Franz Schubert, unlike other great 'Viennese' composers like Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, was actually born in Vienna in 1797.
Performer Biography
Vladimir Feltsman was banned from public performance and had his recordings suppressed for eight years in the Soviet Union after applying for an exit visa in 1979.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Schubert's music is described as an attempt to reinvent the past and create a new life, a new reality, and an everlasting present.
Compositional Technique
Schubert transformed German lieder and created the song cycle, a new art form that influenced composers like Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, and Mahler.
Performer Biography
Vladimir Feltsman, the pianist on this album, debuted with the Moscow Philharmonic at age 11 and won the Grand Prix at the Marguerite Long International Piano Competition in Paris in 1971.
Composer Biography
Schubert never had a real career or job in a musical establishment, did not perform publicly except in private houses, and did not conduct his own works.
Performer Biography
Upon his arrival in the United States in 1987, Vladimir Feltsman was greeted at the White House and performed his first North American recital there.
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