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Revered for his incomparable Lieder, Franz Schubert was also an avid operagoer who yearned, largely in vain, for success as a composer of stage works.
This disc features several of his less familiar early overtures, from Der Spiegelritter and Der Teufel als Hydraulicus (circa 1811/2) and his first completed opera, the Medieval fantasy Des Teufels Lustschloss (1813/4), to the Overture in B flat (1816).
It is hard to believe that such accomplished and effective music was the work of a teenager.
Franz Schubert: Der Teufel als Hydraulicus, D. 4: Overture
Der Teufel als Hydraulicus, D. 4: Overture
Franz Schubert: Der Spiegelritter, D. 11: Overture
Der Spiegelritter, D. 11: Overture
Franz Schubert: Overture in D major, D. 12
Overture in D major, D. 12
Franz Schubert: Overture in D major, D. 26
Overture in D major, D. 26
Franz Schubert: Des Teufels Lustschloss, D. 84: Overture
Des Teufels Lustschloss, D. 84: Overture
Franz Schubert: Der vierjahrige Posten, D. 190: Overture
Der vierjahrige Posten, D. 190: Overture
Franz Schubert: Claudine von Villa Bella, D. 239: Overture
Claudine von Villa Bella, D. 239: Overture
Franz Schubert: Die Freunde von Salamanka, D. 326: Overture
Die Freunde von Salamanka, D. 326: Overture
Franz Schubert: Overture in B flat major, D. 470
Overture in B flat major, D. 470
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Der Teufel als Hydraulicus, D. 4: Overture