Franz Schubert was once famous for hardly anything but his songs, though his piano works, chamber music and much else are beloved now. Yet those songs -- the acme of the European art song tradition -- ...

When Austrian Composer Franz Peter Schubert died in 1828, it was at the house of his favorite brother, Ferdinand. Affectionate, sociable, improvident, Franz Peter found his life, liberty and pursuit ...

Thomas Meglioranza first heard Franz Schubert’s Winterreise, a cycle of 24 songs, when he was 18. “That got me hooked on singing classical music,” said award-winning baritone Meglioranza, who earned a ...

In 1821, in Vienna, a friend of Franz Schubert wrote to his fiancée about a singular event he’d just attended: In 1821, in Vienna, a friend of Franz Schubert wrote to his fiancée about a singular ...

If you would have told Austrian composer Franz Schubert that an ensemble of musicians, led by American expatriate Bryan Benner, would be reimagining his classical scores nearly 200 years later, he ...

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Alice Sara Ott’s account of John Field Nocturnes, a tribute to Glenn Gould and a program of songs by Schubert and Kurtag are among the highlights. Maurizio Pollini didn’t think his farewell on disc ...

The host of Now Hear This and Mexico City Philharmonic music director shares noteworthy selection by revered composer Franz Schubert. Listen along to all of these at on our playlist here. What is your ...

In Paris, “L’Autre Voyage” assembles the composer’s arias and art songs to create a jukebox show, perhaps the greatest opera Schubert never wrote. Franz Schubert in a drawing from around 1820. When he ...

On Nov. 19, 1828, Franz Schubert died. He was one of 14 children of a schoolmaster and a cook. He himself had tried to be a schoolmaster but teaching tormented him and instead he scribbled music. When ...

Every morning at 6:00 a.m., he commenced writing music, and he continued until 1:00 p.m. before taking a break. Some say he composed more than 65 bars of music each day. Before he died a tragic death ...

(Der) Strom Ian Bostridge, Tenor Julius Drake, Piano Franz Schubert, Composer Auf der Donau Julius Drake, Piano Ian Bostridge, Tenor Franz Schubert, Composer Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren Ian ...