Schubert: Waltzes, Ländler & Ecossaises
Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

Schubert: 36 Waltzes, D 365 Op. 9
Schubert: Deutsche Tänze und zwei Ecossaisen, D 873
Schubert: Walzer, Ländler und Ecossaisen (38), Op. 18, D 145
Schubert: Galop and 8 Ecossaises, D 735
Schubert: Valses Sentimentales (34), D 779 Op. 50
Schubert: 16 Ländler and 2 Ecossaises, Op. 67, D 734
Schubert: 12 Valses Nobles, D 969
Schubert: 12 Grazer Walzer, D 924 Op. 91

In early 19th-century Vienna, social dances like the Ländler, German dances, and Ecossaises were the heartbeat of the city's nightlife. Franz Schubert’s extensive collections of dance miniatures brilliantly captured this zeitgeist, feeding the era's relentless appetite for entertainment and sociability. Yet, beneath the elegant, rhythmic surface of these drawing-room pieces lies a much deeper, bittersweet world. Longing, vulnerability, and a haunting melancholy echo throughout, as if the composer intimately sensed how brief his time on earth would be.

Recorded live at the legendary Wiener Konzerthaus, these miniatures open fleeting glimpses into a transcendent cosmos. Bringing these worlds to life is the legendary Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. With the spontaneous esprit, rhythmic poise, and unparalleled interpretive authority of a career spanning nearly seven decades, Buchbinder anchors these dances perfectly between the polished parquet of Vienna’s historic ballrooms and a space of pure, poetic introspection.