Search - Franz [Vienna] Schubert :: Singphonic Schubert: Complete Edition, Vol. 5

Revelatory, "Unknown" Schubert...

Sébastien Melmoth | Hôtel d'Alsace, PARIS | 12/05/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

".

Splendid German ensemble The Singphoniker débuts many "lost" works by Schubert for male vocalise.



Highlights of this disc include:



~:11min. line of Goethe's "Song of the Spirit over the Waters" D.714--an exceptional vocal Octet (4T 4B) with unusual string Quintet accompaniment (2 violas, 2 celli, and double bass);



~:06min. late-setting (1827) of Seidl's "Nightsong in the Woods" D.913--for vocal quartet (TTBB) with four horns;



:03min. poem by Schubert on "Father's Name Day" D.80--for trio (TTB) and guitar;



:05min. "The Winter Day" D.984--quartet and piano;



~:08min. line of Hölty's "May Song" ('Der Schnee zerrinnt' ['The Snow Melts...']) D.202--for unusual combo of BB/2horns;



~:06min. lyric by Schubert "For Salieri's 50th Anniversary Celebration" D.407--for T solo, quartet and piano;



~:05mins. on Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis' "The Grave" D.569--for unison male choir and piano.



(Poe-ish, morbid thoughts were never far from Schubert--nor indeed post-Schubertian Bruckner--cf., Zwei Totenlieder, WAB 47-8.)



Bruckner: Te Deum, Motets, Psalm 150 / Jochum, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

."