SCHUBERT: PIANO WORKS, TROUT QUINTET, LIEDER - SCHNABEL (5 CDS)

Artur Schnabel, identified above all with the music of Beethoven, was also a supreme interpreter of Schubert. Initially trained in Vienna, he played a crucial role in advocating the Austrian composer’s piano music at a time when such masterworks as the late sonatas enjoyed surprisingly little currency. By the time he started making these recordings, in the early 1930s, Schnabel was already a mature artist, and their essential lyricism is complemented by his characteristic rhythmic vitality and intellectual rigour. Newly remastered from original sources, these historic interpretations now benefit from audio quality of unprecedented truth and immediacy.

Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D899
Artur Schnabel (piano)

No. 1, in C Minor
No. 2, in E-Flat Major
No. 3, in G-Flat Major
No. 4, in A-Flat Major


Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D935
Artur Schnabel (piano)

No. 1, in F Minor
No. 2, in A-Flat Major
No. 3, in B-Flat Major
No. 4, in F Minor


Schubert: Allegretto in C minor, D915
Artur Schnabel (piano)

Schubert: March in E major, D606
Artur Schnabel (piano)

Schubert: Moments Musicaux (6), D780, Op. 94
Artur Schnabel (piano)

No. 1, in C Major
No. 2, in A-Flat Major
No. 3, in F Minor
No. 4, in C-Sharp Minor
No. 5, in F Minor
No. 6, in A-Flat Major

Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D850
Artur Schnabel (piano)

I. Allegro vivace
II. Con moto
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
IV. Rondo. Allegro moderato

Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959
Artur Schnabel (piano)

I. Allegro
II. Andantino
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
IV. Rondo. Allegretto

Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960
Artur Schnabel (piano)

I. Molto moderato
II. Andante sostenuto
III. [Scherzo] Allegro vivace con delicatezza
IV. Allegro ma non troppo

Schubert: Divertissement sur des motifs originaux français, D. 823: II. Andantino varié in B Minor
Artur Schnabel (piano), Karl Ulrich Schnabel (piano)

Schubert: Allegro in A minor 'Lebensstürme', D947
Artur Schnabel (piano), Karl Ulrich Schnabel (piano)

 Excerpt, Schubert: Six Grand Marches D819
Artur Schnabel (piano), Karl Ulrich Schnabel (piano)

No. 2, in G Major
No. 3, in B Minor

Schubert: Marches Militaires (3), D733
Artur Schnabel (piano), Karl Ulrich Schnabel (piano)

No. 1, in D Major
No. 2, in G Major
No. 3, in E-Flat Major

Schubert: Divertissement à la Hongroise D818
Artur Schnabel (piano), Karl Ulrich Schnabel (piano)

I. Andante
II. Marcia. Andante con moto
III. Allegretto

Schubert: Rondo for piano duet in A major, D951
Artur Schnabel (piano), Karl Ulrich Schnabel (piano)

Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout'
Artur Schnabel (piano), Pro Arte Quartet (string quartet)

I. Allegro vivace
II. Andante
III. Scherzo - Presto
IV. Thema mit Variationen - Andantino
V. Finale - Allegro giusto

Schubert: Schwanengesang, D957
Artur Schnabel (piano), Therese Behr-Schnabel (contralto)

XIII. Der Doppelgänger
XI. Die Stadt

Schubert: Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, second version, D583 (Schiller)
Artur Schnabel (piano), Therese Behr-Schnabel (contralto)

Schubert: Der Kreuzzug D932 (Leitner)
Artur Schnabel (piano), Therese Behr-Schnabel (contralto)

Schubert: An die Laute D905
Artur Schnabel (piano), Therese Behr-Schnabel (contralto)

Schubert: Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe)
Artur Schnabel (piano), Therese Behr-Schnabel (contralto)

Schubert: Erlkönig, D328
Artur Schnabel (piano), Therese Behr-Schnabel (contralto)