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Ins Stille Land / Signum Quartett
PENTATONE

Ins Stille Land / Signum Quartett

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Details

Composer
SCHUBERT, FRANZ
Artist
SIGNUM QUARTETT
Format
CD
Label
PENTATONE
Released
Nov 13, 2020
Catalog #
PTC5186732
UPC
827949073267

About

The Signum Quartett continues their Schubert journey for PENTATONE with Ins stille Land, a recording that explores the fascinating connections between his string quartets and songs, the latter arranged for string quartet by Xandi van Dijk, the ensemble’s violist. The concept for this recording project grew out of the salon gatherings called Schubertiaden, where chamber music and vocal works would be heard side by side in an intimate setting. The songs and quartets featured on Ins stille Land share a fascination for alienation and death, characteristic of Schubert’s troubled existence, with his world famous “Death and the Maiden” quartet as the album’s centrepiece.

The Signum Quartett is frequently hailed as one of the most adventurous and outstanding ensembles of today.

REVIEW:

This disc's program is centered on the 'Death and the Maiden' Quartet – a work that tends to overpower everything in its immediate vicinity. That it doesn’t is due in part to the Signum’s ensemble sound: passionate, often brilliant, but also clear and lean, with vibrato thoughtfully used. But it’s also down to the selection of songs (superbly transcribed, once again, by the group’s viola player Xandi van Dijk). How many ensembles would have pre-empted the D minor Quartet with the whole of ‘Der Tod und das Mädchen’? The Signum Quartet give us a single brief extract as a sort of recitative introducing a reflective sequence of transcriptions. Following the opening pair of songs, the early D major Quartet, D74, emerges from silence as if already under way; and after a D810 finale so swift that it feels genuinely dangerous, the closing ‘Schwanengesang’ seems more like a question mark than a peaceful resolution. Anyway, hear for yourself. Enjoyable purely as a recital on its own terms, it’s an album that repays careful and repeated listening.

-- Gramophone

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Lied, D. 403, "Ins stille Land" (2nd version) (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet) 01:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    Lied, D. 403, "Ins stille Land" (2nd version) (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet)
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett
  2. 2 Frühlingsglaube, Op. 20, No. 2, D. 686 (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet) 02:51
    Track
    2
    Title
    Frühlingsglaube, Op. 20, No. 2, D. 686 (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet)
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett
  3. 3 I. Allegro ma non troppo 07:43
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    07:43
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett
  4. 4 II. Andante 04:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett
  5. 5 III. Minuetto: Allegretto 04:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Minuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett
  6. 6 IV. Allegro 05:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett
  7. 7 Der Tod und das Mädchen, Op. 7, No. 3, D. 531 (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet) (excerpt) 00:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    Der Tod und das Mädchen, Op. 7, No. 3, D. 531 (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet) (excerpt)
    Duration
    00:34
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett
  8. 8 Abendstern (Evening Star), D. 806 (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet) 02:33
    Track
    8
    Title
    Abendstern (Evening Star), D. 806 (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet)
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett
  9. 9 Auf dem Wasser zu singen, Op. 72, D. 774 (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet) 02:40
    Track
    9
    Title
    Auf dem Wasser zu singen, Op. 72, D. 774 (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet)
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett
  10. 10 Das Grab, D. 330 (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet) 01:01
    Track
    10
    Title
    Das Grab, D. 330 (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet)
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett
  11. 11 I. Allegro 16:49
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    16:49
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett
  12. 12 II. Andante con moto 13:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    13:16
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett
  13. 13 III. Scherzo: Allegro molto 03:51
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett
  14. 14 IV. Presto 09:21
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    09:21
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett
  15. 15 Schwanengesang, D. 744, "Schwanenlied" (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet) 02:55
    Track
    15
    Title
    Schwanengesang, D. 744, "Schwanenlied" (arr. X. van Dijk for string quartet)
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Signum Quartett