Track Details: Introduction (NaN min. NaN sec.)(11 sec.) -- Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759, "Unfinished": I. Allegro moderato (excerpt) (01 min. 11 sec.) / Schubert -- The opening of Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B minor… (07 min. 46 sec.) -- Wiegenlied (Cradle Song), Op. 98, No. 2, D. 498 (excerpt) (01 min. 09 sec.) / Schubert -- An extract from Schubert's Wiegenlied or 'Cradle Song', thought to have been written in November 1816, the composer then 19 years of age. (03 min. 57 sec.) -- Iphigenia auf Tauris, Act II Scene 1: Aria: Götter, die ihr mich hasst (excerpt) (NaN min. NaN sec.)(41 sec.) / Gluck -- Schubert's earliest works date from his years at the Stadtkonvikt… (01 min. 42 sec.) -- Symphony No. 1 in D Major, D. 82: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace (excerpt) (01 min. 34 sec.) / Schubert -- The very same month as the symphony's school premiere, Schubert was offered a scholarship to continue his studies at the Stadtkonvikt… (01 min. 12 sec.) -- Des Teufels Lustschloss (The Devil's Pleasure Castle), D. 84: Overture (excerpt) (01 min. 15 sec.) / Schubert -- Yet another 'first' emerged a couple of months later in July: the completion of Schubert's first Mass, in F. (01 min. 44 sec.) -- Mass No. 1 in F Major, D. 105: Gloria: Gratias agimus tibi (excerpt) (01 min. 05 sec.) / Schubert -- While there is little corroborative evidence of a serious relationship between Schubert and Fräulein Grob… (01 min. 43 sec.) -- Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel), Op. 2, D. 118: Bars 1-31 (NaN min. NaN sec.)(48 sec.) / Schubert -- Schubert's musical mastery lies in his ability to evoke the intense psychological drama of the text, along with the practical realities of the scene. (01 min. 22 sec.) -- Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel), Op. 2, D. 118: Bars 69-120 (01 min. 25 sec.) / Schubert -- In 1821, seven years after its completion, Gretchen am Spinnrade appeared in print as Schubert's opus 2: that is, his second published score. (02 min. 54 sec.) -- Erlkönig, Op. 1, D. 328 (excerpt) (01 min. 49 sec.) / Schubert -- It is perhaps unsurprising that as Schubert fine-tuned his skills in musical dramaticism, transforming the German Lied from its lowly roots into a genre of unprecedented expressivity… (04 min. 13 sec.) -- Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: I. Allegro (excerpt) (01 min. 17 sec.) / Schubert -- At the time of Hatwig's house concert and the private premiere of Schubert's Symphony No. 5, the composer was no longer living and working with his father… (03 min. 40 sec.) -- 3 Marches militaires, Op. 51, D. 733: No. 1 in D Major (excerpt) (01 min. 14 sec.) / Schubert -- As was so often the case with Schubert, with highs came lows, conflicting emotions that reveal something of the tempestuous nature of his personality. (02 min. 45 sec.) -- Piano Quintet In A Major, Op. 114, D. 667, "Die Forelle" (The Trout): IV. Thema with Variations: Andantino (excerpt) (01 min. 11 sec.) / Schubert -- If the holiday – and, indeed, the 'Trout' Quintet – had engendered a relaxed, easy-going mindset and overall leisurely outlook, then the return to the city once again brought disappointment… (02 min. 34 sec.) -- Alfonso und Estrella, D. 732, Act I: Schon, wenn es beginnt zu tagen (Every morning, when the sun rises) (excerpt) (NaN min. NaN sec.)(50 sec.) / Schubert -- If, with Alfonso und Estrella, Schubert's operatic efforts had fallen flat, he was at least enjoying sustained success with his Lieder. (04 min. 20 sec.) -- Fantasy in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760, "Wandererfantasie" (Wanderer Fantasy): Adagio (excerpt) (01 min. 56 sec.) / Schubert -- 1822 was also the year in which Schubert is thought to have contracted the venereal disease that would terminate his life only a few years later. (03 min. 16 sec.) -- Fierabras, D. 796: Overture (excerpt) (01 min. 18 sec.) / Schubert -- Despite his illness and realisation of his imminent death, Schubert continued to compose a series of mature masterworks… (01 min. 29 sec.) -- Die schöne Müllerin (The Fair Maid of the Mill), Op. 25, D. 795: No. 15. Eifersucht und Stolz (Jealousy and Pride) (01 min. 39 sec.) / Schubert -- For Schubert, life was to imitate art, the composer becoming as depressed and desperate as the young man whose idealistic love he depicted so vividly in the much-celebrated song cycle. (03 min. 42 sec.) -- Winterreise (Winter Journey), Op. 89, D. 911: No. 1. Gute Nacht (Good Night) (excerpt) (01 min. 22 sec.) / Schubert -- But not all of Schubert's music of this final period could be described as mournful and gloomy. (02 min. 04 sec.) -- String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956: II. Adagio (excerpt) (01 min. 37 sec.) / Schubert -- The String Quintet in C makes for a fitting finale to this musical biography. (03 min. 54 sec.) -- String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956: IV. Allegretto (excerpt) (01 min. 08 sec.) / Schubert
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