Schubert: Waltzes & Landler

Franz Schubert (Composer), Alice Ader (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Alice Ader
• Composer: Franz Schubert
• Audio CD (March 11, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Harmonia Mundi
• ASIN: B0000007P3
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #701,945 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #89 in Music > Classical > Ballets & Dances > Ecossaises

Track Listings

1. 12 Landler D.366

2. 9 Landler D.145, Op.18

3. 6 Deutsche Tanze D.783, Op.33

4. 9 'Wiener-Damen Landler' D.734, Op.67

5. 3 Deutsche Tanze D.972, D.973

6. 3 Deutsche Tanze D.971

7. 8 Landler D.790, Op.171

8. 1 Deutscher Tanz D.841

9. 9 'Grazer Walzer' D.924, Op.91

10. 3 'Erste Walzer' D.365, Op.9

11. 6 Walzer D.145, Op.18

12. 1 Letzter Walzer D.146, No.15, Op.127

13. 7 Valses Nobles D.969, Op.77

14. 4 Valses Sentimentales D.779, Op.50

15. Walzer D.979

16. Walzer D.844

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully played, April 4, 2011

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DorianLS "DorianLS" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schubert: Waltzes & Landler (Audio CD)

The album is a little too expensive for me, but several of pieces from this album are on Youtube (search Alice Ader Schubert). She plays beautifully, better I think than the Italian pianist whose 7 CD set sells on Amazon for about the same price as this one CD.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UTTERLY CHARMING!, October 15, 2007

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K. N. Edlund (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Schubert: Waltzes & Landler (Audio CD)

First, a few words of introduction to the pieces themselves, since many are not well known. By titling my review "utterly charming," I don't intend to convey that all the content is light, fluffy and quickly forgettable. Not in the least! More than almost any other composer I can think of, Schubert has a way of tugging at the heart strings when you least expect it, by the least turn of a phrase or by a short melody that suddenly floods one with feelings of loss and the emphemerality and briefness of even (or especially!) the most beautiful things of life. Short piano pieces are well suited to convey that sort of thing, and Schubert was a master in this genre. And almost inevitably, you will think of the tragic briefness of the composer's own life. Even though in the brilliant gaiety of the brighter pieces on this CD, I find no hint of tragedy underneath, there is even there an innocence that is very appealing.
As for the performance, I am not at all familiar with pianist Alice Ader. I'd never heard mention of her in any reviews nor have I come across any other examples of her playing. IT DOESN'T MATTER! Perhaps these pieces would be beneath the notice of a Brendel or a Rubenstein, but Ms. Ader seems very much at home in them and does not appear to be showing off to the composer's detriment. Sadly, this was the only CD fully devoted just to this material which six months ago I could find at [...] and that seems not to have changed as of this writing. What a pity that is, because I know from an old vinyl issue featuring the playing of Paolo Bordoni that there is more such delightful material in Schubert's output that is apparently just not currently obtainable. For a society (and even a classical music scene) that seems largely given over to the coarse and the ostentatious, that is a real loss!