Schubert / Berlin Philharmonic Octet: Last Years / Piano Trios
Schubert / Berlin Philharmonic Octet: Last Years / Piano Trios
Format: CD
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Artist: Schubert / Berlin Philharmonic Octet
Label: Brilliant Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5028421944241
Genre: Classical
Spanning 6 CDs and featuring many a consummate performance, this release celebrates the genius of Schubert through detailing all of his late chamber music. The compilation begins with the two piano trios, works of immense virtuosity whose fluent melodies betray the composer's affinity for song. Moving on to the quartets, we encounter expressive depth, melancholy and drama; while the Quartettsatz movement in C minor displays all the hallmarks of Schubert's late style - including dark lyricism and shifting chromaticism - D810 'Der Tod und das Mädchen' takes the idea of tragedy to a whole new level, it's second movement's melody lifted directly from the identically titled song. The String Quintet follows, a work written just two months before Schubert's death and which replaces the conventional second viola part with that of a cello. Last, but by no means least, the Octet; composed in 1826, this piece was conceived in a response to a commission by the renowned clarinetist Ferdinand Troyer. Recorded 1995-2009. In his last years (though he was only in his late twenties...) Schubert achieved a unique musical form in which structure and content fuse into an inseparable unity. His later works present a soul in anguish, darkness and light alternate, terror and happiness go hand in hand. The three late string quartets (counting among the best and most famous quartets ever written), the two piano trios, the string quintet of heavenly proportions and the octet all reveal grand musical structures, laden with a depth of feeling which belies the comparative youth of the composer. Excellent performances from the Klaviertrio Amsterdam (Spanish classical magazine Scherzo: "The best recording available"), the German Brandis Quartet and the famous Berlin Philharmonic Octet.
Tracks:
1.1 Allegro Moderato - Klavier Trio Amsterdam
1.2 Andante, Un Poco Mosso - Klavier Trio Amsterdam
1.3 Scherzo - Trio - Allegro - Klavier Trio Amsterdam
1.4 Rondo - Allegro Vivace - Presto - Klavier Trio Amsterdam
1.5 Notturno in E Flat Major, D897 - Klavier Trio Amsterdam
2.1 Allegro - Klavier Trio Amsterdam
2.2 Andante Con Moto - Klavier Trio Amsterdam
2.3 Scherzando: Allegro Moderato - Klavier Trio Amsterdam
2.4 Allegro Moderato - Klavier Trio Amsterdam
3.1 Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Brandis Quartet
3.2 Andante - Brandis Quartet
3.3 Menuetto: Allegro - Brandis Quartet
3.4 Allegro Moderato - Brandis Quartet
3.5 Allegro - Brandis Quartet
3.6 Andante Con Moto - Brandis Quartet
3.7 Scherzo: Allegro Molto - Brandis Quartet
3.8 Presto - Brandis Quartet
4.1 Quartettsatz in C minor, D703 - Brandis Quartet
4.2 Allegro Molto Moderato - Brandis Quartet
4.3 Andante Un Poco Moto - Brandis Quartet
4.4 Scherzo: Allegro Vivace - Brandis Quartet
4.5 Allegro Assai - Brandis Quartet
5.1 Allegro Non Troppo - Wen-Sinn Yang/Brandis Quartet
5.2 Adagio - Wen-Sinn Yang/Brandis Quartet
5.3 Scherzo: Presto - Wen-Sinn Yang/Brandis Quartet
5.4 Allegretto - Wen-Sinn Yang/Brandis Quartet
6.1 Adagio - Allegro - Berlin Philharmonic Octet
6.2 Adagio - Berlin Philharmonic Octet
6.3 Allegro Vivace - Trio - Berlin Philharmonic Octet
6.4 Andante Con Variazioni - Berlin Philharmonic Octet
6.5 Menuetto: Allegretto - Berlin Philharmonic Octet
6.6 Andante Molto - Allegro - Berlin Philharmonic Octet
