Schubert Songs, with a Twist: We'll hear two songs by Schubert souped up as solo piano transcriptions by Leopold Godowski (goh-DAWF-skee). We'll hear "Wandering" and "The Trout." It's a performance ...

In 1821, in Vienna, a friend of Franz Schubert wrote to his fiancée about a singular event he’d just attended: In 1821, in Vienna, a friend of Franz Schubert wrote to his fiancée about a singular ...

When Austrian Composer Franz Peter Schubert died in 1828, it was at the house of his favorite brother, Ferdinand. Affectionate, sociable, improvident, Franz Peter found his life, liberty and pursuit ...

On Nov. 19, 1828, Franz Schubert died. He was one of 14 children of a schoolmaster and a cook. He himself had tried to be a schoolmaster but teaching tormented him and instead he scribbled music. When ...

The host of Now Hear This and Mexico City Philharmonic music director shares noteworthy selection by revered composer Franz Schubert. Listen along to all of these at on our playlist here. What is your ...

In Paris, “L’Autre Voyage” assembles the composer’s arias and art songs to create a jukebox show, perhaps the greatest opera Schubert never wrote. Franz Schubert in a drawing from around 1820. When he ...

For Samuel Beckett, it was never words and music, no matter that they were personified in his 1962 radio play, “Words and Music.” It was ever words are music. Reputed to have been a fine musician ...

“Who owns the most beautiful voice in the world?” I asked in 2005. “It’s a ridiculous question, of course, but it may have an answer: Matthias Goerne, the German baritone.” My review continued, The ...

Most song cycles are written for a persona that is identifiably male or female, but it's not always clear how important it is for the singer to follow suit. Soprano Barbara Bonney seemed intent on ...

Some think of Beethoven and Schubert as the musical equivalent of Thanksgiving dinner: solid, sober fare presented in the same, fixed manner every time. Gifted cooks and musicians know better. They ...

(Der) Strom Ian Bostridge, Tenor Julius Drake, Piano Franz Schubert, Composer Auf der Donau Julius Drake, Piano Ian Bostridge, Tenor Franz Schubert, Composer Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren Ian ...