String quartet no 14 in d minor death and the maiden, d810. Death and the maiden is a deeply affecting reading with the violin of edward dusinberre tenderly conveying the maidens vulnerability and the mounting panic. A century after his death on 25 march 1918, many harmonia mundi artists are eager to pay tribute to claude debussy, the magician of melody and timbre, the great colourist and father of modern. If schuberts a minor quartet is a work pervaded by an air of melancholy, its companionpiece, the string quartet in d minor d810 death and the maiden, is one that seems to give vent to despair.
The artha string quartet opens with music by beethoven, written as the. String quartet no 14 in d minor death and the maiden. String quartet no in a minor rosamunde, d804 schubert. As fine as the best performances of the other recordings of schuberts quartets have been and the melos quartets sweetly singing performances for dg were especially fine these performances by the vienna quartet are in their way as good as the best and in that. If death and the maiden isnt the most popular of all string quartets, it must be heading in that direction. The fillers are schuberts string trios, both in bflat major. Allegro moderato musical masterworks society mms83 recording date unknown ca.
It was composed in 1824, after the composer suffered a serious illness and realized that he was dying. A marvellous recording, by a quartet to which perhaps too little attention has been paid so far ensemble, germany. As fine as the best performances of the other recordings of schubert s quartets have been and the melos quartet s sweetly singing performances for dg were especially fine these performances by the vienna quartet are in their way as good as the best and in that. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso borodin quartet 4. Royal college of music spring 2019 events by royal college of.
It dates roughly to the same time as his monumental death and the maiden quartet, emerging around three years after his previous attempt to write for the string quartet genre, the quartettsatz, d 703, that he never finished. As fine as the best performances of the other recordings of schubert s quartets have been and the melos quartets sweetly singing performances for dg were especially fine these performances by the vienna quartet are in their way as good as the best and in that. Massive in scale the intense g major quartet was a radical change for schubert with its unconventional tonality and frequent unsettling and aggressive character. The recording of the quartet no, the socalled rosamunde also shows the same approach of constant urgency, possibly expressing schuberts intentions far better than the usual meticulously reproduced melodic treasury. In the question of schuberts quartets, the real choice is not between the vienna string quartet and some other string quartet. The second movement, andante con molto, is a movement of particular brilliance.
Edited by doris finkehecklinger, werner aderhold, and. With its epic scale and visionary reach, schuberts g major quartet is the most daunting of all his instrumental works. String quartet no 8 wednesday march leonard bernstein. It only appeared in 1851, 23 years after the composers death, as op. Particular felicities include the ensembles control and colouring of schuberts allpervasive tremolos, whether in the barely corporeal rustlings of the first movement or the gothichorror nightmare of the andante, and its magical shading of the heartbreaking turn to e major towards the end of the andante. And in the first two movements the medici rises impressively to its challenge.
They are currently the greatest string quartet in the world, and their recordings of the bartok and the beethoven quartets for. Saal 1, funkhaus nalepastrasse, berlin, 912 april 2015. Schuberts output of string quartets fifteen complete extant works, plus fragments of others falls into two bro. Starting in 1824, schubert turned away from the composition of. It is named for the theme of the second movement, which schubert took from a song he wrote in 1817 of the same title. On these two discs the artemis quartet play schuberts three great mature quartets. Allegretto and trio allegro moderato britten string quartet no. I have read that schubert took only eleven days to write it.
Schubert composed the quartettsatza title that simply means quartet. Allegro ma non troppo by rachmaninov from desktop or your mobile device. After 34 years together, the guarneri quartets balance, interplay, beauty, and homogeneity of tone are incomparable. It dates to the same time as his monumental death and the maiden quartet, emerging around three years after his previous attempt to write for the string quartet genre, the quartettsatz, d 703, that he never finished. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Apr 01, 2016 listen to your favorite songs from schubert. The d804 quartet was among the first of schuberts instrumental works performed publicly, and its the only one of his quartets published in his lifetime. The current gramophone classical catalogue lists 25 versionsthats more than for any of the mozart or beethoven quartetsand now here are four more.
Schubert, melos quartett the string quartets cd discogs. When there are so few recommendable recordings of the equally fine g major quartet im inclined to think. Franz schubert 1797 1828 wrote his string quartet no. The string quintet in c in this bittersweet music, schubert added an extra cello to the standard string quartet, and in the process created a completely new sound for a. This page lists all recordings of string quartet no. Upon publication it was nonetheless listed as his string quartet no.
This is schuberts last completed string quartet, written at a time when he was already suffering from his terminal illness syphilis and frequently falling into depression. Vaclav remes, vlastimil holek, josef kluson and michal kanka. Sometimes referred to as the rosamunde quartet because of the second movement theme from the composers failed stage work of the same name, this a minor work was the only one of his string quartets to be published in his lifetime. Edited by doris finkehecklinger, werner aderhold, and martin chusid. Amadeusquartett performs franz schubert string quartet. In the question of schubert s quartets, the real choice is not between the vienna string quartet and some other string quartet.
The quartettsatz cmoll, or quartet movement in c minor, d 703 was composed by franz schubert in december 1820 as the first movement, allegro assai, of a string quartet he was never to complete. It expresses an understandably greater maturity than d94, and at least in the beginning a darker, more melancholic mood. String quartet 2 violins, viola, cello level 3 quartet in d major d 94, overture in c minor d 8a, quartet in c major d 46, minuet in d major d 86, 5 minuet and 5 german dances d 89. Naxosofamerica on behalf of chandos, and 1 music rights societies.
Schuberts output of string quartets fifteen complete extant works, plus fragments of others falls into two broad periods. This work appeared roughly at the same time as his death and the maiden quartet, after some years during which he hadnt approached the genre. Schubert did also compose the first 40 bars of the next movement, andante. The string quartet in a minor, d804 rosamunde, is the centerpiece of the album. Quartet rcm quartet in residence schubert quartet in a minor d804.
1593 963 1610 784 941 1255 35 1145 238 1059 663 728 212 542 627 620 611 1256 729 488 1561 1146 1027 1567 1597 1425 1049 1044 488 1237 120 549 1194 465 1057 618 1451 293