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| Composer | Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1827 |
| Work type | Instrumental |
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Eric Lu plumbs the depths at Wigmore Hall
Eric Lu's Schubert is always special: full of the existential elements that make this composer so rewarding. Other pieces by Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn and Prokofiev make up a varied recital.
Singing melodies and rapid-fire showmanship from Alexei Grynyuk
Delicacy and effortlessly flowing melodies in Mendelssohn and Schubert, with dazzling extremes and showmanship in Liszt at the Brighton Festival.
The shadows and the substance: Mitsuko Uchida plays Schubert
Mitsuko Uchida feels closest to the music of Schubert. She makes the strongest of cases for the eight Impromptus, long regarded almost as trifles, which in their tragic weight and sense of loneliness embody the age of Coronavirus.
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