The first of a two-album series of Schubert's complete violin music features Ariadne Daskalakis with accompaniment from Paolo Giacometti on fortepiano and Die Kölner Akademie and conductor Michael Alexander Willens. Several early works dating from 1816-17 may have been written under the tuition of Antonio Salieri, including the Konzertstück D 345 and the Polonaise D 580, both for violin and orchestra. In contrast, the Fantasy in C minor D 934 is a late work, dated 1827, of great virtuosity. The performers play on period instruments.
Featuring
Michael Alexander Willens
Ariadne Daskalakis
Paolo Giacometti
Kölner Akademie
Franz Schubert
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Composer Biography
Schubert made important, life-long friendships at the Imperial and Royal City College, including with Josef von Spaun, who founded an excellent student orchestra.
Composer Biography
Schubert's father, a schoolteacher, appreciated his son's musical talent but saw no future in it.
Composer Biography
At age ten, Schubert was accepted into the choir of the imperial court chapel, where he received a fine education and superior musical training.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Schubert's friends described him as humble, loving, generous, capricious, and wholly immersed in his art, with modesty being a defining trait.
Composition History
Around 1816, Schubert's friends Josef Witteczek and Josef von Spaun began regularly hosting private salon concerts centered around Schubert's music, which they called 'Schubertiades'.
Composer Biography
Franz Schubert, born in Vienna, came from a modest background; only five of his twelve siblings survived childhood.
Composer Biography
Among Schubert's music examiners was the court Kapellmeister Anton Salieri, who took a keen interest in Schubert's compositions.
