Schubert - The Edition Vol.1: Orchestral, Chamber, Piano

Deutsche Grammophon proudly presents the most authoritative Schubert project ever made, featuring all the masterpieces in timeless recordings – plus many rare gems that manifest Schubert’s genius.

This first edition comprehensively covers Schubert’s vast orchestral, chamber and piano output, containing all the masterworks in definitive recordings by legendary artists: Abbado (symphonies), Kempff (piano sonatas), Melos Quartet (string quartets & string quintet – the latter with Rostropovich), Pires (piano works), Gidon Kremer (violin works), Beaux Arts Trio (trios).

Individual recordings of famous works include the 'Trout' Quintet with the Amadeus Quartet and Emil Gilels, and string trios with the Grumiaux Trio.

The rarities collected here include well-received completions of Symphonies Nos 7, 8 & 10 by British musicologist Brian Newbould, played by the Academy of St Martins in the Field under Neville Marriner, a set of early overtures played by the Haydn Sinfonietta Wien, as well as many little-known piano solo and duet pieces (with Jörg Demus and Paul Badura-Skoda) – one of the many delights of the set.

A bonus disc compares three legendary recordings of the 'Unfinished' Symphony, conducted by Carlos Kleiber, Wilhelm Furtwängler and Leopold Stokowski.

Two of the recordings featured have never been released before (Marches militaires D733 Nos 2 & 3 by Paul Badura-Skoda & Jörg Demus).

Contents:
SYMPHONIES
CDs 1-4
Symphonies 1-5, 6, 8 & 9
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Abbado

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
CD 5
- Rosamunde (complete incidental music)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Abbado

CD 6
- Polonaise for Violin and Orchestra D580
- 5 German Dances D89
- Rondo for Violin and Orchestra D438
- 5 Minuets D89
- Concerto Movement D345
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Kremer

CD 7
- Overture D797
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Levine
- Overtures 590 and 591
Staatskapelle Dresden, Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Overtures 648 and 470
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
- Polka & Galopp
Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
- 4 Komische Ländler D354
Ensemble Eduard Melkus, Eduard Melkus

CD 8
- Overtures D4, 11, 84, 190, 239, 326, 647, 732, 787, 796
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien, Manfred Huss

CHAMBER MUSIC
CD 9
- Octet D803
Gidon Kremer, Isabelle van Keulen, Tabea Zimmerman, David Geringas, Alois Posch, Eduard Brunner, Radovan Vlatkovic, Klaus Thunemann

CD 10
- String Quintet D956
Melos Quartett, Rostropovich

CD 11
- Piano Quintet 'The Trout'
Amadeus Quartet, Gilels

CDs 12-17
- String Quartets Nos 1-15
Melos Quartett

CDs 18-19
- String Trios D581, 471
- Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2
- Piano Trios D28, 897 'Notturno'
Beaux Arts Trio, Grumiaux Trio

CD 20
- Violin Sonatas D385, 408, 384
- Rondo D895
Kremer, Maisenberg

CD 21
- Violin Sonata D574
- Fantasy D934
- Variations on 'Trockene Blumen' D802
Kremer, Afanassiev, Maisenberg

WORKS FOR PIANO SOLO
CD 22-28
- Piano Sonatas Nos 1–9, 11, 13–15 'Reliquie', 16, 17 'Gasteiner', 18–21
Wilhelm Kempff, Schiff (Sonata No.8)

CDs 29-31
- Impromptus D899, 935
- Allegretto D915
- 3 Piano Pieces D946
- Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano D821
- Moments musicaux D780
- 2 Scherzi D593
Pires, with Meneses (Arpeggione)

CD 32
- 'Wanderer' Fantasy
- Andante D604
- 13 Variations on a Theme by Hüttenbrenner
Wilhelm Kempff
- Hungarian Melody D817
- German Dances D783, 820
- Grazer Galopp D925
- 4 German Dances D366
Brendel, Schiff (820, 925), Ashkenazy (366)

CD 33 (First release on CD)
- Waltzes, German Dances, Écossaises, Minuets, Ländler, Fantasy etc.
Demus (& Badura-Skoda, D608)

CD 34
- Valses nobles D969
- Valses sentimentales D779
- 'Wiener Damen- Ländler' D734
- Waltzes & Ländler D145
- 12 German Dances D790
- German Dance D366
Betz

WORKS FOR PIANO DUET
CD 35
- Fantasy D940
- Grand Rondeau D951
- Allegro 'Lebensstürme' D947
- 2 Marches caractéristiques D886 (First release on CD)
- Divertissement à la hongroise D818
E & E Gilels (940, 951), Badura-Skoda & Demus (947 & 886), A & A Kontarsky (818)

CD 36
- Variations D813
- Andantino varié D823
- Sonata 'Grand Duo' D812 (First release on CD)
- 3 Marches militaires D733 Nos 1, 2 (First release) & 3 (First release)
Argerich & Barenboim (813), E & E Gilels (823), A & A Kontarsky (812), Badura-Skoda & Demus (733)

COMPLETED SYMPHONIC WORKS (Brian Newbould)
CDs 37-38
- Symphony No.8 'Unfinished'
- Symphonic Fragments D708 A
- Symphonies No.7 D729 & 10 D936
- Symphonic Fragments D615
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

BONUS
CD 39
- 3 performances of Symphony No.8 'Unfinished'
Kleiber, Furtwängler, Stokowski