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Schubert: String Quartets / Fitzwilliam String Quartet
Divine Art

Schubert: String Quartets / Fitzwilliam String Quartet

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Details

Composer
SCHUBERT, FRANZ
Artist
FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
Divine Art
Released
Feb 14, 2020
Catalog #
DDA25197
UPC
809730519727

About

Of these two great classical quartets which look forward so much to the heights of the Romantic period, one (“Death and the Maiden”) is almost universally loved. The almost contemporary A minor quartet is sometimes referred to as the ‘Rosamunde’ because of its strong thematic links to Schubert’s incidental music to that play. Both are here played on period instruments, with gut strings, in what is an authentic and thoroughly top-class performance by one of our foremost string ensembles. The Fitzwilliam Quartet has just celebrated its 50thanniversary.Acknowledged as one of the finest British quartets of our age they are equally at home in the classics, playing period instruments, or in the modern and contemporary repertoire, having had personal links with Shostakovich who called the Fitzwilliams “the preferred performers of my quartets”.

“The wide dynamic palette echoes a Schubert who wanted, with these two works, to "clear the flight towards the great symphony". The texture captivates, suggests individualities and unfolds beautiful lines, swinging between mystery, worry and melancholy.”
– Fabienne Bouvet (Classica)

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro ma non troppo 14:23
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    14:23
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet
  2. 2 II. Andante 07:51
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:51
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet
  3. 3 III. Menuetto - Trio: Allegretto 07:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto - Trio: Allegretto
    Duration
    07:12
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Allegro moderato 08:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    08:37
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet
  5. 5 I. Allegro 16:48
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    16:48
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet
  6. 6 II. Andante con moto 13:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    13:28
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet
  7. 7 III. Scherzo: [Allegro molto] 03:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Scherzo: [Allegro molto]
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet
  8. 8 IV. Presto 09:58
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    09:58
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet