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Franz Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra

10/6/2023, 23 Tracks, 1:13:49

Featuring

  • Benjamin Appl
  • Oscar Jockel
  • Münchner Rundfunkorchester
  • Franz Schubert
  • Johann Ritter von Herbeck
  • Johannes Brahms

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Schubert's unique gift was his balanced blend of light and dark, often making major keys sound sadder than minor ones.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Max Reger, a composer and arranger featured on this album, arranged Schubert's lieder into works that border on scenes from music dramas.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Schubert's brother Ferdinand (1794-1859), who also managed his estate, was likely the first to orchestrate some of Schubert's lieder, inspiring later composers like Brahms and Liszt.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album includes the first recording of Johann von Herbeck's arrangements of Schubert's dances, which connect folk music with Schubert's lieder.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Baritone Benjamin Appl, the performer on this album, was the last pupil of the renowned baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Despite writing six operas, five symphonies, four masses, four string quartets, and 270 songs in just three years, Schubert never achieved a breakthrough during his lifetime.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Anton Webern, a composer whose orchestrations are featured on this album, created his arrangements of Schubert's lieder in 1903 as studies to improve his compositional artistry.

Source: Booklet

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