Franz Schubert's Greatest Hits

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1. Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D. 485: 1. Allegro (4:41)
Common Name Symphony 5
Catalog No. D 485
Conductor Fritz Reiner, The Chicago Symphony
Genre Romantic Period / Symphony
Date Written 1816
Period Romantic
Country Austria
Recording Date 1936/60
2. Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 "Die Forelle" (The Trout): 4. Theme and Variations (8:22)
Common Name Piano Quintet
Catalog No. D 667
Performer Mieczyslaw Horszowski (Piano)Mischa Schneider (Cello)Boris Kroyt (Viola)Joseph Roisman (Violin)Julius Levine, bass
Genre Quintet / Romantic Period
Date Written 1819
Period Romantic
Recording Date 1936/60
3. Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6) (4:54)
Common Name Ave Maria Ellens, Ellens Gesang Iii For Voice & Piano
Catalog No. D 839
Performer Kosti Vehanen (Piano) Marian Anderson, contralto
Genre Art Song / Romantic Period / Song
Date Written 1825
Period Romantic
Recording Date 1936/60
4. Gretchen am Spinnrade ("Meine Ruh'..."), song for voice & piano, D. 118 (Op. 2) (3:54)
Catalog No. D 118
Performer Richard Amner (Piano)Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Genre Art Song / Romantic Period / Song
Date Written 10/19/1814
Period Romantic
Country Austria
Recording Date 1936/60
5. Standchen ("Leise flehen meine Lieder"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4 (3:28)
Common Name Standchen For Voice & Piano
Catalog No. D 957
Performer Helmut Deutsch (Piano) Bo Skovhus, baritone
Genre Art Song / Romantic Period
Date Written 1828
Period Romantic
Country Austria
Recording Date 1936/60
6. Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 579 "Unfinished": 1. Allegro molto (13:56)
Common Name Unfinished Symphony, Symphony 8
Catalog No. D 579
Conductor Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
Genre Romantic Period / Symphony
Date Written 1822
Period Romantic
Country Austria
Recording Date 1936/60
7. Rosamunde, D. 79: Overture (10:44)
Common Name Rosamunde
Catalog No. D 79
Conductor George Szell The Cleveland Orchestra
Genre Romantic Period
Date Written 1823
Period Romantic
Country Germany
Recording Date 1936/60
8. Four Impromptus, D. 899: No. 3 in G flat major (5:14)
Catalog No. D 899
Performer Nelson Freire (Piano)
Genre Impromptu / Romantic Period
Date Written ?1827
Period Romantic
Country Austria
Recording Date 1936/60
9. Trio for violin, violoncello and piano No. 2 in E flat major, D. 929: 2. Andante con moto (9:46)
Catalog No. D 929
Performer Isaac Stern (Violin)Leonard Rose (Cello)Eugene Istomin (Piano) Genre Romantic Period / Trio
Date Written 11/1827
Period Romantic
Country Austria
Recording Date 1936/60
10. Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944 "The Great": 4. Finale. Allegro vivace (10:32)
Common Name The Great Symphony, Symphony 9
Catalog No. D 944
Conductor George Szell The Cleveland Orchestra
Genre Romantic Period / Symphony
Date Written 1825-1828
Period Romantic
Country Austria
Recording Date 1936/60
If time allows:
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42. Westminster, 1969
"Poems ... provided by Chamisso."
With: With: Schubert, Franz. Songs. Selections.
Teresa Stich-Randall, soprano; Robert Jones, piano.

Grand duo for piano, 4 hands, op. 140. Columbia [1962]
Performer Arthur Gold, Robert Fizdale, duo-pianists.

Fantasy in C, op. 159. Sonata in A (Duo) op. 162. Mercury [1957]
Rafael Druian, violin; John Simms, piano.

Weber and Schubert overtures. Epic [1960] Overture in C major (in the Italian style).
Performer Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam; Antal Dorati, conductor.

Schubert-Lieder im Spiegel der Antike. Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, [1962]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Jörg Demus, piano.

Octet in F major, op. 166 Capitol, [1958]. Chamber Music Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.