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Schubert: Late String Quartets Nos. 12 & 15 / Fitzwilliam String Quartet
Linn Records

Schubert: Late String Quartets Nos. 12 & 15 / Fitzwilliam String Quartet

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Details

Composer
SCHUBERT, FRANZ
Artist
FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
Linn Records
Released
Nov 12, 2021
Catalog #
CKD673
UPC
691062067324

About

Having celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2019, it is perhaps remarkable that the Fitzwilliam String Quartet has not already recorded this towering pinnacle of Western music repertoire: Schubert’s String Quartet in G major, D. 887. This revelatory recording on period instruments proves it was well worth the wait! The work’s idiomatic grandeur and overall complexity coupled with its everchanging tonalities and otherworldly atmosphere call for the sort of stamina that is the privilege of a limited few. The Fitzwilliams rise admirably to the challenge, demonstrating the characteristic expertise which has defined their recordings over many decades. Inexplicably left unfinished, the C minor ‘Quartettsatz’ rounds off the program. This chiseled, and yet formally unorthodox, single movement is presented here with its Andante second movement completed by leading Schubert scholar Brian Newbould.

Tracklist 6 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro assai 09:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro assai
    Duration
    09:39
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet
  2. 2 II. Andante 08:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    08:33
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet
  3. 3 I. Allegro molto moderato 22:36
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Allegro molto moderato
    Duration
    22:36
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet
  4. 4 II. Andante un poco mosso 12:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Andante un poco mosso
    Duration
    12:51
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet
  5. 5 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 07:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    07:35
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet
  6. 6 IV. Allegro assai 12:52
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. Allegro assai
    Duration
    12:52
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet