Goerne and Eschenbach Close Out Schubert Series with “Great” Finale

By Ted Ayala, 24 April 2012

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Reviewed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles on 20 April 2012

Schubert, An Silvia (Shakespeare), D.891 (anon orchestration)

Schubert, Memnon (Mayrhofer), D.541 (orch Brahms)

Schubert, Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (Schiller), D.583 (orch Max Reger)

Schubert, Der Wegweiser, in G minor, D.911t (orch. Anton Webern)

Schubert, Im Abendrot (Lappe), D.799 (orch Max Reger)

Schubert, Tränenregen, D.795j (orch Anton Webern)

Schubert, Erlkönig (Goethe), D.328 (orch Max Reger)

Schubert, Symphony no. 9 in C major, "The Great", D.944

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor

Matthias Goerne, Baritone

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Ted Ayala

Ted Ayala is a writer and musicologist born and raised in Los Angeles. Aside from classical music he loves literature (especially from Latin America and Japan), learning languages, reading about history, video games from the 1980s-1990s, and cats. You can follow his blog here.