When a chipping sparrow trills, it could be that spring has arrived. When women’s voices ululate, they do so, in different regions of the world, to celebrate, to mourn, to pray, to warn, to seduce.

None of Franz Schubert’s works–except for “Winterreise”–brings us closer to the Viennese composer’s tortured soul than his personal, emotionally charged final piano sonatas. Valery Afanassiev’s heavy, ...

Carolin Widmann (violin), Alexander Lonquich (piano) ECM New Series 476 4546***** Schubert's music for violin and piano presents an unusual range of challenges. The earliest three sonatas, which are ...

Schubert – Sonata in C Minor, D. 958, 4 Impromptus, D. 935 & Rondo, D. 951 (Aimi Kobayashi) Ates Orga Friday, March 7, 2025 On the evidence of this handsome release, Aimi Kobayashi has what it takes ...

Last night, Nikolai Lugansky, the Russian pianist, gave a recital at the 92nd Street Y. His program was an unusual one: Schubert on the first half, Tchaikovsky on the second. Each half had a big ...

ASPEN ” Ann Schein, an Aspen Music Festival faculty artist favorite, delivered a spellbinding piano recital Wednesday in Harris Hall that included Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy and Chopin’s Sonata in B ...

The music of Viennese composer Franz Schubert contains a wonderful paradox. It has a piercing sadness, which in some strange way is filled with joy. The joy, I think, comes from the sense that here, ...

When a chipping sparrow trills, it could be that spring has arrived. When women’s voices ululate, they do so, in different regions of the world, to celebrate, to mourn, to pray, to warn, to seduce.