Schubert's Instrumental Music A Listener's Guide

"Such is the spell of Schubert's emotional world that it very nearly blinds us to the greatness of your craftsmanship." - Franz Liszt In this survey of Schubert's instrumental music, John Bell Young explores some of the richest and most memorable music ever written. How did the prolific composer of the C major String Quintet and more than a thousand other masterpieces manage to achieve so much in a career that spanned less than two decades? Young's colorful analyses of a representative swath of Schubert's greatest orchestral, piano, and chamber works deftly illuminate these issues.HIGHLIGHTS An accompanying CD features superb performances by Claudio Arrau