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The Double Life of Franz Schubert | Warner - NVC Arts 5186507982

The Double Life of Franz Schubert

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Label: Warner - NVC Arts

Cat No: 5186507982

Barcode: 5051865079828

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 10th November 2008

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Contents

Artists

Simon Russell Beale
Jason Flemyng
Freddie Jones
Emilia Fox
Richard van Allan (baritone)
Christopher Maltman (bass)
The Hanover Band

Conductor

Roy Goodman

Artists

Simon Russell Beale
Jason Flemyng
Freddie Jones
Emilia Fox
Richard van Allan (baritone)
Christopher Maltman (bass)
The Hanover Band

Conductor

Roy Goodman

About

The Double Life of Franz Schubert: A dramatisation of Schubert’s last years.

This is a dramatic exploration of the life and works of Franz Schubert. Featuring excerpts from many of his compositions, the central narrative occurs during Schubert’s hospitalization for syphilis, the contraction of which was both a consequence of his darker inclinations and a spur to some of his greatest work. As the doctors diagnose Schubert’s symptoms, identify their cause and administer treatment, the composer conducts his own internal imaginative examination, a sometimes delirious and dreamlike evocation of the moments and music from his past life. The characters he recalls are his maverick friend and ‘Svengali’, Franz von Schober, his authoritarian father, his illustrious but conformist patron Michael Vogl and his unfulfilled love Karoline Esterhazy.

Schubert is played by Simon Russell Beale, von Schober by Jason Flemyng, Father Schubert by Freddie Jones, and Karoline Esterhazy by Emilia Fox. The film features baritone Richard Van Allan as Vogl, and the bass Christopher Maltman as The Singer. The film was made in 1997, and is directed by Roy Goodman.

Musical extracts by Franz Schubert:
- Piano Quintet in A major ‘Die Forelle’, D667
- E flat major piano trio, D897
- An die Musik, D547
- Die Forelle, D550
- Piano Sonata in B flat, D960
- Piano Sonata in A major, D959
- Länder No.5, D790
- Fantasy in F minor, D940
- Hungarian Melody, D818
- String Quarter No 15 in G major, D887
- Der Leiermann from Winterreise, D911
- Symphony No.8 in B minor (unfinished), D759

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