Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Performer: Jeremy Siepmann, Tom George
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8558135-38
Release: 2004
Size: 814 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
01. Music: Piano Quintet in A Major (‘Trout’), D. 667 [mvt 4: Theme with variations: Andantino] / Speech: Home and away: Schubert’s boyhood
02. Music: String Quartet No. 1 in mixed keys, D. 18 (mvt 1: Andante-Presto vivace)
03. Speech: Homesickness and the death of his mother
04. Music: Piano Trio (in one movement) in B flat, D. 28
05. Speech: Growing circle of friends and a change of direction
06. Music: Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82 (finale)
07. Speech: In school and out; the first flowering of genius
08. Music: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118
09. Speech: First love, and the unwelcome realities of adulthood
10. Music: Erlkönig, D. 328
11. Speech: Speed demon and diarist / Music: Mozart – String Quintet in G Minor, K. 516 (mvt 4) / Speech: Destiny – The advent of Schober & Vogl
12. Music: Mass No. 5 in a flat, D. 678 (Gloria)
13. Speech: The child in the man: The testimony of friends
14. Music: Auf der Bruck, D. 853
15. Speech: Curtain
CD 02
01. Speech: Escape to Hungary
02. Music: Marche Militaire No. 1 in D, D. 733
03. Speech: Mayrhofer, misanthropy and melancholy; his first instrumental masterpiece
04. Music: String Quartet in C Minor (‘Quartettstaz’), D. 703
05. Speech: A belated adolescence, and the black-winged demon
06. Music: Der Strom, D. 565
07. Speech: No happy music?
08. Music: Piano Quintet in A Major (‘Trout’), D. 667 [mvt 3: Scherzo. Presto]
09. Speech: Joys, sorrows and perspective
10. Music: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 (mvt 1: Allegro moderato) [‘Unfinished’]
11. Speech: Death, suffering, redemption and arrogance
12. Music: Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959 (mvt 2: Andantino)
13. Speech: Drama on and off the stage
14. Music: Fantasy in C (‘Wanderer’ Fantasy), D. 760
15. Speech: Curtain
CD 03
01. Speech: Romantic visions and inner turmoil
02. Music: Die Verschworenen, D. 787 (Duet. ‘Sie ist’s! Er ist’s!’)
03. Speech: A dream and a terrible discovery
04. Music: String Quartet in D Minor (‘Death and the Maiden’), D. 810 [mvt 1: Allegro]
05. Speech: Syphilis, Schober, dissipation and sublimation
06. Music: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795 (Halt!, No. 3)
07. Speech: The Schubert Circle
08. Music: Incidental Music to ‘Rosamunde’, D. 797 (Ballet Music No. 2)
09. Speech: ‘the most unhappy and miserable creature on earth’
10. Music: Octet in F, D. 803 (mvt 4: Andante with variations – Variation 2)
11. Speech: The ‘life’ in the ‘music’
12. Music: String Quartet in A Minor, D. 804 (mvt 1: Allegro ma non troppo)
13. Speech: In and out of pain; a lovelorn and melancholy Hungarian summer
14. Music: Fantasy in F Minor for piano duet, D. 940
15. Speech: Musical Vienna in decline
16. Music: Impromptu No. 8 in F Minor, Op. 142/4, D. 935 No. 4
17. Speech: Curtain
CD 04
01. Speech: New serenity – And a misanthropic tirade
02. Music: Winterreise, D. 911 (Rückblick, No. 8)
03. Speech: Schubert and Beethoven
04. Music: Piano Sonata in C Minor, D. 958 (mvt 1: Molto moderato)
05. Speech: ‘Grand symphony’ achieved
06. Music: Symphony No. 9 in C (‘Great’), D. 944 [mvt 4: Finale. Allegro vivace]
07. Speech: The first tragic composer
08. Music: Winterreise, D. 911 (Erstarrung, No. 4)
09. Speech: Schubert’s only concert
10. Music: Piano Trio in e flat, D. 929 (mvt 1: Allegro)
11. Speech: Schubert and Paganini
12. Music: String Quintet in C, D. 956 (mvt 4: Allegretto)
13. Speech: Decline and death
14. Music: Octet in F, D. 803 (mvt 3: Scherzo. Allegro vivace- Trio)
