Nikolaus Harnoncourt believes that Schubert failed to finish his 8th symphony because ‘there is simply nothing else to say’. And yet the puzzle of this intriguing half work remains As the hot-headed ...

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paweł Kapuła and soprano Natalya Romaniw perform music by Strauss, Schubert, Henze ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first few seconds of this exciting new disc tell the listener exactly what's coming, as the opening bars of Schubert's Third Symphony explode in a burst of aggressive, ultra-dry timpani underlying ...

(Des) Teufels Lustschloss, Movements: Overture Basel Chamber Orchestra Heinz Holliger, Conductor Alfonso und Estrella, Movements: Overture Basel Chamber Orchestra Heinz Holliger, Conductor Symphony No ...

Forty-five years have elapsed since the founding of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in 1978. A far shorter — but equally consequential — number of years have gone by since the hiring of current music ...