Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Carlo Maria Giulini’s temperament, a combination of Mediterranean warmth and asceticism, was well attuned to ...

Celebrating their 25th anniversary, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra inject wonderful energy into two Schubert symphonies. Album of the Week, 19 August 2013. The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra is a ...

Only two movements were completed, but Schubert's eighth symphony stands as one of the greatest, and strangest, of the genre, writes Tom Service When Schubert began writing his symphony in B minor in ...

Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev inspires the SCO in Schubert’s massive work, with grandeur and great washes of feeling This autumn, Maxim Emelyanychev took up his new post as the Scottish Chamber ...

Schubert symphonies that zip along from top Swedish players. Album of the Weekend, 15-16 March 2014. When it comes to authentic performance, the Swedish conductor Thomas Dausgaard and his 30-or-so ...

Symphony No. 2 Franz Schubert, Composer Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor Basel Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. 6 Franz Schubert, Composer Basel Symphony Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor The ...

The symphonies Schubert wrote as a teenager took a long time to reach the public. The Third and Fourth weren't heard complete in public concerts until 1881 and 1849, respectively 53 and 21 years after ...

For the past two centuries, composers, academics and fans of classical music have puzzled over Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, which he abandoned in 1822 after writing the first two movements. Why ...

Symphony No. 1 Heinz Holliger, Conductor Basel Chamber Orchestra Franz Schubert, Composer Symphony No. 5 Heinz Holliger, Conductor Franz Schubert, Composer Basel Chamber Orchestra Fierrabras, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Uncork the fizz: this is Schubert as never heard in modern times. The symphonies were crying out for a period ...