Schubert - String Quintet in C / Alban Berg Quartet ? Schiff
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 1999-03-09
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- 1. Allegro ma non troppo
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Scherzo (Presto) & Trio (Andante sostenuto)
- 4. Allegretto
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Free Music Review: A highly polished reading
Hit: 5 Stars
Many consider Schubert's String Quintet D956 one of the pinnacle masterpieces in the entire chamber repertoire. With its diverse emotional moods, memorable lyrical themes, and dense, rich textures from the added cello, Schubert's only string quintet is clearly a masterpiece. The Austrian Alban Berg quartet gives a plush, poised reading of this great work, worthy of a "Great Performance" accolade. Their style and sound is often described as "polished" which can be clearly heard in this recording or in their wonderful performances of Mozart's final great quartets (4-CD set on Teldec). Their precise, silky and tonally rich playing combined with very good sound quality all make for a strong choice - although the 46 minutes is a bit chinsy for one CD. Other fine performances of this great quintet to consider: the bold reading from the Emerson String Quartet with Rostropovich (DG 3-CD set with the last string quartets) or the live, spirited recording from Pamela Frank and the Marlboro Festival players (Sony).
Schubert - String Quintet in C / Alban Berg Quartet ? Schiff Poster
This is an impressive reading of the quintet, notable for its energy and lyrical beauty, and cellist Heinrich Schiff certainly throws the considerable weight of his tone behind the fine, blended sound of the Alban Berg Quartet. The original 1982 recording was first-rate, and EMI's engineers have done a superb job of capturing its ambience and warm tone on this remastering in the Great Recordings of the Century series. The only drawback is that the players omit the exposition repeat in the quintet's first movement, depriving it of the "heavenly length" it should have. --Ted LibbeyClassical Music CDs
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