Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D.899: No. 2 In E Flat: Allegro This Quintet has been featured on Desert Island Discs more than all other works of chamber music, perhaps because it seems to be a ...

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first from Schubert himself, who wrote his famous Trout quintet when he was 22 years old, and then from five young artists of the highest rank. They pick up the spirit of Schubert's music ...

Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a vast oeuvre, including more than 600 secular vocal works (mainly lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music, and a large ...

Schubert’s Quintet in C major is widely considered one of the great achievements in Western culture – it would certainly be many a string player’s Desert Island Disc. Its sublime slow movement alone ...