Schubert: Symphony No. 7 in B-Flat Major, D. 759 "Unfinished", Lieder (Orchestrated by Webern, Brahms)

Featuring

Stefan Gottfried
Florian Boesch
Concentus Musicus Wien
Franz Schubert
Johannes Brahms

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Compositional Technique

Anton Webern orchestrated the piano part of Schubert's lieder with a delicate palette, often sketchily, using subtle touches of color and unusual timbre combinations, such as the ghostly effect of muted horns.

Composition History

Johannes Brahms created his orchestral arrangements of Schubert's lieder for his friend and colleague, the baritone Julius Stockhausen, who was known for performing Schubert's song cycles completely.

Recording & Production

This is the first CD recording by Concentus Musicus Wien since the death of Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who had a decisive influence on its musicians.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Franz Schubert's music is characterized by an almost unbearable tension between happiness and despondency, heaven and the abyss, or love and pain, as he expressed in his prose sketch 'Mein Traum'.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded by Little Tribeca in the Grand Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna on April 27 and 28, 2018.

Composition History

Anton Webern's lieder arrangements were made without a specific occasion, solely for him to immerse himself in Schubert's musical world, at the time he began studying with Arnold Schoenberg.

Composition History

Schubert's Symphony in B minor, known as the 'Unfinished' Symphony, includes two familiar movements, a nearly complete sketched Scherzo, and a monumental movement from his Rosamunde incidental music that may have been intended as its Finale.