Schubertiade

Christoph Eschenbach reunites with the Paris-based Thymos Quartet in Schubert's popular "Trout" Quintet, a recording that celebrates the 80th birthday of the great pianist / conductor. The album is rounded out by a selection of the composer's folk dances and waltzes in unique chamber music arrangements.
Christoph Eschenbach reunites with Paris-based Thymos Quartet in Schubert's triumphant chamber work, the "Trout" Quintet, a recording that celebrates the 80th birthday of the great pianist / conductor. From babbling brook and leaping fish, this present-day Schubertiade relocates to a 19th century Viennese salon, with a selection of the composer's waltzes in unique chamber music arrangements and concludes with selected Lndler, performed by pianist Jean-Frdric Neuburger, ranging in mood from iridescent to intimate.

Born in Weimar, pianist Daniel Heide is one of the most sought-after vocal accompanists and chamber musicians of his generation.

The Schubertiade – epitome of Romanticism and stage for Schubert’s piano sonatas Schubert and Beethoven were contemporaries and both realised their musical ideas in Vienna.

Outstanding German baritone Benjamin Appl joins forces with Graham Johnson, one of the world s leading Schubertians, for an exciting recital. Through the course of this programme we explore the full expressive gamut of some of Schubert s finest Lieder, recorded live in concert at Wigmore Hall. From the tenderness of Am Bach im Frühling to the dramatic story-telling in Der Zwerg and the tranquility of Im Abendrot , Schubert s unparalleled depiction of human emotion is captured in unique clarity.

After two Schubert albums, Mauro Peter has now turned intensively to the songs of Robert Schumann – a composer no less dear to him than Franz Schubert. In 2012 he won the Schumann Competition in Zwickau. “It is young, it is lyrical,” tenor Mauro Peter explains his deep connection with Schumann’s Dichterliebe. “I can relate to these feelings because they are familiar to me. The music is full of emotion and so incredibly heartfelt at the same time.”

Roman Trekel is a German baritone who has established a firm career from a base at the Staatsoper Berlin during the 1990s. He began his higher musical education in 1980, studying voice with Prof. Heinz Reeh until 1986. He received a position at the Berlin Staatsoper's Opera Studio in 1986, and in 1988 joined the Staatsoper (Unter den Linden) as a soloist member of the company. He entered the music competition circuit and in 1989 won the First Prize in the Walter Gruner International Competition in London.

Isabel Villanueva will present her debut album ‘Bohèmes’ on 20th October in an press-conference held at Teatro Real in Madrid. This is her first recording project for viola and piano recorded with François Dumont for IMMStage label. The album includes works by Liszt, Granados, Hahn, Martinu, Enesco and Debussy.

Christoph Deluze began his first musical studies at the Neuchâtel conservatory as a pupil of Dinu Lipatti. He then went to the Guild HallSchool of Music of London in the piano class of E. Philipp. During this period he was one of the few pianists who was able to work with Shura Cherkassky.

After his debut on Decca with "Guitarra Clasica", Eugenio Della Chiara returns to the recording studio to create a new album entirely dedicated to Schubert.

After his debut on Decca with "Guitarra Clasica", Eugenio Della Chiara returns to the recording studio to create a new album entirely dedicated to Schubert. Also in this case it has its fulcrum in the transcription of famous pages where the young guitarist is assisted by Davide Cabassi at the fortepiano for the Sonata D821 "Arpeggione" and of the tenor Mert Süngü for the Cinque Lieder from the manuscript by Franz Xaver von Schlechta. "In choosing the music that came together in this recording I tried, using my imagination, to build a schedule that could give an idea of the famous musical venues organized by Schubert and his closest friends: for this purpose I collected a series transcriptions (some of which were made when the Viennese composer was still alive) of works that included the guitar in its staff, bringing them together in a sort of ideal schubertiade". (Eugenio Della Chiara)