This week on New Adventures in Good Music, we travel to Vienna, Cradle of Classical Music, to examine the tragically short life of Franz Schubert. Franz Peter Schubert (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁant͡s ˈʃuːbɐt];
31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer. Schubert
died at 31 but was extremely prolific during his lifetime. His output
consists of over six hundred secular vocal works (mainly Lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music
and a large body of chamber and piano music. Appreciation of his music
while he was alive was limited to a relatively small circle of admirers
in Vienna, but interest in his work increased significantly in the
decades following his death. Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms
and other 19th-century composers discovered and championed his works.
Today, Schubert is ranked among the greatest composers of the late Classical era and early Romantic era and is one of the most frequently performed composers of the early nineteenth century.
Our examination of Schubert includes a short BBC documentary followed by one of Schubert's Master Works, the String Quintet in C Major, D956 with a performance by the State Borodin Quartet. The Quartet is joined by Alexander Buzlov (Cello) to complete the Quintet. Their performance was recorded live for a Marinsky TV broacast from the Great Hall of the Marinsky Theater in Moscow. For a companion piece, over on my tumblr I have selected Maurizio Pollini's performance of the Schubert A Major Sonata, D. 959. Pollini
recorded this performance in December, 1983 at the Musikverein, Großer
Saal, in Vienna.
Then to celebrate Hump Day with a splashy skin fest, I have some sumptious & steamy selections in this week's edition of Wet Wednesday posted down below. Over on my tumblr, your Hottie of the Day!, Anatoly invites you to join him in the bath for splashing good time. Thanks for sharing your day with me, see you again soon. Until next time as always, Enjoy!
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