Schubert: String Quartets, Trout Quintet & String Quintet
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartets, Trout Quintet & String Quintet
Alban Berg Quartet, Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Georg Hörtnagel (double bass)
[ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 17 March 2023
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The Alban Berg Quartett approach Schubert with classical discipline while vividly conveying the mysterious fervent power that is so instantaneously unique in the composer's works. They capture the quintessentially Viennese spirit of Schubert, as ABQ's members were all nurtured in the city's musical tradition. While relishing the scope of Schubert's often daring musical designs, they bring an intimate understanding of the composer's mercurial shifts of emotion.
"The Quartet's playing is breathtaking in terms of tonal blend, ensemble and intonation." Gramophone about "Death and the Maiden" and "Rosamunde" │ "Few groups have the Berg's grasp of the intimate link between innocence and terror in Schubert's late works. Over and over in these masterly performances, nostalgic beauty leads to anguish and back again - ideally paced and executed." The New York Times about the String Quintet.
"(These) works are marvellously played and beautifully recorded … the Quartet's playing is breathtaking in terms of tonal blend, ensemble and intonation." Gramophone [Quartets]
Tracks:
String Quartet No. 9 in G minor D.173
String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major, D.87
String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D.810 "Der Tod und das Mädchen":
String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, "Rosamunde" D.804
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D.887
String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (fragment), D703 'Quartettsatz'
Piano Quintet in A major "The Trout"
String Quintet in C major D.956
