IDAGIO | F.P. SCHUBERT: 5 German Dances and 7 Trios with Coda, D. 90 / String Quartet No. 14, Death and the Maiden - Moscow Chamber Orchestra “The Season“

Featuring

Vladislav Bulakhov
Moscow Chamber Orchestra “The Seasons”
Franz Schubert

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Performer Biography

Vladislav Bulakhov founded the chamber orchestra The Seasons in the 1990s and became its permanent artistic director, quickly establishing its distinctive voice in Russian music.

Composer Biography

Despite facing poverty, social isolation, and an indifferent musical establishment, Schubert found solace and strength in close friendships and his inner creative fire.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Schubert's early life hardships, including the premature deaths of siblings and his mother, left emotional scars that surfaced in his music as melancholic lyricism and a fascination with death.

Composer Biography

Franz Schubert, an Austrian master, was born in a Viennese suburb to a schoolteacher of Czech descent and showed prodigious musical talent from an early age.

Composer Biography

Schubert died at the tragically young age of 31 but left behind a vast body of work, including over 600 songs and nine symphonies, many of which were published posthumously.

Composer Biography

At age eleven, Schubert was accepted into the Imperial Court Chapel as a choirboy and received mentorship from Antonio Salieri, a leading Viennese musician who taught Beethoven and Liszt.

Performer Biography

Vladislav Bulakhov, the conductor on this album, was born in Russia in 1960 and graduated from the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music with a degree in violin performance.