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Schubert: Sonatas, Impromptus, Moments musicaux CD review – András Schiff takes up the fortepiano

Changing the habits of a lifetime, Schiff plays Schubert on a fortepiano to revelatory effect

Allan Clayton and Paul Lewis review – Schubert given real edge

The tenor and pianist combined to moody effect for a Schubert song cycle that grew in power as the recital progressed

Schubert String Quintet in C major CD review – sounds lovely but puzzlingly laid-back

An airy interpretation, on modern instruments, of the composer’s final work

Soldered Schumann/Silvered Schubert review – idiomatic and radical reworkings

Composer Robin Holloway’s riffing on Schumann and Schubert is seamless, ambitious and deft

Bostridge/Adès: Winterreise review – narrative mastery with apparent spontaneity

Ian Bostridge and Thomas Adès offered something unusually detailed and concentrated in their performance of Schubert’s great song cycle, writes George Hall

Schubert: Schwanengesang CD review – clarity and lightness from Matthew Rose

Matthew Rose and Malcolm Martineau join forces again in this sensitive account of Schubert’s great posthumous song collection, writes Fiona Maddocks

Arcadi Volodos review – virtuoso spinning heads, still

From fiery passages to moments of sublime quietness, the Russian pianist displayed the full range of his mercurial talent, writes Erica Jeal

Mozart, Schubert, Stravinsky: Piano Duos CD review – dizzy heights from two of the world’s greatest

Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim in a joint rectial? Yes, it’s pretty good, writes Nicholas Kenyon

Simon Keenlyside/Emanuel Ax review – a poignant and powerful Winterreise

The baritone drew on his actorly skills for Schubert’s song cycle, sensitively supported by Ax’s beautifully judged accompaniment, writes Martin Kettle

The Schubert Project review – imaginative but never over-prescriptive

Ranging right across Schubert’s composing career, some of the performances were routine, others rather special, writes Andrew Clements

Schubertiade review – quite simply, world-class music

Hand-picked performers and a scenic backdrop give this uniquely positioned festival a fresh and beguiling spin, writes Alan Rusbridger

Richter Plays Schubert Live review – genius on small and grand scale

One of the 20th century's supreme pianists finds musical truth and beauty throughout a compendious set of his Schubert performances, writes Andrew Clements

Schubert: Lieder review – flashes of steel beneath the gossamer

Gerhaher and Huber invest this highly personal selection of Schubert songs with a heart-breaking intimacy, writes Stephen Pritchard

Schubertiad review – tender, solemn and raw

Had Schubert himself been throwing the party, he may have insisted on a bit of light relief, writes Kate Molleson

Jonas Kaufmann review – ‘Subtlety of gesture and a tender lyricism’

The German tenor, together with his perfectly matched accompanist, Helmut Deutsch, conjured an intimate world in their rendition of Schubert's Winterreise song-cycle, writes George Hall

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