The Consensus Reference Recordings of Schubert
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- Gil Zilkha, singer/collector/music enthusiast
In this installment of Essential Classical Music, I cover the consensus reference recordings of the major Schubert works. This video is taken from my larger video covering the consensus reference recordings of the core classical music repertoire.
Featured works:
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
Symphony No. 9 "Great"
Trout Quintet
String Quintet
String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden"
Piano Sonata No. 21
Winterreise 
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Lots of good stuff! For the Unfinished I would personally substitute the Jochum/Boston Sym one on DG. Kleiber’s 8th is fine, of course, but the 3rd coupled with it is rather strange. Jochum’ s comes with a wonderful Mozart 41st. There have been lots of live Casals Prades festival recordings issued (my Music and Arts) but these Columbia releases were done after the live performances in studio sessions. For a long time I thought the were live too. There is a live Casals Schubert Quintet with the Vegh Quartet….I actually find that the more interesting performance despite a few slips. Agreed about Hollywood Quartet, but we’ll have to ask Warner, not EMI (they can’t even use the EMI logo or name now!). Cheers.
I have to agree Jochum is the reference. Not sure why Gil missed it out.
@@rsmickeymooproductions4877I didn’t mention it because it’s not available on regular CD. You need an SACD player. Both the Mozart 41 and Schubert 8 would have made my best recordings lists if they were readily available.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to mention if and how many repeats are made.? They make a big difference to Schubert- not only in terms of time.
Agree!
@@sleepjar7013 not only here, but other "experts" also hardly mention this. It could make one wonder...
@@robertmcinnes7901 It seems like it doesn’t really seem to matter to many critics, but it matters to me. Most importantly for me is the first movement exposition repeat.
by the way the 'd' stands for Deutsch - after the surname of the guy who catalogued them...
I'd also say Schiff is best for Schubert d935 no1. Katsaris for d 946 no. 2. Horowitz for d899 no. 3. The great g major quartet - the Melos quartet. I'd also say quintet the Belcea quartet for the soaring first violin in the 1st movement of the quintet. Alban quartet is good, too for d956. For d959 - Kocsis. For d958 - Charlie Albright. Horowitz for d96o (he does the ff trills). I do some Schubert pastiches here on my channel by the way: ruclips.net/p/PLYUhuuvIrJm0Z7vc1Olxvs1cOLMfuSo4I
An impressive list - I'm sure it's all valid; however, I am not a nit-picker when it comes to performances .. I enjoy what I get used to - and the composer comes first, performer shld stick to the script, so to speak.
@@andrewashdown3541 fair enough
I prefer Schubert sonatas players like Wilhelm Kempff Sviatoslav Richter Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Igolinsky Radu Lupu!!
Grigory Sokolov!!
As a 'reference' consensual, whatever, recording of the C Maj String Quintet, surely Alban Berg & Heinrich Schiff on EMI Classics, and for the D960 Brendel on Phillips?
They are among the choices, certainly
Brendel misses out that bar in the first movement of d960 (and also the FF trills). This is a travesty, as far as I am concerned. However, my Beethoven and Tchaikovsky-lineage teacher from Kissin's old school says; Brendel is apparently one of the best for Schubert. I'd agree with the Alban Berg quartet choice of yours. I met Gunter Pilcher.
@@militaryandemergencyservic3286 I don't normally go for Brendel - his cadenzas in the Mozart concertos are intolerable and besides which the man has an infantile sense of humour - a rather precious, self-admiring type.
@@andrewashdown3541 Well, I will refrain from posting an ad hominem.
@@militaryandemergencyservic3286 For this relief much thanks
Not remotely interested in mono recordings. Pre Cambrian recordings are so poor - the instruments are as if fanta tastes like orange juice.
I agree, particularly about the Busch Quartet's recordings. Quartet playing has improved drastically since the 1930's.
@@wkasimerCompletely disagree. The Busch interpretations of both the Beethoven and Schubert quartets are wonderful and fully worthy of their acclaim.