & Sarah Tysman
Schubert: Schwanengesang, D. 957: IV. Ständchen
Philippe Jaroussky & Jérôme Ducros
Schubert: String Quartet in C Minor, D 703 - Allegro assai
Franz Schubert, Orpheus String Quartet & Maulbronn Monastery Edition
Schubert - Behind the Scenes
Khatia Buniatishvili
Schubert: Du bist die Ruh', D. 776 (Transc. for Cello & Piano)
Kian Soltani & Aaron Pilsan
Artist Playlists
Franz Schubert Essentials
Classical music's greatest song composer, and the man who perfected the song cycle.
Franz Schubert: Undiscovered
Discover some of the rarely encountered gems among Schubert’s vast musical legacy.
Artist Biography
In just 20 years of creative activity, Schubert transformed the humble lied (“art song”) into emotionally all-embracing microcosms, and expanded the Classical symphony, string quartet, and piano sonata into epic fusions of melodic radiance and structural ingenuity. His early compositions reveal his love of Mozart, especially his Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485 (1816). By then he had dutifully followed his father into teaching, the torment of which lit the touchpaper of his genius for songwriting—he composed more than 600 in total. Song remained at the heart of his output, inspiring two song cycles of searing emotional power: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795 (“The Fair Maid of the Mill,” 1823) and Winterreise, D. 911 (“Winter Journey,” 1827), and several instrumental masterpieces, including the Wanderer-Fantasie, D. 760 (1822) for solo piano. His final works, especially the String Quintet in C major, D. 956 (1828), reach out emotionally way beyond his 31 years. Incredibly, much of Schubert’s music went unpublished during his lifetime—a Viennese music dictionary of the 1830s didn’t even mention him. It wasn’t until Schumann, Liszt, Mendelssohn, and particularly Brahms ensured that his music was printed and heard that the full extent of his achievement was revealed.
Hometown
Vienna, Austria
Genre
Classical